Travel information

Opening hours
Shops and shopping centres are open from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday, and on Saturdays from 8am to 2pm. A few shops work in two shifts (they are closed between 12pm and 2pm). It is always possible to find shops which are also open on Sundays, especially in summer, and some shops in larger cities are also open 24 hours a day. Public services and commercial offices work from 8am to 4pm from Monday to Friday.

Currency
The currency of Croatia is the kuna (1 kuna = 100 lipa). There are coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 lipa, and of 1, 2, 5, and 25 kunas; and notes of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 kunas.

Foreign currencies
These may be exchanged in bureaux de change, banks, post offices, and in most tourist agencies, hotels and camps. We recommend that you change your money in bureaux de change which have the most favourable rates. Bank opening hours are from 7am to 7pm from Monday to Friday, on Saturdays to 1pm, and in larger cities some banks are also open on Sundays. Cash machines are also available.

Credit cards
The majority of hotels, shops and restaurants accept credit cards (AMEX, Visa, Diners Club, Eurocard/Mastercard).

Important telephone numbers
94 – ambulance
93 – fire brigade
92 – police
987 – assistance on the roads
981 – general information
988 – telephone directory
060 520 52 – weather forecast and road conditions
385 – international dialling code for Croatia
*Public telephones only operate with telephone cards which can be bought at kiosks, in hotels or at post offices..

Radio news in the tourist season (foreign languages)
Channel 2 of Croatian Radio broadcasts reports on road conditions in English, German and Italian; also information for sailors several times a day in English and Croatian.
Every hour on the hour news and reports of road conditions are broadcast alternately from the following stations: Channel 3 of Bavarian Radio, Channel 3 of Radio Austria, RAI Uno, British Virgin Radio and Czech Radio.

National holidays*
1 January – New Year
6 January – Epiphany
16 and 17 April – Easter and Easter Monday
1 May – May Day
15 June – Corpus Christi
22 June – Anti-Fascist Struggle Day
25 June – Statehood Day
5 August – Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day
15 August – Assumption of Mary
8 October – Independence Day
1 November – All Saints
25 and 26 December – Christmas holidays

*national holidays are non-working days