Day: February 5, 2015

Introducing Around Dubrovnik

February 5, 2015

Introducing Around Dubrovnik View gallery Dubrovnik is an excellent base for day trips in the surrounding region – and even in the surrounding countries of Montenegro and Bosnia. You can hop over to Lokrum or the Elafiti Islands for a day of peaceful sunbathing, wander through the gardens at Trsteno or pop down to Cavtat […]

Introducing Rovinj

February 5, 2015

Introducing Rovinj View gallery Rovinj (Rovigno in Italian) is coastal Istria’s star attraction. While it can get overrun with tourists in summer, and residents have developed a sharp eye for maximising profits by upgrading hotels and restaurants to four-star status, it remains one of the last true Mediterranean fishing ports. Fishers haul their catch into […]

Introducing Hvar Town

February 5, 2015

Introducing Hvar Town View gallery The island’s hub and busiest destination, Hvar Town is estimated to draw around 20,000 people a day in the high season. It’s odd that they can all fit in the small bay town, where 13th-century walls surround beautifully ornamented Gothic palaces and traffic-free marble streets, but fit they do. Visitors […]

Introducing Hvar Island

February 5, 2015

Introducing Hvar Island View gallery Hvar is the number-one holder of Croatia’s superlatives: it’s the most luxurious island, the sunniest place in the country (2724 sunny hours each year) and, along with Dubrovnik, the most popular tourist destination. Hvar Town, the island’s capital, is all about swanky hotels, elegant restaurants, trendy bars and clubs, posh […]

Introducing The Istrian Coast

February 5, 2015

Introducing The Istrian Coast View gallery At the tip of the Istrian peninsula is Pula, the coast’s largest city. The Brijuni Islands, Tito’s former playground, are an easy day trip from here. The east coast of Istria centres on the modern seaside resort of Rabac, just below the ancient hilltop town of Labin. The west […]

Introducing Zagreb Around

February 5, 2015

Introducing Zagreb & Around View gallery

Introducing Dubrovnik Southern Dalmatia

February 5, 2015

Introducing Dubrovnik & Southern Dalmatia View gallery Dubrovnik is simply unique; its beauty is bewitching, its setting sublime. Not that it’s a secret, quite the contrary: thousands of visitors walk along its marble streets every day of the year, gazing, gasping and happily snapping away. The remarkable old town, ringed by mighty defensive walls, is […]

Introducing Split Central Dalmatia

February 5, 2015

Introducing Split & Central Dalmatia View gallery Central Dalmatia is the most action-packed, sight-rich and diverse part of Croatia, with pretty islands, quiet ports, rugged mountains, dozens of castles and an emerging culinary scene, as well as Split’s Diocletian’s Palace and medieval Trogir (both Unesco World Heritage sites). Roman ruins, a buzzing Mediterranean-flavoured city and […]

Villa Viganj

February 5, 2015

Viganj, Peljesac, Croatia Renovated 16th-century stone villa with a pool and spectacular sea views, on the Peljesac peninsula in Dalmatia (sleeps 4-10) Peljesac peninsula is known throughout Croatia for its excellent red wine (Dingac), and its fresh oysters and mussels, served in local restaurants. Here, the sleepy village of Viganj, looking onto the narrow Peljeski […]

Stone Cottages Hvar

February 5, 2015

Hvar, Croatia A cluster of stone cottages forming a gorgeous residence with pool, on a remote hillside overlooking Hvar’s south coast (sleeps 8-10, self-catering) The island of Hvar is best known for its lovely Venetian capital, Hvar Town, where you’ll find some of Croatia’s smartest hotels and most glamorous nightlife. But head away from the […]