Where to stay in Split depends on whether the city is your destination or your transit hub. Catching a ferry? Stay in the walkable Old Town or Varoš, minutes from the terminal that serves Hvar, Brač, Korčula, Vis and Šolta. Staying longer? Trade the port for quieter Marjan or Bačvice. The five areas, and who … Read more
Croatia’s islands are organised around five mainland gateways, and which gateway an island belongs to decides how easily you reach it, what it costs in time, and whether you can continue to the next island without doubling back. That structure — not beauty — is what should drive the choice. The five gateways Croatia’s state … Read more
Croatia island hopping works because a handful of fast catamarans link Split, Hvar, Korčula and Dubrovnik in a single southbound chain. The catch is that the most convenient of those boats are commercial summer services. Outside the season the chain breaks, and you rebuild the route from year-round state ferries with more connections. The classic … Read more
Croatia has nine passenger airports, but the real choice is four: Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik and Zadar — and season decides between them more than distance does. Zagreb is the only year-round hub; the coastal airports run intensely in summer and thin to almost nothing by November. Croatia’s airports, and what each one is actually for … Read more
Split Airport (SPU), at Kaštela northwest of the city, handles Dalmatia’s largest share of summer air traffic — nearly ten times busier in June than November. When you fly decides the rest: crowds, which routes run, and whether your island ferry connection is still operating. How busy Split Airport gets, by month Croatia’s Bureau of … Read more
Getting to Croatia from the US takes some planning, but it’s absolutely worth the effort. There are no year-round nonstop flights from the United States to Croatia, so most American travelers connect through a major European hub — Frankfurt, Munich, London, or Amsterdam are your most common options. The total journey from the East Coast … Read more
Croatia is one of those places that ruins you for everywhere else. The water is impossibly blue, the old towns look like someone dropped a movie set on the Adriatic, and the food — fresh grilled fish, homemade pasta, wine poured by people who actually made it — is the kind of thing you think … Read more