Sin 'n' Joy: Croatia

Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro : List of Blog posts

In September/October 2019 we had a trip to Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro.

I took lots of photos and notes along the way and have compiled a small subset of them into a number of blog posts as a reminder of our fantastic trip and to provide information that may be of use to others in planning trips to this area of the world.

The many blog posts are as follows:

Driving to the Plitvice Lakes & Slunj / Rastoke

We drove to the Plitvice Lakes area from Rovinj on some quite narrow roads which were particularly painful when stuck behind a very slow vehicle for a long distance with no opportunities to overtake.

While in the area we took the opportunity to see Slunj / Rastoke which is known for having waterfalls super close to houses and in some cases going under them.

For dinner I had what in New Zealand would be considered an undersized trout at Plitvicka Sedra.

Next... Plitvice Lakes

A full list of all blog posts from this trip can be found here

Back to Croatia before flying out & Cavtat

We were originally intending to drive from Kotor in Montenegro on the day of our travel to the Dubrovnik airport in Croatia, but decided to change plans to destress our final day by spending our final night at Cavtat near the Dubrovnik airport.

After our drive around the bay of Kotor the border crossing wasn't far away and we had a quick crossing into Croatia and were very shortly thereafter at Cavtat.

Cavtat was a nice relaxing location and being only about 5 mins drive from the airport was great.

That concludes our 5 week holiday :-)

A full list of all blog posts from this trip can be found here

Korčula town

We drove to the island of Korčula with the help of a ferry. This included driving into Bosnia and Herzegovina for about 20 mins before crossing another border back into Croatia.

The town of Korčula on the island of the same name has a lovely old city.

Jane had anchovies yet again.

We had a crazy amount of thunder and lightning one evening. This is the view from our apartment overlooking the Korčula old town (during the day and in the storm, albeit the photo or videos I took don't convey the feeling of being there).

Thankfully we finished dinner early before the rain started! Our dinner incidentally was Lamb Peka, which is akin to a lamb roast cooked with a lid on with some potatoes.

Next... Pupnatska Luka, Vela Luka, Vela Spila and Pupnat

A full list of all blog posts from this trip can be found here

Trogir

We took a one hour boat trip from Split to Trogir to explore this UNESCO World Heritage site (Croatia has a lot of these!). It is a small island that took me 20 mins to circumnavigate. I found it strange to see a game of football being played against the castle walls. The old city had a lot of tourists but quiet alleys could be found between the myriad gift stores.

Next... Korčula town

A full list of all blog posts from this trip can be found here

Pupnatska Luka, Vela Luka, Vela Spila and Pupnat

With the weather forecast for thunder storms we went to Vela Luka for coffee and the Vela Spila cave where ceramic fragments thought to be around 17,500 years old have been found.

We then had a lovely lunch at Mate in Pupnat.

After lunch we went to the beach at Pupnatska Luka and almost had the beach to ourselves. Of note, is that beaches in Croatia often consist of pebbles. The beaches that are sandy are often very shallow and not suitable for swimming. There are also a lot of "beaches" that are rocks, concrete or a mixture of both.

Next... Račišće and Lumbarda

A full list of all blog posts from this trip can be found here

Račišće and Lumbarda

We started the day with a lovely drive around the coast to Račišće which is a lovely quiet village.

We then drove to Lumbarda to check out the beach (but it really wasn't beach weather) and Lumbarda village where we saw a Ferrari boat with a slide.

It was then time for lunch at Konoba Maslina. I had the local macaroni speciality, Žrnovski, with a beef stew and Jane had an olive oil based lentil soup, Sočiva. Our meals were accompanied with a lovely fried bread.

Next... Čara, Brna, Gršćica and Žrnovski Banja

A full list of all blog posts from this trip can be found here

Čara, Brna, Gršćica and Žrnovski Banja

For our third day on Korčula Island we visited myriad small villages, including Čara which is a wine and olive growing region,

Brna which is a lovely seaside village,

Gršćica which also has beautifully clear water with a slide

and Žrnovski Banja where we had lunch at Mimi's Bistro.

We are noticing an increasing number of restaurants closing for the season (start of Oct). Our accommodation has one more couple staying and will then be closing its doors too.

Next... Dubrovnik

A full list of all blog posts from this trip can be found here

Saturday, 18 April 2020