Bouncing down a dodgy coast road on the peninsula of Peljesac, I glance at the glistening Adriatic and catch sight of the island of Mljet. Many Croatian place names look like typographical errors: Losinj, Krk, Pag, Unije, Hvar. Call for a new proofreader! Such names, with their emphatic, truculent consonants, are one of the charms of foreign travel. Read more on Daily Mail
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Croatia boasts an indented coastline which can remind you of Greek’s coastline because of its numerous islands, coves, peninsulas etc. Some of the islands are just outsize rocks above the horizon, and the others are occupying a large area with many ridges and peaks. Ariatic sea is very peaceful and quiet and a perfect place for sailing under full sail, fishing, or cruising. Croatian coast is 6278 kilometers long and very rich in islands, coves, rocks and reefs, modern marinas where you can hire or rent a yacht and many sailing courses. The best time of the year for sailing…
Sobes (pronounced SO-bays), or family hotels, are rooms for rent in private homes and are prevalent throughout Croatia and along the Adriatic Sea. They range from $10 to $50 a night and may be the most authentic way to experience the country’s stunning beauty. But they are also largely unregulated — as was my anxiety. What if we got robbed? What if the bed was infested with bugs? Read More
The stones of Dubrovnik tell a 13-century-long tale of survival. The Roman city of Ragusa developed into a city-state encompassing the coast as far south as the Bay of Kotor, the Pelješac Peninsula and nearby islands including Mljet and Lastovo. On the walls of Korčula Town, antique cannons still aim across a narrow channel at the village of Orebić, on Pelješac. That’s because Korčula was an outpost of Dubrovnik’s rival, the Republic of Venice. Legend has it that St. Blaise appeared in a vision in 971 to warn Dubrovnik of an impending Venetian invasion. He’s been revered here ever since.…
The ship was docking at 7am at Gruz harbor, but we didn’t know what would be open at that time, so we dressed and went to the Lido for breakfast. (One place I read that the wall is open after sunrise, another place says 9am.) We disembarked at about 8:30, and didn’t see any taxis, although there was a queue waiting. We walked down to the walk-in entrance of the port & border crossing. They checked photo IDs, and wouldn’t let Cate in because we had only a photocopy of her passport with us (I think we just showed them…
Islands — some 1,200 of them — dot the Adriatic coast of Croatia like a long line of bread crumbs, ranging from two-acre specks to 35-mile-long spines of rock and scrub. Beautiful and remote, the labyrinth stretches for several hundred miles, from the northern coastal town of Rijeka past the walled city of Dubrovnik. In the 19th century, the Austro-Hungarians and their monarch Franz Joseph, then rulers of the Adriatic, vowed to make the seas around these islands safer by building 48 sturdy lighthouses. Read more on New York Times