Croatia

Usually I wouldn’t book accommodation in advance for Croatian coastal resorts. Whether you arrive at the bus station, the train station or by ferry, you will always find someone with a room to rent. However, in September 2009 we were arriving by plane on ...  Read review

I visited Pension Stankovic, Dubrovnik in the spring of 2009. We spent tree days in Dubrovnik an It is not easy to find the house We arrived in Dubrovnik in the evening. We were tired and it was dark. The navigation system showed us a road whi...  Read review

Dubrovnik, in Croatia, is sometimes referred to as the Pearl of the Adriatic. The most delightful way so come across this medieval city is by cruise ship across the Adriatic. An early morning vista of white walls and terracotta roofs in the morning sun ...  Read review

Dubrovnik, a Unesco World Heritage Site, has now fully recovered from the bitter Serbian and Montenegrin siege of 1991-92 and has been restored to its former splendour. This remarkable former city-state has in its historic centre perhaps the most attracti...  Read review

Curiously this rather attractive restaurant on one of Zagreb’s prettiest streets does not appear in any of the English language listings I’ve found online. Having risen early to make the train journey down to Zagreb from Maribor (Slovenia) our group of fo...  Read review

Zagreb’s main square "Trg Bana Jelacica" (a "trg" - pronounced "turg" - is a square, often a marketplace)is the vibrant heart of the Croatian capital and it’s a fine place in the Austro-Hungarian tradition, not dissimilar to squares you might find in cit...  Read review