Croatia, our fist visit.

don’t tread on spiky creatures, ouch!

I did. Well-fitting beach shoes recommended!

We've been twice and loved it. First time we were based near to Split, we toured round a bit and took ferries to some of the islands. Which are lovely (and the food was always good)

Second time we did a 7 day small boat island cruise from Dubrovnik. That. too was lovely.

A word of warning about Dubrovnik if you should get that far. It may have altered (it's over 10 years since we visited) but the entrance to the town is down two longish ramps paved with stone that has been so well polished by so many millions of feet passing over it that it is extremely slippery.! Wear something with a sole that gives some grip
We also found that the best time to visit Dubrovnik was late afternoon when the cruise ship passengers had gone. It was slightly less crowded.

Enjoy your holiday.

Hope for nice colours for the trees

Won't have time to swim in sea silverlining, but both Hôtels have heated pools. so taking my cosy.

Mit sure if you come across Piran which is an attractive old town on the istrian coast which we revisited while on a cruise. The first time it was Yugoslavia the last it was Croatia,
Don’t expect Sandy beaches and if you are in the sea don’t tread on spiky creatures, ouch!

FleurpepperOne of my sons has been to a lot of different areas of Croatia. He loved the Plitvice Lakes. The scenery is absolutely stunning there. Enjoy your holiday (I'm envious)

Bought a little note book to make notes about places, hôtels and restaurants, etc- so we can return, doing our own trip next time.

We are staying in Sibenik for 3 nights, visiting Zadar, Krka national park, Plitvice National Park and lakes, then Medjugorje, Mostar and going on to Hôtel in Neum in Bosnia, then Korkula and Peljesac, Orebic and last day in Dubrovnik.

We love it, have relatives there so we had guided tours and entertained in true Croatian style.
We visited Dubrovnik before the dreadful war and I'm so glad we have memories of how it was, although it has been well restored, I believe.

I hope you manage a trip out to one of the islands too, Fleurpepper.
It's a fascinating country with a rich history.

as we always have organised (well, I have ...) our own trips

That sounds familiar !

We've been several times but not to the busiest areas .We have good friends who live near Zagreb and sometimed we stay in small towns near there ,Our favourite places are on the Istrian peninsula ,lovely wee towns fabulous food ,amazing welcoming people .Enjoy your trip ,you will want to go back

We've been debating a trip to Croatia. I don't know anyone who's been so shall look forward to your experience, Fleurpepper!

Have a great time

We love Croatia. Not keen on Dubrovnik, we found it too busy and a bit commercial (some of Game of Thrones was filmed there). We liked Porec very much and went there 3 times.