Category: Croatia
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Why I love beach resorts out of season
There’s a peculiar romance about beachside resorts out of season. Of course, lying on a beach soaking up the sun before plunging into the warm waves, then having a delicious al fresco meal at a beachside cafe is awesome. But the part of me that likes taking long bus journeys to industrial cities also loves the…
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8 fun city beaches along the Adriatic and Ionian coasts
In my travels on the eastern Adriatic and northern Ionian coasts, I’ve ended up visiting lots of city beaches, so for the first time I’ve pulled together a list of my favourites. I’ve noticed that city beaches don’t always get the best write-ups, and a lot of travel writers instead extol the wonders of off…
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OFF THE BALKAN TRACK: Sunrise over Split
Ryanair flight to Pula: £20 Airport bus: HRK25 Bus to Split: HRK150 Seeing the golden early morning sun on the palms that line Split Harbour? Priceless To borrow a format from the MasterCard ads that how I felt when I finally got off the bus in Split, Croatia after a highly uncomfortable overnight ride from…
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OFF THE BALKAN TRACK: Eavesdropping, a bad cold and fabulous Roman sites in Pula
At 6.05am I’m at Hammersmith tube station, sitting on an almost empty Hammersmith & City line train, carefully positioned directly under the emergency passenger alarm. I feel surprisingly good for someone with a bad cold, who got up at 4.30am. I’m still 35 minutes behind schedule on a journey that will end in Pula, Croatia…
Steppe in Style 