Taking the D1 backroad from Zagreb to Split, we stopped off for lunch at a small town that I’ve badly wanted to visit ever since I first saw photos of its antique wooden houses with waterfalls tumbling between them. Slunj is a very picturesque place in the mountains where the River Slunčica meets the Korana,…
Skradin is a place where I’d like to spend more time. It’s in a gorgeous location on the Krka river, with all the glorious nature and historical sites nearby – plus it has a thriving wine and gourmet food scene. We stayed here for a couple of nights while we explored the wines of north…
Continuing our wine-tasting adventures up the north Dalmatian coast with the Blue Danubians, we now arrived in Benkovac, where a special event introduced us to the local food and wine with a traditional flourish! It had been arranged by Alan Mandić of Secret Dalmatia, along with the Benkovac Tourist Board, the Mayor, Benkovac Heritage Museum,…
Following our first afternoon of wine-tasting in northern Dalmatia, we spent a superb gourmet evening at BIBICh winery near Skradin. Winemaker Alen Bibich was on hand to guide us through the carefully created pairings of his wines, with wife Vesna’s gourmet creations. The whole effect is a sumptious extravaganza for all the senses. These feasts…
There are some extraordinary wines being produced in northern Dalmatia. Which is quite remarkable considering that this part of the Croatian coast suffered greatly in the war for independence in the 1990s. The vineyards here have been painstakingly reworked and replanted – some with local indigenous varieties, and others with international varieties. Back in May,…
Kaštela is a combination of seven small towns that lie along the coast between Split and Trogir. It’s a lovely location, surrounded by vineyards and olive groves under the high mountain range of Kozjak. This used to be a popular resort for beach holidays, in the days before Split airport was built and recent travellers…
The Croatian craft beer revolution is in full swing. Real beer is being brewed even on Hvar island. And so, when I last had the opportunity to spend a few days in Zagreb, I thought that checking up on the capital city’s beer scene might be interesting. Zagreb is under four hours by car from…
For most of us, seaplanes seem an echo from the past, a remnant of times gone by, when travel was more adventurous, more glamorous. But they’re also visions of the future for Europe’s many islands and remote coastal areas – for example Scotland’s west coast, the Croatian islands, Italy and Greece. And around the rest…
Our week of exploring the Dalmatian coast is up and it’s time for us to head back home. On the way, though, we’ll be visiting another of Croatia’s National Parks – the spectacular Paklenica canyons. Velebit mountain is a huge coastal ridge, part of the Dinaric range bordering the eastern side of the Adriatic coast…
Arriving on Pag at the southern end across a big blue bridge, it felt like we’d landed on Mars. This is a very stark landscape, with red rocks strewn everywhere, no vegetation whatever, and the massive wall of Velebit looming across the channel. The lack of anything growing on the side of the island facing…
Go Hvar 
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