Best Croatia Holiday Destinations

Despite the hype, Croatia's pleasures are more ageless than trendy. down its thousand-mile shoreline a glistening sea winds around rocky coves, lap at pine-fringed bays. Istrian ports bustle with fishermen while kids leap into the shiny water. In Dalmatia, cities vibrate with nightlife amid olden Roman ruins. So, it is time to go for a long holiday in Croatia

Yachts fly up the shoreline movie stars discreetly arrange to buy one of Croatia's 1185 islands and no Mediterranean journey is complete without a stop in Dubrovnik. The interior landscape is as mesmerizing even though less visited. immerse in a thermal spa at Istarske Toplice in Istria. Hike through untouched forests watered by mountain rivers in the west. Let the waterfalls of Plitvice moisten your face. And then there's the traditions. The people that endured Roman, Venetian, Italian and Austro-Hungarian rule has a distinctive and slightly odd identity. You'll find a sharp central European taste in the elaborate architecture of Zagreb, and Italian devotion to the good life percolates up from the shore permeating Croatian food and style. During holidays and festivals the country's Slavic soul appears as colourfully costumed dancers spin about to a traditional folk song.

Croatians keep a strong connection to the land and customs that nourished the aspiration of autonomy for so long.