Zagreb in two days: Upper Town and green squares
A one-night plan with the City Museum, two walks and time for lunch. Arrival, departure and a rainy Sunday are covered too.
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Pictured: Makarska
Rainy-day Makarska: shells, paintings and the town’s stories
One museum or gallery, then lunch out of the rain. Confirm opening times before you go, especially on Sundays.
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Rijeka with friends: let everyone choose one stop
Share the choices between food, culture and the evening programme.
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Meet Croatia: choose the trip before the route
Coastal towns, island crossings, forest paths or a weekend inland? Start with the kind of day you want, then choose a part of Croatia that gives it room.
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The stone Church of St Lucy in Jurandvor near Baška, with its bell tower and arched entrance.
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The Baška Tablet: thirteen lines worth a detour
A royal gift, unfamiliar letters and a small church near Baška. What the stone says, and where the original actually is.
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The glass entrance of the Krapina Neanderthal Museum set into a wooded hillside.
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Krapina: a weekend, 125,000 years back
The layers at Hušnjakovo are roughly 125,000 years old. Start with the discovery, look closely at the museum reconstruction and give the real site its own place in the plan.
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The polished big toe of Ivan Meštrović’s statue of Gregory of Nin in Split.
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Split: why does everyone touch this toe?
A bishop, a sculptor and a small ritual beside the Golden Gate. The story behind Gregory of Nin’s famous foot.
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A Lipizzaner grazing at Ivandvor, part of the Đakovo State Stud Farm.
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Đakovo: the horses worth changing your route for
Queen Elizabeth II visited in 1972. Today, the story runs between a working stud in town and the breeding herds at Ivandvor.
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Pictured: Hum
How small can a town be?
Hum has a famous answer. Its more interesting secret is how much you can miss if you only come to tick off the smallest-town claim.
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Pictured: Primošten
Primošten: old town first, Raduča later
A day that balances stone streets and sea time without rushing either.
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Pictured: Trogir
Trogir: small streets, a long history
Read the historic centre through its streets, carved stone and changing views of the water.
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Pictured: Motovun
Motovun: take the long way to the view
Stone lanes, walls and the Mirna valley, with a lunch break between the viewpoints.
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