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Ugljan - the Olive Island
Andrea Seifert
  • Nov 22, 2017
  • 5 min

Ugljan - the Olive Island

Ugljan is known as the Olive Island. It seems its very name suggests so. In the ancient times, the island was known as Olio – meaning oil (who would guess that?!) and in time it changed in Ulian/Uljan (ulje is also the word for oil in Croatian). By some unusual logic of old Croats, the letter „g“ is added and now we can enjoy the Mediterranean beauty of island of Ugljan, which is full of olive groves and small fields. A very green island, Ugljan is also known as the Zadar's g
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Drobnica - the keeper of olive growers' tradition in Preko
Andrea Seifert
  • Nov 18, 2017
  • 3 min

Drobnica - the keeper of olive growers' tradition in Preko

In the peaceful little port of Preko, overlooking the islet of Galovac, Mrs. Mladenka Mašina opens the rustic iron door and lets us in the old olive oil factory. Once it was a museum dedicated to the tradition of olive oil making on the island of Ugljan, but today it waits for better times and renovation. Sometimes it may be open and tourists may learn more about the techniques and ways to produce extra-virgin olive oils. Mrs. Mladenka was kind enough to open the place for us
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