A Taste of Adventure
Take an activity holiday to northern Croatia and discover an enchanting landscape of rolling hills covered with vineyards, ancient beech and oak forests and scattered with ancient hill forts and timeless villages. Head south to coastal Croatia’s Velebit mountains region for a truly breathtaking adventure holiday experience. Explore Croatia’s hidden places with a canoe trip down some of the most beautiful rivers in Europe or, if you prefer your adventures on dry land, go by bike, horse or on foot.
Easy Does it
If you prefer your Croatia holiday adventure to be of the less energetic kind or you like to mix it up a bit why not choose from our Easy Does It selection. A relaxing leisure holiday to Croatia has everything for the discerning traveller – fine food and wine, history, culture and a pace of life which has disappeared from many other parts of Europe.
Vered Neta, Netherlands
It was definitely one of the best vacations we’ve ever had. Your service and all the time, care and willingness to make sure everything was well, was amazing and we are fortunate to have you as our vacation organizers. Thank you for creating this experience for us.
Steve and Tracy Halles, UK
Many thanks for the fantastic itinerary you put together for our holiday in Croatia. We loved every minute of our trip ….. we couldn’t have had a better personal service. You really went out of your way to ensure that we had a very special holiday. We certainly won’t hesitate to recommend your company to anyone thinking of visiting Croatia
Maureen and Avril, London, UK
All our requests were met and nothing was too much trouble. The itinerary was just right for our group and we really enjoyed the day in Lonjsko Park and would recommend it. We also enjoyed the Plitvice Lakes, a sight not to be missed when visiting Northern Croatia. A big thank you to Amanda and her team for helping making our holiday so enjoyable.
For those who may not know, Croatia (Hrvatska), is in the Balkans in Central Europe. It is a fascinating country; a bridge between the East and West and a cross roads of many cultures and influences.
It was colonised in ancient times by the Illyrians, Greeks and Romans, followed by the Celts, Croats (of course!), Venetians, Italians, Ottomans, Hungarians and Austrians, all of whom have left their mark (some of the best preserved examples of Roman architecture can be found in Croatia). From this melting pot of civilisations has developed a country with a character all its own. More recently it has been at the forefront of the reshaping of regional politics after the fall of communism and is expecting to join the EU by 2014.
Croatia can also be divided into geographical areas; continental, mountainous and coastal. These largely determine the climate, which can vary quite considerably across the country with generally hot summers and cold winters. Northern Croatia has a continental climate, Central Croatia has a semi-highland climate whilst the Adriatic coast has a Mediterranean climate.
Whilst most Croatia holiday makers will be heading for the coast or visiting some of the 1,185 islands in the Adriatic for sea, sunshine and beaches, the more adventurous will be exploring its inland attractions. Croatia has, for instance, 8 National parks brimming with fauna and flora, forests, cascading waterfalls, rivers and deep blue lakes. Over 400 bears roam wild in the mountain forests and wild sheep, mountain goats, wild cats, wolves and an abundance of lynx live happily here. The variety of bird life is too vast to mention! Of course, there are the various geological phenomena too – mountains, valleys, canyons, sinkholes, ravines, springs, gorges and caves; some unexplored. Finally there are the warm and friendly Croatians themselves waiting to make your stay a memorable and enjoyable one.
Did you know?
- Dubrovnik (an independent state at the time) was the very first nation to formally recognize the United States as a nation when it declared independence from Great Britain.
- The White House was built out of Croatian stone, from the island of Brac. This same stone had been used to build Diocletian’s Palace in Split.
- The largest truffle ever found was discovered by Giancarlo Zigante in Croatia on November 2, 1999. It was 7.8 inches long, 4.1 inches wide, and 5.3 inches tall.
- The tennis player Goran Ivanisevic became the Wimbledon men’s singles champion in 2001 after entering the tournament on a wild card.
- Croatia’s currency, the Kuna, is named after a small mammal, the Marten in English.
- Dalmatian dogs originated on Dalmatian coast.
- The necktie was invented in Croatia and is called a “cravat,” which is derived from the word “Croat.”
- That Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), the father of alternative current electricity and technology of wireless communications, after which the unit for magnetic induction is named, was born in Croatia, and that he refused to receive the Nobel prize he had to share with T. A. Edison.
- Croatian young people can vote at the age of 16 if they have a job but must wait until 18 if they are unemployed.
- That Marco Polo (1254-1324), adventurer, merchant and explorer, whose book “The Travels of Marco Polo” was the first tourist book in the world, came from Korcula in Croatia.
