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Post by chrism on May 16, 2015 2:04:37 GMT 1
My fiance and I are starting plans to go to Croatia for a week next May and then to Italy for a week afterwards. Bluntly, we are completely ignorant of the land outside of an Anthony Bourdain episode. We've been talking with a travel agent but we want to do some research and create an itinerary before our next meeting with our travel agent. We need help desperately. We want to stay on the coast or island hop. Our thoughts are to fly into Dubrovnik, somehow get to Novalja, then go back down to Zadar and take a boat over to Italy. Like I said earlier, we want to make a week of this journey and make stops along the way. Is this a reasonable itinerary for a week or are there more sensible ways? Any help on this would be much appreciated.
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Post by Anna on May 18, 2015 10:30:06 GMT 1
Dubrovnik to Novalja on Pag is quite a lot to cover in just one week (assuming you're stopping at places along the way!). You could do Dubrovnik to Split (and also get the ferry from there across to Ancona) in a week in a more relaxed (although still slightly busy) way. Between Dubrovnik and Split, you could 'island hop' your way up the coast (take a look at probably two from Mljet, Korcula or Hvar) - for example, you could make use of this catamaran although there's others (with Jadrolinija) that you could also use for some legs of the journey. Otherwise, you'd be doing Dubrovnik - Split (let's say, with the above option as well), then Split - Zadar by bus, then Zadar - Novalja by bus. (And then return to Zadar for the ferry to Ancona!) That's quite a bit to all fit in in just one week! I guess it depends on how much of an influence Anthony Bourdain is!  |
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Post by Carol on May 19, 2015 11:44:28 GMT 1
The good news is that you'd be going in the low season when the roads would be quieter but its still a huge amount of travelling.
Dubrovnik is at the very southernmost tip of Croatia, adjoining Montenegro. The bad news is that quite a few restaurants will still be closed. Beaches will be empty and the sea might be still a little chilly (or it could be ok - it depends on the weather, obviously!).
In a car, without stopping, its a 4 hour drive along the (very attractive, winding, coastal road to Split. There's a motorway now, so that may make it quicker but it is built behind the mountains along the border with Bosnia, so you won't see much apart from hills.
IME visiting an island takes a day per island.
If I were you, I'd fly to Dubrovnik, make your way up to Split. Then hire a car and use Split as a base to explore places like Krka Waterfalls, Trogir, Brac Island and Hvar Island. Then catch the overnight ferry to Ancona.
Or restrict yourself to Istria.
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