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St Blaise Church in Dubrovnik

Explore Croatia’s destinations—historic coastal cities, scenic islands, and stunning national parks. Find the best places to visit and plan your trip. 

A photo of coastal road D8 on the way from Split to Dubrovnik

Get essential Croatia travel tips on transportation, local customs, costs, and must-know insights to make your trip smooth and hassle-free. 

Grand Hotel Park in Rovinj, Outdoor swimming pool, view

Find our accommodations in Croatia guides. Explore your options, from boutique hotels and seaside villas to cozy apartments.

Croatian seafood, Batelina Pula

Discover Croatia’s food and wine scene, from fresh Adriatic seafood and traditional dishes to world-class wines and family-run konobas. Find the best places to eat and drink.

Experience Croatia's activities from outdoor adventures, cultural explorations, and unique local experiences to wine tasting and heritage tours.

Villa Dorida, Komarna, Beach

Get to know Croatia’s beaches, from hidden coves and sandy shores to dramatic cliffs and crystal-clear waters. Find your perfect spot by the sea from Istria to Dalmatia.

Recent Articles From Our Croatia Travel Blog

Best Hostels in Croatia, Illustration

7 Best hostels in Croatia and Our Tips

Hostels in Croatia are getting popular. Not so long ago, we only had here hostels run by Ferijalni Savez Hrvatske (Croatian Youth Association), a member of Hosteling International. There were only few hostels, located exclusively in bigger towns, like Zagreb, Zadar, Split, and Pula. Things changed, and now you can find hostels almost anywhere in Croatia.

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Peljesac Travel Guide: Plan Your Visit To Peljesac Peninsula, Illustration

Peljesac Peninsula Travel Guide

Peljesac peninsula is the second largest peninsula in Croatia (after Istria), and it’s one of my favorite parts of Croatia (again, after Istria). Peljesac peninsula is famed for its rugged coast, pebble beaches, salt pans, fortification walls, sleepy villages, red wine – Plavac mali, and delicious oysters and other seafood.

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Best Makarska Hotels, Illustration

The 12 Best Makarska Hotels

Makarska is a famous resort town located on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. Makarska is a popular destination known for its beautiful beaches, picturesque seafront promenade, and Biokovo Mountain range. With all this natural beauty, it’s no wonder that the coastal town of Makarska is a popular tourist destination.

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Dubrovnik food, Illustration

Dubrovnik Food

Visiting Dubrovnik is a must for anyone who loves to travel and explore different cuisines. As one of the oldest cities in Croatia, Dubrovnik has a unique culinary tradition that goes back centuries.

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Where to stay in Zagreb

For many years, Zagreb hotels catered almost exclusively to business travelers, but it’s not a case any longer. And while Zagreb still remains a transit town, travelers visit it for a day or two before heading to the coast, the number of visitors who at least spend a night in Zagreb significantly increased.

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Zagreb Car Rental Tips and Tricks, Illustration

Car Rental Zagreb Croatia

Starting your visit to Croatia in Zagreb and planning on renting a car in Zagreb to visit the rest of the country? If you are flying into Croatia, the chances you will fly into Zagreb Airport are pretty high. So, more often than not, Zagreb is the entry point for the majority of visitors to

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Best Bars In Dubrovnik Croatia | Croatia Restaurant Guide

Dubrovnik Bars & Nightlife

Dubrovnik bars & nightlife scene is pretty vibrant, although it does depend on the time of the year you visit. Winter in the old town is pretty quiet, and many Dubrovnik bars close for the winter. Naturally, with less crowd, the nightlife in Dubrovnik cease to exist.

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Baredine Cave Croatia

Baredine Cave Croatia: exploring Istrian caves and caverns

Istria is actually riddled with caves, and we’ll try to cover as many of them as possible, here at our blog. We start with the Baredine Cave, as it’s really close to our holiday rental (check it if looking for places to stay in Istria and Porec!). Besides, the Baredine Cave Croatia is the oldest cave in Istria open to visitors (since 1995); and it’s also the most adapted for visitors of all ages.

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Opatija For Couples |Best Places In Croatia For Couples

A quick guide to Opatija for couples

Once a favorite winter resort of European nobility and artists, Opatija is today an elegant resort town for couples of all ages, and a perfect getaway for a romantic break. Nestled between the sea and the mountains, Opatija offers a lot to its visitors: from climate benefits to wonderful vistas, beaches, lovely architecture, great restaurants,

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Bistroteka Zagreb

Croatia Eats: Bistroteka Zagreb

One street you must visit when you come to Zagreb is definitely Teslina street. A year ago this short street closed for traffic and from that moment all the wonderful tastes became instantly more appealing. Among a number of restaurants and coffee bars on offer in Teslina street, for our break, we chose Bistroteka.

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Porec Croatia Travel Guide | What To See In Porec

What to see in Porec Croatia

Lately we’ve attended a couple of workshops and lectures about Porec past. Seriously, this town tells stories; like the fact that even in Roman times, people kept fish farms in today’s Tarska Vala; or how Porec got seriously bombed during the WWII due to its shallow seas – curious?! Porec is a small town with barely 15.000

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Gluten-free Chocolate Cake Recipe | My Croatian Food & Other Recipes

Croatia eats: my first gluten-free cake

Yes, my friends, I went gluten free (OK, almost gluten free) few months ago after reading Novak Djokovic’s book – [easyazon_link asin=”0345548981″ locale=”US” new_window=”default” nofollow=”default” tag=”frankcom0c-20″ add_to_cart=”default” cloaking=”default” localization=”default” popups=”default”]Serve to Win The 14-Day Gluten-Free Plan for Physical and Mental Excellence[/easyazon_link].

