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Heart-Shaped Island in Croatia Attracts Romance-Seekers for Valentine’s Day
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The island came into prominence after its shape was highlighted on Google Earth, the Telegraph newspaper reported recently.
According to the publication, nobody realised that the island – located in Zadarski Kanal between Zadar and the Island of Pasman, is shaped exactly like a heart. Even its owner was unaware of the island’s romantic potential until he was swamped with requests from couples to stay there.
“Nobody lives there so if lovers really want to spend time alone it’s the perfect desert island,” Vlado Juresko told the publication, somehow overlooking the fact that if couples head to the 108,700 square-metre island en masse it will hardly be a solitary romantic destination any longer.
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