About Croatia
Croatia’s Dalmatian coast is one of Europe’s most rewarding sailing destinations, a coastline of over 1,000 islands, medieval walled cities, and water so clear it seems almost unreal. The sailing divides naturally into distinct worlds: the wild and largely uninhabited Kornati Archipelago in the north, a national park of 140 limestone islands rising from an impossibly blue sea; the central Dalmatian islands of Brač, Vis, and Hvar, where thriving restaurant scenes and glamorous harbours give way to deserted coves minutes from the quay; and the classical south, anchored by Dubrovnik’s extraordinary walled city. Split, Croatia’s second city and one of the finest sailing bases in the Mediterranean, is built directly into the walls of Diocletian’s Roman palace, a living ruin of extraordinary scale. Šibenik’s UNESCO cathedral and the Krka waterfalls are within easy reach of the central islands. Every anchorage offers something different: a hidden bay accessible only by water, a hilltop village serving local wine, a quayside restaurant that has been feeding sailors for generations.
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