Croatia

Kopački Rit: the Amazon of Europe in Croatia

Kopački Rit is a floodplain of about two hundred and thirty square kilometres in the north eastern corner of Croatia, where the Drava flows into

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Osijek: the Baroque capital of Slavonia

Osijek is the largest city in Slavonia, on the bank of the Drava in the eastern corner of Croatia. It has a Baroque fortress quarter

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Hvar island: beaches, lavender and nightlife

Hvar island is the sunniest in Croatia and, unusually, does three completely different things well: beaches with genuinely clear water, lavender fields that once made

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Dubrovnik in 3 days: walls, forts and locations

Dubrovnik in 3 days is enough time to do the city properly rather than at the pace the cruise ships set. It was never simply

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Diocletian Palace in Split: a visitor guide

Diocletian Palace is the best preserved Roman palace in the world and, at the same time, the living centre of a modern city. There is

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Split or Zadar: which Dalmatian city

They are an hour and a half apart on the same coast and they attract completely different trips. Split or Zadar is a choice between

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Croatia road trip: from Istria to Dubrovnik

A Croatia road trip is the natural way to see the country, more so than for almost any other Mediterranean destination. The coast runs seventeen

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Plitvice Lakes: trails, tickets and timing

Plitvice Lakes is sixteen terraced lakes linked by waterfalls, crossed by eighteen kilometres of wooden walkway that runs directly over the water. It was Croatia

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Vis island: closed to the world for forty years

Vis island sits further out to sea than any other inhabited Croatian island, and for forty years it was closed to foreigners entirely. That accident

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