Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a sovereign state at the crossroads of Central Europe, Southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean. Its capital city is Zagreb, which forms one of the country’s primary subdivisions, along with its twenty counties. Croatia covers 56,594 square kilometres (21,851 square miles) and has diverse, mostly continental and Mediterranean climates. Croatia’s Adriatic Sea coast containsmore than a thousand islands. The country’s population is 4.28 million, most of whom are Croats, with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism.
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea, in the region ofDalmatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean, a seaport and the center of Dubrovnik-Neretva County. Its total population is 42,615 (census 2011). In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
On this trip I did not get to see much of the country of Croatia as we crossed the border, via road, from Montenegro and it is a short drive to Dubrovnik. The scenery on the way was nice but nothing like the beauty of Montenegro, this might just be the small part of the country we were in as I have heard many people say how awesome Croatia is, so I will withhold judgment until I go back and explore the rest of the country. 🙂
Dubrovnik
We spent a day and a half in Dubrovnik and this was on our own as our trip with Wilderness Travel officially ended once we were dropped off. Nothing was planned for our time so we figured we would spend some time in the Old Town and then just explore the rest of the area by foot. The first afternoon we found a “walking trail by the coast” that looked interesting however, that trail was not marked and ambiguous (i.e. we got lost) but we ended up by the beaches and found many establishments willing to serve us frosty beverages. The next morning we explored the walled Old Town and planned to take the cable car up the mountain for the views but the possibility of a storm had closed the tram so we headed out towards the beaches for the afternoon. 🙂
Logistics
This is the third of three countries visited on this vacation. The trip started in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) for a day before leaving for Montenegro and finished with us being dropped off in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
The main part of the trip (in Montenegro) was a packaged tour trip organized by Wilderness Travel and it was the second time I have used them and their office staff were able to answer all my questions. This was an 11 day itinerary that they called Montenegro and the Adriatic Coast. We Started our last day near Kotor in Montenegro and were driven into Croatia, with the option of being dropped of at the Dubrovnik airport or at a central hotel near Old Town Dubrovnik. We were told that they could not take us to our individual hotels (for those not flying out) due to local traffic rules as they had been billed 60 Euros in the past for stopping to let people off in the past. A little inconvenient but understandable.
In Dubrovnik we were on our own for accommodations so we stayed at Hotel Lero as it was reasonably priced and an easy walk to Old Town (10 minutes) and the LAPAD beaches (15 minutes). The hotel is nothing fancy, very basic and our room was small but all we needed were a couple of beds and a shower. 🙂
Cheers, Nigel
Danielle
Very nice pictures! I was there in 2014 ????