Back with a short Balkans travelogue update! After our visit to Plitvice Lakes National Park, we head off to Pula, our resting place for the night. It was also our last night in Croatia! Pula is the 8th largest city in Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula with a population of…
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7 Things to Know About Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Founded in 1949, Plitvice Lakes National Park is the largest national park in Croatia and one of the oldest national parks in Southeast Europe. It became a part of UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Nested in mountainous Lika region, the park extends over 296 square kilometres and attracts more than 1 million visitors every…
Day Trip at Krka National Park and a Night at Zadar, Croatia
Finally continuing onto Day 11 of our Balkans travelogue (very, very long overdue I know!) We had our breakfast at Split, Croatia before splitting ways with our friends to collect our rental car. Our first stop after collecting our car is to Krka National Park, which is situated along the 72.5-kilometre long Krka River. The…
A Day in Split, Croatia
Hello! I’m finally back to update on the long overdue travelogue. Just a quick recap on where we were – we were at Hvar, one of Croatia’s many islands for 2 nights. We then caught a ferry to Split, the second largest city of Croatia. Split was founded in the 3rd or 2nd century BC as a…
9 Things to Do in Hvar, Croatia
Do you know that there are more than 1,000 islands (including islets) in Croatia? However, only 47 are inhabited (used to be 67 but as a result of population decline, 20 of these islands have no one living there anymore). Hvar is the 4th most populated island with just over 11,000 residents, and is our next…
A Walk Along the City Walls in Dubrovnik, Croatia (And Good-To-Know Information When in Dubrovnik)
After our 2-night stay in Mostar, we left for Dubrovnik, one of the most popular cities in Croatia! We could have taken the bus, which would have cost us €15 per person (excluding luggage deposit €1 per luggage). However, we paid a few euros more and hired a private driver through our AirBnB host. It cost…
Balkans Itinerary (And Expenditure!) – 25 Days in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia
X and I went on a 25-day trip to the Balkans from 30 September to 20 October 2016. The Balkans is a peninsula in Eastern and Southeastern Europe with various and disputed borders. As the borders are not official, the number of countries in the Balkans range from 10 to 13 – some countries do…