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Aquarium Split
Located on the ground floor of an old villa on the quaint little Vranjic peninsula 8km from Split, this is a lovely spot for a family outing or a rainy day alternative. Fishing enthusiast Kuzma from Vis and his seven kids have realised their dream. Croatias biggest aquarium has 130
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St Anastasias Cathedral
Built in the 12th and 13th centuries, Zadars cathedral has a richly decorated facade and an impressive three-nave interior with the remains of frescoes in the side apses. The cathedral was badly bombed during WWII and has since been reconstructed. On the altar in the left apse is a
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Grabovača Cave Park
The small town of Perušić, 12km north of Gospić, is notable for its pretty onion-domed church and its perfect chess-piece Turkish castle. However, the main attraction is this extraordinary cave complex on the edge of town. The largest cave, Samograd , has four beautiful chambers –
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Gloria Maris Museum
Housed inside vaults of the old citadel, this museum is dedicated to seashells and marine and freshwater life. It’s the labour of love of Vladimir Filipović, who has amassed around one million shells in his 48 years of collecting, from all corners of the globe. Enter through the st
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Street Art Museum
Founded in spring 2010, Zagreb’s Street Art Museum doesn’t have a fixed physical home, opening hours, curators or pompous openings, or at least thats how the museum’s director, Ivana Vukšić, describes the initiative, conceived as a series of projects. The first was successfully com
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Vela Spila
Spacious enough to make cave-dwelling seem like a viable accommodation option, this large domed cavern, high on a cliff above the harbour, has been continuously occupied since the last ice age – about 18,000 years. Its open to the sky, so even the most claustrophobic shouldnt baulk
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Monastery of St Euphemia
A 2.5km walk heading north along the seaside promenade from Rabs Old Town will bring you to this peaceful Franciscan Monastery, dating from the 13th century. The monks have a small museum here with old manuscripts and religious paintings. Check out the pleasant cloister and, inside
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Dubrovnik During the Homeland War
Set inside a Napoleonic fort near the cable-car terminus, this permanent exhibition is dedicated to the siege of Dubrovnik during the Homeland War, as the 1990s war is dubbed in Croatia. The local defenders stationed inside this fort ensured the city wasnt captured. If the displays
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Franciscan Monastery
Just east of the centre, the single-nave church of this monastery has a huge contemporary mosaic in its apse and a well-presented shell museum in the cloister, with reportedly the largest collection of snails and shells in the world.
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Castle
Looming over the chasm, Pazin’s Kaštel is the largest and best-preserved medieval structure in all of Istria. First mentioned in AD 983, it is a medley of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance architecture. There are two museums inside; one ticket gets you into both. The town museum h
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Zlatni Rat
Most people come to Bol to soak up the sun or windsurf at Zlatni Rat, which extends like a tongue into the sea for about 500m from the western end of town. It’s a gorgeous beach made up of smooth white pebbles, its tip shuffled by the wind and waves. Pine trees provide shade and ro
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Manita Peć
The only cave in the park thats open to the public, Manita Peć has a wealth of stalagmites and stalactites enhanced by strategically placed lighting in the main chamber (40m long and 32m high). Entry is by way of a 30-minute tour. This cave is about a 90-minute walk from the Entran
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Lungomare
Lined with majestic villas and ample gardens, this wonderful path (more formally known as the Franz Joseph I Promenade) is a voyeur’s dream and walker’s delight. It winds along the coast, past villa after villa, for 12km from Volosko to Lovran via the villages of Ičići and Ika. Alo
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Dragon’s Cave
You can go by foot to Dragon’s Cave, an extremely unusual set of reliefs believed to have been carved by an imaginative 15th-century friar. Carved angels, animals and a gaping dragon decorate the walls of this strange cave in a blend of Christian and Croat pagan symbols. First walk
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City Museum
The city museum showcases a sculpture of Minerva from the 3rd century AD.
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Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Kaptol Square is dominated by this cathedral, formerly known as St Stephen’s. Its twin spires – seemingly permanently under repair – soar over the city. Although the cathedral’s original Gothic structure has been transformed many times over, the sacristy still contains a cycle of f
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State Archives
The 16th-century Sponza Palace houses the State Archives , which contain a priceless collection of manuscripts dating back nearly a thousand years. This superb structure is a mixture of Gothic and Renaissance styles beginning with an exquisite Renaissance portico resting on six col
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Pile Gate
The natural starting point to any visit to Dubrovnik, this fabulous city gate was built in 1537. Crossing the drawbridge at the gate’s entrance, imagine that this was once actually lifted every evening, the gate closed and the key handed to the rector. Notice the statue of St Blais
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Dolac Market
Zagreb’s colourful fruit and vegetable market is just north of Trg Bana Jelačića. Traders from all over Croatia come to sell their products at this buzzing centre of activity. Dolac has been heaving since the 1930s, when the city authorities set up a market space on the border betw
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St Mark’s Church
This 13th-century church is one of Zagreb’s most emblematic buildings. Its colourful tiled roof, constructed in 1880, has the medieval coat of arms of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia on the left side, and the emblem of Zagreb on the right. The Gothic portal, composed of 15 figures i
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