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The Best Cycling Routes on the Croatian Coast (and the Smartest Way to...

The Best Cycling Routes on the Croatian Coast (and the Smartest Way to Experience Them). The Croatian coast and its islands offer some incredible cycling destinations. In Croatia you can combine your...

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Blue Cave Dubrovnik Tour 2026: Our Recommendation

Blue Cave Dubrovnik Tour 2026: Our New Recommendation. Croatia is a place we love, so much so that we stopped our full-time travels to live there for a year. We’ve written about its islands, its food,...

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What to See and Do in Dubrovnik (and what to skip)

What to See and Do in Dubrovnik (and what to skip). Known as the “Pearl of the Adriatic”, Dubrovnik is the most popular tourist destination in Croatia. It’s a beautiful city of medieval walls,...

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Plitvice Lakes: Impressions, Tips and Regrets

Tips on visiting Plitvice Lakes Updated September 2024. I read a lot of blogs and they always help me in planning what to see and how much time to spend somewhere. I wish I hadn’t read anything on...

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The Best Hotels in Split (Croatia)

The Best Hotels in Split (Croatia). One of our favorite cities in the world, we’ve been many times and even lived a year in Split. But where to stay when visiting Split? In this post I cover the...

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The Best of Croatia in 7 Days

The Best of Croatia in 7 Days. We’ve travelled and lived in Croatia. We know this country. Firstly, 7 days isn’t anywhere enough to really get to see all the highlights of Croatia. There’s lots to see...

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The Hidden Gems of Split (Croatia)

The Hidden Gems of Split (Croatia) We lived 18 months in Split and have visited the city countless times. We love this city. It is, in our opinion, one of the most beautiful cities in the world....

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Hiking Mt. Kozjak, Split

Hiking Mt. Kozjak Mt. Kozjak is maybe my favorite hike in the Split area. I did it with my Croatian friends Goran and Vedran. Our first attempt was in 2019 and we made it halfway before having to...

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Is Croatia (still) worth visiting?

  “I don’t like Croatia. It’s too expensive and the people aren’t friendly. I can get a more authentic experience in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Serbia and it won’t cost me a kidney”. “The average...

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The Best of Marjan Hill in Split, Croatia

The Best of Marjan Hill in Split (Croatia) Marjan Park has some of the best attractions in Split including the best views of the city and our favorite beach. It has churches, arguably the best museum...

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The Best Day Trips from Split (Croatia)

The Best Day Trips from Split I often see posts on the internet suggesting day trips from Split to places like Dubrovnik, Mostar, Plitvice Lakes and Vis. Unless you want to be travelling 5 or 6 hours...

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40 Photos showing why you should visit Trogir (Croatia)

40 Photos showing why you should visit Trogir (Croatia) One of the essential day trips from Split is Trogir. This little town is a UNESCO World Heritage site, a location first settled by the Greeks...

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The Best of Croatia (and around) Itinerary

The Best of Croatia (and around) Itinerary Between living and travelling to Croatia, we’ve spent more than 2 years in the country. We’ve really gotten to know Croatia, it’s one of our favorite...

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The Spomeniks of the ex-Yugoslavia

The Spomeniks of the ex-Yugoslavia This post was contributed by Siobhan McMahon. She and her husband are full-time travellers currently discovering the Balkans. Siobhan is a professional writer so if...

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Castles and Fortresses that you may have never heard of

Over the last 10 years of travel we’ve seen a lot of castles and fortresses. Some are famous, like Germany’s Neushwanstein Castle and Romania’s Bran Castle (both overrated castles in my opinion). But...

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Split or Dubrovnik?

Split or Dubrovnik? I had this dilemma many years ago before I knew Croatia. It was 2015 and we wanted to spend a month in Croatia and didn’t know where to base ourselves. We ended up choosing Split...

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Expat Bases: Why this couple left Croatia to live in Turkey

Why this couple left Croatia to live in Turkey Samir and Lucija have lived in many places during their lives. They thought they had found “home” when they moved to Split in Croatia. It didn’t turn out...

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THE thing to do in Vis (Croatia)

Back in 2017 we lived in Croatia. We had a lot of things going on that year between work, moving to Split, and getting residency papers in order. Lissette was burned out and announced that she needed...

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Expat Life: Comparing Spain VS Croatia

Back in 2017 -2018 we lived a total of 14 months in Croatia. Right now, as of April 2022, we’ve lived 18 months in Spain. I figured it would be a good time to write about our comparative experiences...

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Exploring the highlights of Croatian Istria

Exploring the highlights of Croatian Istria A few years ago we spent 5 weeks exploring Istria. It’s a region different than any other part of the country, in fact you might think yourself in Italy....

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