Croatian camps rated in ADAC Campingführer 2013

German auto club ADAC on tourist fair in Stuttgart, Germany, presented its camping guide for year 2013 which encompasses 5.450 camps across Europe.

German campers are very important for Croatian tourism as they made 33% of all camping overnight in the country . more than 16,2 million nights! In this year's guide 107 Croatian camps are rated.

There has been some changes in guide itself. From season 2013 camps are rated by German as well as Dutch inspectors (form ADAC and ANWB) while also rating categories have changed. Camps that have been rated as best won't get Superplatz awards (Red and Yellow shield any more), but will be title ADAC BestCamping.

For season 2013 camping Zaton from Nin has been rated as the best camp in the country. At the same time it got also special award in category of Family camping's where only three camps from Europe are gathered (besides Zaton, aslo De Wildhoeve from the Netherlands and camp Südsee from Germany).

Title ADAC BestCamping has been given to 137 camps across the Europe and only 4 from Croatia are among them:

• camp CampingIN Park Umag
• camp Lanterna from Porec
• naturist camping Valalta from Rovinj
• camping Zaton from Nin

Taking into account that only two camps (Lanterna and Zaton) has been awarded last year, four camps in best category for season 2013 are great improvement.

Average mark 4,5 that ensures very high quality of services: CampingIN Kanegra from Savudrija, CampingIN Stella Maris from Umag, from Porec naturist camping Solaris, camp Ulika, camp Zelena Laguna and camp Bijela Uvala, camp Vestar from Rovinj, camp Krk ( ex- Politin), camp Poljana from Losinj, camp Strasko from Novalja, camp Paklenica from Starigrad, camp Oaza Mira from Drage (Pakostane) and camp Solaris from Sibenik.

Camping inspectors have specially mentioned 17 camps that have been praised for major improvement of their quality and camp's development: 5 camps from Istria (CampingIN Park Umag, Lanterna, Valalta, Brioni and Marina), 6 camps from Kvarner (Njivice, Krk, Jezevac, Kovacine, Baldarin and Poljana), 5 kampov from Dalmatia (Paklenica, Kozarica, Oaza Mira, Solaris and Solitudo) and 1 camp from inland (Slapic).