Tag: Croatia

From the Travel Office: What to Reserve Right Now

  It’s almost always possible to find last-minute space somewhere, but why compromise? By planning well in advance, you can secure exactly the accommodations you want, exactly when you want. Many of Andrew Harper’s favorite hideaways have fewer than 20 rooms, making it essential to reserve well in advance, as even large hotels and resorts [...]

Split, Croatia, and the Hotel Vestibul Palace

  Unlike the heavily urbanized French Riviera or overbuilt stretches of the Spanish and Italian shorelines, Croatia’s Dalmatian coast remains remarkably unchanged. Bone-white mountains rear dramatically above the Adriatic, an expanse of cobalt blue bordered by aromatic shrubs and dotted with more than 1,000 islands. Here, you can rediscover the Mediterranean world of 50 years [...]

Croatia’s Seductive Istria

    After a long wait to cross the border from Slovenia (which is part of the European Union) to Croatia (which isn’t), I stopped for an espresso a dozen miles past the border. Sitting in the welcome shade of a chestnut tree, I fell into conversation with a nattily attired gentleman at the next [...]

Croatia’s Seductive Istria

After a long wait to cross the border from Slovenia (which is part of the European Union) to Croatia (which isn’t), we stopped for an espresso a dozen miles past the border. Sitting in the welcome shade of a chestnut tree, we fell into conversation with a nattily attired gentleman at the next table. He [...]

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