The flag looks pretty similar to that of Serbia, except for the addition of the shield in the middle. Since Serbo-Croat is the language, mutually intelligible, I suppose that is logical.
Problem
What do I know about Croatia? Croatia is Catholic, officially secular but mainly Catholic. It is coastal and famous for Dubrovnik. Croatia was previously part of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia split up into several pieces like a jig-saw puzzle.
This map explains it all, what's where.
Cities, Towns and Villages
Dubrovnik on the coast in the south has 16th-century walls and a promenade.
Split from here at coastal Dubrovnik and drive three hours to Split, where you can roam around the Roman ruins.
Islands
Take the ferry from Split, and split via the island of Brac, to the island of
Hvar, an island fishing village, which has Dalmatian wines.
Islands are dotted like a string of oval pearls along the coast.
Korcula
Before the Romans there was scenery. Mountains surround the city.
Oddity
The oddest town layout is that of Karlovac in the north near Zagreb. Seen from the air, you can appreciate that the defensive layout is star-shape. The orange tiled roofs are attractive.
Offbeat Holidays
About a dozen lighthouses are available to you for a get away from it all holiday to watch the waves and write your novel.
In the far north is the inland capital of Zagreb. The cathedral and churches are interesting. St Marks church is medieval and has a distinctive roof decorated with colourful tiles depicting two giant shields.
The art galleries include one with an impressive number of old masters.
The most modern, and unique is the award-winning Museum of Broken Relationships. You don't know whether to laugh or dry. Pointless but poignant and popular.
From the capital Zagreb, it's only two hours by bus, car or train to Ljubljana. From Zagreb you can fly home, or you could drive for about two hours to the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana.
Food
Starters
Local olives and olive oil with your bread.
Savouries
The usual Med food, but often peppery or spicy. Cheese pastry (Strukli) and fingers of mincemeat on bread.
Sweets
Delightful Desserts
Almond cake from Rab island, called Rapska torta; cream cake called kremšnite; pancakes with cream cheese filling; pastries with walnut, poppy (makovnaka) or pumpkin and cheese, and strudels.
You can also buy chocolate-filled, freshly-baked doughnuts to end the day and end the diet. They are called Krafne.
Drink
Vineyards and tastings are all over the country. If, like me, you are not keen on red wine, you will be delighted to learn that evanda is a rich red wine diluted with tap water. Gemish is wine with mineral water. There's a sparkling red in Istria with herbal extracts. Also look for Maraschino from the marasca cherries. For non-alcoholics and drivers, a wake-up drink (smrikva) is made from sour berries. You have to be sober to say smrikva.
Airport
You can fly into Dubrovnik, from London, Edinburgh Toronto and many more places, on Air Canada, British Airways and WestJet.
From America, I suggest you fly to London for a stopover. Or into Europe to Frankfurt. Fly or drive from Europe or fly in direct from Dubai, Qatar or Tel Aviv.
Wikitravel gives you all your airline options.
Fifty best holidays chosen from those suggested by an assortment of travel writers including myself are on one list chosen by judges for flightnetwors.com/blog.
They have a lovely sliding slideshow of pictures of Croatia scenery.
https://www.flightnetwork.com/blog/dalmatian-coast-of-croatia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zagorski_Štrukli Recipe for savoury cheese pancake.
https://wikitravel.org/en/Croatia
https://www.learncroatian.eu/blog/basic-croatian-for-your-holiday-in-croatia
https://www.learncroatian.eu/blog/the-croatian-letters
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. See my post on Slovenia, love Slovenia.
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