Croatia for Gays and Lesbians

The gay movement in Croatia is today led by gay, lesbian, feminist and Human rights organizations. These groups can be found in the biggest cities. Our movement is s growing stronger for each day . P protection of gender equality as well as the freedom of sexual orientation are being risen to a higher level. Croatian social, employment and family law already establishes a high legal protection of women's rights and the legal age for the homosexual act is 14 years as well as for the heterosexuals. Croatian Government and major Political Parties and many  Members of Parliament strongly advocate Gay Rights. The Croatian Parliament is voting for on the issue of Gay Partnership in October, 2002. There was given the support for the LesBiGay Rights by promoted Jumbo Boards all around Croatian cities.

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		Zagreb City & Zagreb Krapina and Zagorje Sisak and Moslavina Karlovac Varazdin Koprivnica and Krizevci Bjelovar and Bilogora Rijeka Lika and Senj Virovitica and Podravina Pozega and Slavonia Sl. Brod and Posavina Zadar Osijek and Baranja Sibenik and Knin Vukovar and Srijem Split and Dalmatia Istria Dubrovnik and Neretva Medjimurje
	Geographical position: Central and Mediterranean Europe Area: 56,542 km2           Length of coast: 5,835 km Population: 4.381.352 Capital: Zagreb (770.058 inhabitants, 2001) Number of islands: 1,185 ( 67 are inhabited) Climate: Continental climate, and on the coast Mediterranean climate Population: Croats(89%),Serbs, Bosnians, Italians, Hungarians and others Official language: Croatian (In Istria official languages are Croatian and Italian) Religions: Roman Catholics (87 %), other Christians,  Muslims, and others	Links > Gay Croatia > Croatian Lesbians > Perun Gayzin > Gay Slavonija > Lesbian Rijeka Organization > Slovenian Gay Places options

• The land of a thousand of islands
  
  Thousands of islands and islets covered with vineyards, gardens and olive groves. Ancient stone-built communities and towering hillsides streaked with cypress trees. Small bays and inlets, breathtaking mountains, covered with pinewoods that reach right down to the sparkling clear blue water of the Adriatic. Crowded restaurants, cafes, disco-clubs, bars and pizzerias - happy faces everywhere you go. This is not a fairytale. This is magical Croatia! 
  In recent years Croatia has become a popular holiday destination for gays and lesbians around the world. Fascinated by the hospitality of the small but welcoming and friendly gay community, the clean water of the Adriatic as well as of some of the most beautiful scenery to be found on the European continent, they return from a year to another.

  The land of a thousand of naturist beaches
  
  Naturism has a long tradition in Croatia. Naturists spent their summer holidays in Istria and Dalmatia as early as the 1930s. In 1934 the Naturist Holiday Camp was opened on Rajska plaza (Paradise Beach) on the island of Rab. Today there are about thirty naturist centres in the Republic of Croatia offering both accommodation and naturist beach, or only a naturist beach. Croatian Adriatic coast is one of the world's most friendliest naturist destinations.
  That doesn't surprise when you know that the first naturist beach was opened on Paradise Beach on the island of Rab in 1934. The musicale "The King is Nude" is based on the summer holiday of the Prince of Wales before the Second World War on the island of Rab, when he was seen nude. 
  Besides more than 30 official naturist resorts and beaches there are numerous other unofficial naturist beaches. With more than 1000 islands Croatia is waiting for you to be discovered. Besides official naturist resorts and beaches, you can enjoy in numerous other hidden little coves or bays, many of them reachable only by a boat, where you can enjoy total privacy for a day or meet other nautical naturists. Even on the clothed beaches in the area, it is common to see nude use. You can swim in the most incredibly clear water, then shower nude on the deck, or swim ashore and sunbathe in the nude.
  Whichever island or part of the coast you choose, you can be sure there will be plenty of naturist possibilities.

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  The Adriatic Sea is an extraordinarily interesting and attractive resource of the Croatian nautical possibilities. Croatia has 41 marinas with all necessary accompanying facilities at its disposal. In addition to that naturism is well accepted all along the Croatian Adriatic coast which makes Croatia ideal for naturist sailing holidays.

•  When to come:
  
  The best season for sailing is early summer: there are good winds in May and June. In July and August, when periods of calm prevail, conditions are ideal for those motor boat fans who prefer calm waters. In the autumn and winter, seas can be rough with prolonged periods of the bura/bora (strong north wind) and the siroko/scirocco (humid east-southeast wind).
  The most crowded period is July and August when sailing enthusiasts from Europe flock to the coast but the months of May, June, September and October should not be overlooked for a quieter visit to this unspoiled coast during good weather. Croatia has 2,600 sunny hours per year, which makes it one of the sunniest countries in Europe.