Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Learn the key phrases and travel with a phrase book. Consider Lonely Planet's good
Eastern Europe Phrasebook,
which includes both Croatian and Slovene, or their in-depth,
stand-alone
Croatian Phrasebook
.
Don't be afraid to interact with locals—a friendly greeting in their language is an easy
icebreaker. Give it your best shot, and the natives will appreciate your efforts.
Smart travelers use the telephone to reserve or reconfirm rooms, get tourist information,
reserve restaurants, confirm tour times, or phone home. This section covers dialing in-
structions, phone cards, and types of phones (for more in-depth information, see
How to Dial
Calling from the US to Europe, or vice versa, is simple—once you break the code. The
European calling chart in this chapter will walk you through it.
Dialing Domestically Within Croatia or Slovenia
The following instructions apply whether you're dialing from a landline (such as a pay
phone or your hotel-room phone) or a Croatian or Slovenian mobile phone.
Croatia and Slovenia, like much of the US, use an area-code dialing system. This means
you dial the local number when calling within a city, and add the area code (which starts
with a 0) if calling long distance within the same country. For example, Dubrovnik's area
code is 020, and the number of one of my recommended Dubrovnik B&Bs is 453-834. To
call the B&B within Dubrovnik, just dial 453-834. To call it from Split, dial 020/453-834.
(Bosnia and Montenegro work the same way.)
In Croatia, mobile phone numbers begin with 09, and numbers beginning with 060 are
pricey toll lines. Slovenian phone numbers beginning with 080 are toll-free; 090 and 089
denote expensive toll lines. Mobile phone numbers in Slovenia usually begin with 03, 04,
05, or 07.
Dialing Internationally to or from Croatia and Slovenia
If you want to make an international call, follow these steps:
• Dial the international access code (00 if you're calling from Europe, 011 from the US
or Canada). If you're dialing from a mobile phone, you can replace the international ac-
cess code with +, which works regardless of where you're calling from. (On many mobile
phones, you can insert a + by pressing and holding the 0 key.)
