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Jeanne Oliver

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Jeanne officially became a travel writer in 1996 when Lonely Planet hired her to updated the Croatia chapter of the company's Eastern Europe guidebook. She had never been to Croatia before but was interested to see how the country was coping with the aftermath of war. Even with the obvious damage both to the infrastructure and morale, it was obvious that Croatia had massive tourism potential.

She has been returning nearly every year since, first to updated Eastern Europe and then to write the very first guidebook in English to Croatia. What an adventure!

Eventually she decided to "go indie" with her travel knowledge and launch an online guidebook, Croatia Traveller. With this massive storehouse of constantly updated pages, Jeanne was able t
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Average rating: 3.91 · 152 ratings · 15 reviews · 27 distinct works
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Croatia Traveller's Dalmati...

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Frommer's Memorable Walks i...

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Croatia Traveller's Dubrovn...

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Nice Uncovered: Walks Throu...

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Brittany & Normandy

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Best of Dubrovnik

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Jeanne Jeanne said: " I picked this book up as a coffee-table book and found that it's so much more than that. Yes the photography is stunning but even better is how the book draws you into the life and soul of these beautiful homes. From Provence to Paris, from Normandy ...more "

 
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