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Konoba Vrh Buzet | Croatia Restaurant Guide

Croatia Eats: Konoba Vrh Buzet, a delicious white truffles experience

Vrh might be a barley pronounceable name, but it’s a great restaurant worth seeking out. Located in the village of the same name, this family-run restaurant is loved by locals and foodies for few things: for tartufo vero, or a real Istrian truffle (including praised white truffle); for boskarin peka (braised Istrian ox), laid-back atmosphere,

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Porec bars, clubs, and nightlife

Porec bars, clubs & nightlife

Although we live in Porec, we realized the other day that here on our blog we almost have no posts about Porec. I guess it’s like traveling in your backyard, it’s just there, and you feel you can visit it anytime, and then you end up never visiting places that are so close to home.

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Peljesac Wine Tour | Explore Croatian Wines

Peljesac wine tour

I love so many places in Croatia, but Peljesac peninsula is really, really close to my heart. I simply love this part of Croatia. Funnily enough, one thing I love about it is the fact that there are fewer tourists who come here. And still, I can’t stop talking everybody into visiting Peljesac peninsula.

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Bluesun Hotel Elaphusa Bol Brac Croatia

Bluesun Hotel Elaphusa Bol

During our recent visit to the Brac island, we stayed at the Bluesun hotel Elaphusa. We couldn’t choose a better hotel for our stay on the island. The location is great, and the hotel has lots of facilities and activities, and the staff is very friendly and welcoming. But more about that later.

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Sailing Croatia Itinerary

A 7-day Croatia sailing itinerary

We’ve both sailed the high seas for more than few years, but we are still to experience sailing the Adriatic. I know, we are not proud of this, since Croatia is a paradise for sailing holidays. However, understanding the appeal of Croatia for sailing aficionados, we’ve teamed up with Ante of Charter Croatia to bring

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Tips On Korcula Island From Two British Expats | Croatia Travel Tips

Life is simple on Korcula Island

For our first post about the Korcula Island (more to come!), we reached out to Korcula locals, Rachael and John of Korcula Explorer. Originally from England, they have made Korcula their home few years ago. They love picnicking on the island, and wanted to share this simple pleasure of life with our readers. Enjoy it!

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Airport Parking in Croatia

Airport Parking in Croatia

When we travel to big cities around Europe, we always use airport parking to park our car. Parking options in the cities are usually limited, and very expensive. Airport parking, on the other hand, is relatively cheap, and it’s safe. Here we’ll cover airport parking options in Croatia, at two major Croatian airports: Zagreb, and Split

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Best Wineries In Istria Croatia | Croatia Restaurant Guide

Wineries in Istria worth a visit

Wineries in Istria are awesome. If I remember them correctly. You know that a visit to the winery typically includes lots of wine-tasting. Wine-tasting could potentially affect my, otherwise good, judgement (you have been warned!). However from what I believe I have experienced on my visits to these wineries in Istria, I put them at

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Reasons To Love Vis Croatia | Croatia Travel Guide

Fall in love with Vis Croatia

We have yet to visit the island of Vis in Croatia. It’s on our ever-growing bucket list of places to visit in Croatia. To put us in the mood and give us a taste of the island, we’ve reached out to Xania and Craig of Wearactive. Originally from UK, they’ve been living on the island of

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What to do in Croatia in spring: Visit Zagreb

What to do in Croatia in spring

We’re celebrating the start of spring with this week’s Sunday Traveler. This is my favorite season. Spring usually arrives suddenly. I don’t know if you feel this way. One sunny day, after many grey winter days in Croatia, we wake up just to realize that the days are longer, that the trees are blooming, and

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Restaurant Sole Umag Croatia | Croatia Restaurant Guide

Sole Restaurant Umag

There are not too many restaurants in Istria we haven’t heard about. We certainly haven’t visited them all, but at least we thought that we’ve got them all on our bucket list. Well, it turned out not to be the case.

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Dolac Market Zagreb: Dried figs

Today spotlight: Dolac Market Zagreb

The Dolac market Zagreb is centrally located right behind the town’s main square. It’s Zagreb‘s main farmers’ market. We enjoy Dolac farmers’ market for all the right reasons: a fresh, and local produce, aromas, voices and atmosphere that you can only experience on a local market. It reflects local’s daily life. We can spend hours just walking around. 

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Sea Kayaking in Dubrovnik: Pretty scenery

Sea Kayaking in Dubrovnik

This is a hilarious guest post from travel writer Ashley Hubbard.  I’m sitting in the middle of the Adriatic, my shoulders and upper arms are numb from exhaustion, and my mother is doing nothing to help. An hour ago I thought kayaking three hours would be a piece of cake, now I was rethinking my overly confident

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Blogging life

So you want to be a blogger

“So you think we should start a blog“, I asked Vera. We’ve been flirting with the idea of having our own blog for a while. But between the renovation of our old house, my freelance translation business, everyday cooking & houseworks, I haven’t had much time for blogging. We took a road trip to Amsterdam

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