Mljet: Polače runs for eight weeks, Sobra runs all year

Mljet’s Polače pier is served from Dubrovnik only between 3 July and 30 August. Sobra is the year-round port. Outside that window line 9807 runs Sobra to Šipanska Luka to Dubrovnik only, and the sole vehicle route is line 832 from Prapratno on Pelješac. The date that decides which pier you land at Mljet has … Read more

Things to do in Split: what the harbour actually reaches, and when

Twenty-three of Croatia’s 68 registered ferry routes leave Split and five of them carry a car. Seven island groups are reachable directly, from Brač and Šolta to Lastovo. Thirteen of the twenty-three are commercial lines that stop when summer demand does. Split is a harbour with a city attached What is worth doing in Split … Read more

Croatia itinerary: build it around the boats, not the map

Croatia itineraries fail on the boats. Of 68 routes in the 2026 register, 17 are commercial lines with no public service obligation, and the convenient Split to Dubrovnik through-service is made of exactly those. Decide your dates first, then the route the dates allow. Start with the calendar, not the map Almost every Croatia itinerary … Read more

Best places to visit in Croatia, decided by reach and season

Croatia’s 68 registered ferry routes are not spread evenly. Split touches 23 of them, Zadar 16, Dubrovnik 8 and Pula one. Seventeen routes carry no public service obligation and stop for winter, so the right place depends on the month you have already chosen. What actually separates one Croatian place from another Every ranking of … Read more

Where to stay in Split: the terminal, the beach, or neither

Split’s areas divide by one measurement: how far you are from the ferry terminal. Twenty-three scheduled services leave it, five of them carrying cars, and thirteen run only in summer. If islands are the plan, walking distance to the quay beats every other consideration on the listing. Split is a terminal with a Roman palace … Read more

Croatian islands: 1,244 of them, 52 with people on

The Registar otoka counts 1,244 islands, islets and reefs. Seventy-eight are true islands and fifty-two are permanently inhabited, holding 127,838 people. Nearly three in ten islanders are over 65, and that is why the ferry timetable thins from October, when the summer operators stop. What the register actually counts The Registar otoka splits 1,244 units … Read more

Croatia island hopping: the chain runs south, and it is seasonal

Croatian islands connect to the mainland, not to each other, so island hopping means following one chain southward. Three through-services run Split to Dubrovnik and all three are commercial lines with no public service obligation: they run to summer demand, and they stop. Why the network looks like a comb, not a web There are … Read more