Dubrovnik Harbour This post contains affiliate links. If you book or purchase through these links I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend things I've personally experienced or genuinely believe in. Dubrovnik is one of those cities that rewards the traveller who uses it as a base rather than just a destination. The old town is spectacular and it'll keep you busy. But step outside those ancient walls and the surrounding region opens up in ways th

Hvar Town Croatia This post contains affiliate links. If you book or purchase through these links I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend things I have personally experienced or genuinely believe in. Before you even enter the harbour of Hvar Town the catamaran ferry slips past the most opulent super yachts you have ever seen in your life. And before you set one foot onto the white marble promenade you already know this place is going to rock yo

Split Croatia This post contains affiliate links. If you book or purchase through these links I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend things I have personally experienced or genuinely believe in. We found Split completely by accident on our first Croatia trip. We were trying to get from Plitvice Lakes National Park to Dubrovnik and needed a ferry. Split was just the place in between. Then we arrived and stood on that white marble promenade with

Hvar's old town This post contains affiliate links. If you book or purchase through these links I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend things I have personally experienced or genuinely believe in. One week in Croatia. It sounds like plenty of time until you start looking at a map and realising this country has more to offer than any seven days can possibly cover. I know this because I have been multiple times and still haven't seen everything

Pula, Croatia This post contains affiliate links. If you book or purchase through these links I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend things I have personally experienced or genuinely believe in. Croatia is one of the most beautiful countries I have visited in fifty countries of travel. It is also a country with a few surprises that nobody quite prepares you for before your first trip. I know this because I watched a stranger learn the sea urch

Rovinj Croatia This post contains affiliate links. If you book or purchase through these links I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend things I have personally experienced or genuinely believe in. Most people planning a Croatia trip head straight for Dubrovnik, Split and the Dalmatian islands. And honestly, they should. That route is spectacular and earns every word written about it. But there's another Croatia sitting quietly in the north that

Dubrovnik Croatia This post contains affiliate links. If you book or purchase through these links I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend things I have personally experienced or genuinely believe in. Four visits. That's how many times I've been to Dubrovnik. And every single time someone finds out, they ask me the same question. Is it still worth it? Here's my honest answer. Yes. But Go Smart. Dubrovnik is genuinely one of the most remarkable p

Croatia island hopping itinerary Split Hvar Korcula Dubrovnik ferry route Adriatic coast This post contains affiliate links. If you book or purchase through these links I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend things I have personally experienced or genuinely believe in. If you're planning a Croatia trip and island hopping is somewhere on that list, this is the itinerary I'd hand you. My husband, my son and I did this exact route, Split to Hvar

A wooden bridge gracefully stretches towards the serene sandy beach, framed by vibrant blooms and swaying palm trees under a clear blue sky. Before I ever went to Thailand, the images I saw fell into two very different camps.There were the beaches, impossibly blue water, long stretches of sand, hammocks doing their best work. And then there were the parties. Loud ones. Endless ones. Young ones. The kind that looked less like a holiday and more like an endurance sport. The con

Victoria may be British Columbia’s capital of charm by day, but by night, it belongs to its ghosts. A City That Whispers Between Sips By daylight, Victoria is all teacups, coastal walks, and tidy manners. But when dusk slides over the harbour, the polite façades loosen, and the stories begin to breathe again. Over the past weeks, I’ve wandered through the city’s most haunted cafés, pubs, and landmarks for my Haunted Sips of Victoria series, listening, sipping, and occasional

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