Riana is a B.Sc. design engineer and mag. journalism, a lover of travel, distant destinations and meeting new people.

Riana Petanjek
Riana Petanjek is a Croatian travel writer and blogger with an adventurous spirit, and her adventurous endeavors with the aim of discovering the planet and learning about different cultures are what make Riana special. Few young women can boast of so many kilometers traveled and experienced adventures such as swimming with whales, desert safaris on camels, conquering the peaks of Sri Lanka, photo safaris in Africa, motorcycling on the American road Route 66. Riana is in Zagreb and Krapina, lived in India and the USA. She immortalized all of the above, as well as other adventures, in her travel novel "Salty Bananas", which has already experienced its second edition. Apart from being a world traveler, Riana also knows the beauties of Croatia well, which she will bring closer to the viewers of Nova TV in the CoolTurist show with her approach and immediacy.
