croatia

jeanna_2

hello,
can anyone help. iam thinking of booking a holiday to croatia but don't know where to start. good beaches.nice restaurants and some sightseeing. i have seen a flight from glas-pula. are there nice beaches near there? thanks for any help you can give me.

musical_norwich

Nice beaches and Croatia don't really go together if by that you mean sand.

We went all over Croatia and the islands. The hotels were comically atrocious (particularly inclusive meals), though it was a good while ago now. The only hotel we stayed in that I could recommend was the Hotel Croatia in Cavtat.

Croatia is great apart from the hotels and their food. The islands are great and Split has an amazing buzz and fantastic history with the city being built in and around Diocletian's palace (though it was also there that we stayed in the worst hotel - hardcore !!!!!! in the lobby on a projection TV with prostitutes sitting with the staff between jobs, handles that fell off, etc. - Marjan I think it was called). Island hopping is great - we did Mljet (tranquil), Hvar (glamour) and Korcula (so many Germans it was like being in the Great Escape).

Hope this helps.

shammyjack

This is the best website for all things Croatian.

http://www.visit-croatia.co.uk/index.htm

Very friendly people online , run by a Croat woman and her father living in the UK and a complete mine of information .

Sign up to the site ( NO SPAM ) and post any queries on the forums .

Enjoy Croatia, a wonderful holiday !

shammy

dandare

me and my gal drove to parts of it a coupe of summers ago, we didn't do any hotels just sc or bb that we found on the way. but the people where nice and the scenery lovely, in parts. i recommend the island of pag a little fishing port called sumini, and down the coast to zadar.

dandare

primosten has a small sandy beach.

Reggie_Rebel

Dubrovnik is a must see. There are hotels outside of the city walls but they do tend to be expensive.

As previously stated beaches are mostly rock but better hotels all have pools.

deva

have a look at www.balkanholidays.co.uk for some ideas and information- they do have good prices but i find their website really annoying!

Red_Panda_2

Pula is in Istria which is a pennisula in North Croatia, very close to Italy.

I have been there and was not overly impressed, the only thing there is the ampthitheater which is stunning, but thats it!

There are some lovely places in Istria - Purec is one, lovely seaside town about an hour further north.
Along the Adriatic there are some lovely seaside towns. If you hire a car try those instead.
Rovinj is probably my favorite, is smaller that Purec but a beautiful little town.

try www.cottagestocastles.com and click on the Croatia link at the bottom, I have used them before.