1936 On the Continent

Room,” “Balalaika,” “City” and “Pik.” Zagreb also has two fine parks, the smaller Tuškanac and the spacious and beautiful Maksimir, very popular on summer evenings, with botanical gardens and zoo attached. Close to Maksimir is Zagreb’s nine-hole golf course.
    But although modern, Zagreb does not lack simpler charms. Its chief square in the centre of the town, the Jelaiev trg, is every morning thronged with Croatian peasants in clean, picturesque costumes. They cluster round the Jelaistatue and sell their wares, often under immense gaily-coloured umbrellas. And if you care to take one of the numerous rambles round the town to one of the neighbouring villages, you will be pleasantly struck by the attractiveness of the peasants, their Sunday morning dances, and their courtesy. Excursions can be made also to
Samobor
, pleasant both in summer and winter, and a meeting place of sportsmen, or to
Skradin
with its picturesque river, waterfalls, the Devil’s Gate, and popular winter sports.
    But the finest excursion of all, which you should on no account miss, is that to the enchanting lakes of Plitvice, which can be reached equally well from the northern coast, or from Banja Luka in Bosnia. These clean and beautifully green waters fall in broad cascades over more than a dozen terraces framed in idyllic woods, and after passing through clear shimmering lake, tumble over rocks from a height of 60 feet into a bottomless canyon.
    And so at Plitvice we bid you “good-bye.” Or should it be “au revoir”? For the number of those who can resist revisiting Jugoslavia is very small indeed.

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JUGOSLAVIA
    The Land of Summer and Sunshine
    T HE Land of Summer and Sunshine on the sapphire-blue Adriatic; unsurpassed scenery, romantic mountain landscapes and lakes; old cities with historic monuments steeped in memories of a glorious past.
    Jugoslavia offers a great variety of attractions to the prospective tourist. A young, go-ahead, prosperous country, Jugoslavia has an area as large as England and Wales combined and represents a microcosm of interest and beauty that will satisfy the most varied tastes.
    The famous writer
George Bernard Shaw
, when visiting Jugoslavia,
declared:
“
The people are everything you imagine yourselves to be and are not. They are hospitable, good-humoured and very good looking. Every town is a picture and every girl a movie star
. …”
    Everywhere in Jugoslavia you will find comfortable hotels, roads that are safe and well kept, and rapid, modern methods of transport.
    If you are fond of sea bathing it will perhaps surprise you to find on the Adriatic coast glorious sandy beaches with magnificently situated hotels, and facilities for all your favourite sports.
    Sportsmen will enjoy a visit to the country, and are recommended to read the section of this article dealing with their special requirements.
LOCAL FESTIVALS IN JUGOSLAVIA
    Visitors in search of picturesqueness and local colour will find in the great local festivals an excellent opportunity for contact with the customs, traditions and national types of Jugoslavia. The Tourist Section of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Beograd, and the Putnik Offices will supply all information concerning these events.
SHOOTING AND FISHING
    Jugoslavia is, par excellence, a shooting and fishing country. From the alpine regions to the barren peaks of Southern Jugoslavia the fauna is plentiful and varied. Deer, wild boar, fox, bear, wolf, lynx, eagles, grouse, etc., abound.
    The authorities and the shooting and fishing associations willingly issue permits enabling visitors to take their guns and fishing tackle into Jugoslavia. The charges for such permits are quite moderate.
    The shooting season lasts from October 1st to January 15th, while fishing goes on from May till November.
    For particulars of shooting and fishing centres, travelling arrangements, accommodation, etc., intending travellers should apply to the Tourist Section of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Beograd, or to the Putnik Offices.
GENERAL FACILITIES
    Tourists who stay in Jugoslavia for only three days are accorded a visa at the reduced price of 10 dinars (about one Swiss franc).
    All formalities with the police authorities are attended to by the hotels and boarding-houses, no personal attendance for registration being required.
    Visitors arriving by the Jugoslav railways who spend seven days or more on the Jugoslav Adriatic coast at one of the health, climatic or