Comment on Can travel anywhere in late June, not sure where. Anecdotes/advice?
YawningNostalgia@thelemmy.club 2 weeks agoI’ve seen videos of Croatian tourist activities like swimming holes and ziplines and I think that may be the one. And plenty of beautiful city to cover week one. Was thinking about spending one night in Zagreb–>Split–>Dubrovnik, send the madre on her way, and then just wing it by myself once I’ve gotten the lay of the land.
If you have more specific recs I’m all ears
lokalhorst@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I have been to Croatia 2 years ago, drove to Zagreb via night train, rented a car and immediately drove to the coast. Keep in mind I really despise big cities and tourist stuff.
I have been with my girlfriend and we visited two small villages along the coast that were not too touristy but had nice beaches. We really liked it.
The highlight of our visit was the Plitvicd National park which was one of the most beautiful nature I have seen in my life (you need tickets). Also the roads to Plitvice have been very nice. We spontaneously did one other activity - there is an old Yugoslavian underground airbase close to the Bosnian border which is a huuuuge lost place. We booked a guide who went with us through the tunnels for 2 hours, I’ll never forget that experience!
Then we went to Split for one night, just for going to one of the islands, in our case Hvar. We spend almost a week in Hvar and had a really good time although it was way to warm.
Split was alright but pretty ugly, you have the typical tourist stuff, the residential area is not really worth it. It is pretty funny to watch the rich people in the port area though.
Dubrovnik was a pure tourist hell. Yes historically interesting, but pure tourist hell. I would never come back again if it wasn’t another pandemic or so, but people like different things.
That was a short summary of our trip, ask me anything if you like!
YawningNostalgia@thelemmy.club 1 week ago
A lot of what I’ve read online was to skip Dubrovnik because it’s pricey for no reason and the nightlife isn’t enough to make up for it. I know you’re in a relationship and have different proclivities, but if you were a single person and wanted to make out with hot European men at a nightclub would you want to go to Croatia at all, and if so which areas?