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Hvar Travel Guide: Getting There, Where to Stay, and What to Skip

4 June 2026

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Hvar Travel Guide: Getting There, Where to Stay, and What to Skip

Hvar is the longest island in the Adriatic at 68km, but the parts that most visitors come for occupy a few square kilometres at the western tip. The island has been a tourist destination since the Austrian imperial period in the 19th century; it has the best-developed…

Henrik Vinter

Rovinj Travel Guide: Istria's Most Photogenic Coastal Town

28 May 2026

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Rovinj Travel Guide: Istria's Most Photogenic Coastal Town

Rovinj's old town occupies a peninsula that was an island until the 18th century, when the channel was filled with rubble. The result is a compact knot of narrow streets radiating uphill from the waterfront to a Baroque

Henrik Vinter

Korčula Travel Guide: The Dalmatian Island Town

28 May 2026

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Korčula Travel Guide: The Dalmatian Island Town

Korčula town sits at the tip of a peninsula on the northern shore of the island of the same name, its medieval old town rising on a headland with the Adriatic on three sides. The fortified walls, towers, and the herringb

Henrik Vinter

Split, Croatia: A Travel Guide to the Dalmatian Coast's Biggest City

14 April 2026

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Split, Croatia: A Travel Guide to the Dalmatian Coast's Biggest City

Split is built inside a Roman palace. Diocletian's retirement home from 305 AD is now a functioning neighbourhood with bars, restaurants, and apartment rentals in the cellars. That's the thing that makes it different.

Henrik Vinter

Dubrovnik and the Croatian Coast: How to See More Than the Walls

6 February 2026

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Dubrovnik and the Croatian Coast: How to See More Than the Walls

Dubrovnik delivers what the photographs promised: a genuinely beautiful medieval walled city with limestone streets, red-tile roofs, and a position on the Adriatic that justifies centuries of naval power. It also receives 1.5 million visitors annually in a city of 42,000 residents. The resolution is not to skip Dubrovnik but to understand cruise ship arrival patterns and time your visit accordingly. Most large ships dock by 9am and passengers reach the Old Town walls by 9:30am. The solution is structural: 8am starts, afternoon islands, evening returns.

Henrik Vinter

Best Time to Visit Croatia: Coast, Islands, and Dubrovnik

21 January 2026

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Best Time to Visit Croatia: Coast, Islands, and Dubrovnik

Croatia's peak season runs mid-June through August, and during this window Dubrovnik's old city receives up to 10,000 cruise passengers daily in addition to hotel guests. The old city covers 2 square kilometres. Do the arithmetic — then decide whether July is the month you want to visit it.

Henrik Vinter