Travel 2 Ultra Trip July 2016

Well what can I say about Ultra Europe in Croatia. An amazing experience with my husband who was like a child in a candy shop with all his favourite djs. Richard won the travel2ultra competition to DJ in Croatia at Ultra Europe and yes yours truly went along for the ride!

Croatia Music Week took place during the week of 14–20 July 2016 across Croatia in venues throughout Split, Brač and Hvar.

Resistance stage at Ultra Europe 2016

The opening party took place at the Giraffe Palm Beach House on Thursday 14 July and featured UMEK along with guests from his label, 1605 Music Therapy—which included Mark Knight, Uner, and Dosem.

Ultra Europe took place the following three days—15–17 July 2016 and included four stages—Main Stage, Resistance, Arcadia Afterburner, and the UMF Radio Stage. The lineup  included above and beyond, Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Carl Cox,deadmau5 ,Jamie Jones, Nero, Solomun, Apollonia, Dash Berlin, David Guetta, Hot Since 82, Ferry Corston and of course my amazing husband Richard Lowe! 

We arrived in Croatia to the most beautiful weather and scenery I've ever seen. We were staying in Beachville which was around 30 minutes from Split. As you can see from the pictures above the DJ booth was amazing and the setting was fab. The stage was right beside the water so you could dance in the sea while listening to the music..it was absolutely the most amazing setting ever for the guys. Richard was playing two days at Beachville and then the UMF stage on the Sunday night. The boat party didn't happen due to horrific weather on the Friday which was disappointing as we really wanted to experience it but there is always next year! 

The campsite had everything you needed and the funny thing was there was a queue for the men's showers and toilets all the time. The ratio was at least 1 girl for every 10 men. So if you are a single girl Beachville is where it's at! There was hot water and always clean toilets and showers. We stayed in a tent but they have mobile homes onsite if you want a bit of luxury. There is a shopping centre across the road for all your essentials and with the exchange rate was extremely cheap for alcohol and food. Also a heap of restaurants on the strip outside Beachville serving pizzas, burgers and sea food. 

Beachville starts it's music from 12pm until at least 2am. It's not for the faint hearted as I learned with getting only 4 hours sleep per night. It's party central and it does live up to that. Richard and I really enjoyed Beachville and Richard played his old school trance set and it went down a treat. Richard is signed to Vandit Records and has been producing and writing music for over 10 years. This was his dream and to see him djing up a storm at Ultra Europe was the most proudest moment other than obviously our wedding! 

When we arrived at Ultra Europe Festival in Split I must say I was gobsmacked. It's absolutely huge and so many stages! You pick up your wrist band and when you arrive inside you top up your wristband so it's scanned at the bar rather than messing with money. It's a fantastic idea and any money left of  it is credited before you leave. The picture above is from  the VIP area and is the main stage where we watched Dash Berlin and Deadmau5. We went then to the Resistance stage to see Carl Cox who is Richards all time favourite DJ. Now it was 3am and I was getting tired as we had been there since early but I held out until 5.30am. As Richard and I are "older" we did surprise ourselves on how we soldiered on but I did wish I was 20 years younger so I could go all night! Shane one of Richards friends said to us that if he had told us how hard it was going to be we wouldn't have gone which is so true. It was all worth the sleepless nights to see the smile on Richards face as he was djing the UMF Radio Stage on the Sunday. And yes I did shed a tear! 

All the gang we went to Ultra Europe with were absolute legends. I could go on about everybody but you all know who you are and thank you for making our Ultra Europe experience one to remember. We will definitely be back and hopefully the Irish will takeover Beachville again as it was an amazing venue. 

My top 5 tips for Ultra Europe Festival
1. Bug spray is your perfume for the week.
2. Drink plenty of water.
3. Bring ear plugs and sleeping mask  as you will be sleeping during the daytime.
4. Comfy shoes as you will be dancing all night long!
5. Light clothing as it's so warm mixed with dancing #sweatbox

What an experience and making a heap of new friends along the way. As you all know my moto is you only live once so get out and enjoy it. Do new things you might never do and surprise yourself like I did. Trance music isn't my thing but being married to a trance dj/producer it has opened my eyes to a whole new world.
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Love you all
Patricia xx