Anyone been to Croatia/ Montenegro

jos28

Thinking of going to either Croatia or Montenegro at the end of June. Has anyone else been ? What did you think ? Where would you recommend staying?
Thanks

vasch_ro

don' stay in lapad, stay closer to Dubrovnik,
Hvar and the islands are amazing
3-4 days you would do Dubrovnik really well

cousin_borat

I'd recommend hiring motorbikes and heading for Montenegro for the day from Dubrovnik. You'll see enough of it that way

ml

Me and my partner went to Montenegro last summer. It's a nice place. We stayed in a hotel called the Queen Of Montenegro...I'd strongly recommend that. Also did a boat trip to Croatia for a day...that was a disaster..spend about 5 hours on the boat and didn't see much of Dubrovnik at all.

ciaran76

vasch_ro wrote:

don' stay in lapad, stay closer to Dubrovnik,
Hvar and the islands are amazing
3-4 days you would do Dubrovnik really well

Would 100% agree with vasch_ro.

Goto the islands and bring swimmming gear as great places to swim.

gary the great

is there much to do in croatia?

rediguana

Croatia's great! My favourite place. I was in Dubrovnik in 2002, kinda quiet, but still very chilled (bar the blistering heat). Went there again last year with GF. Much livelier, good bars, clubs. There's great swimming there. We stayed on Lopud Island too, not far from Dubrovnik. Quiet but gorgeous and perfect couple-territory (assuming ye can stand each other!). Some nice nude beaches there too!

Croatian

Ok I'm from Croatia so I can tell you were to go. I live in town called Sibenik, it's near Split...that's already two towns you need to visit.

Ill show you some pictures so you deceide by yourself
this is Sibenik, my hometown


http://www.plum-design.net/photos/sibenik_13.jpg
this is St. Jacobs cathedral

This is Split

http://www.daniel-ursprung.ch/Orig/split_hafen.jpg

This is Zadar

http://www.vip-urlaub.de/zadar/001.jpg


you can also search on the net for Hvar, Korčula, Pula...
Dubrovnik is very nice...but trust me, there are other towns too.

jos28

Thats it, I'm convinced. Its the travel agents on Tuesday for me. Thanks everyone !

Nothingcompares

i went to pula on the opposite end of the country to croatia. nice enough, quaint. I went during the off-season so was very quiet.

Zaph

Was there last year, went to Dubrovnik and a couple of the islands, Korcula and Hvar. Well worth travelling around, it's a lovely country. Was particularly impressed with Hvar.

Imposter

I was there a few years ago. I traveled the coast in about 10 days. I stayed in Pula, Split and Dubrovnik and did day trips to different places. From Pula i was in Robinj and Porec, from split I was on Hvar and Brac islands and in Dubrovnik I was going to go to Korcula but in the end just took it easy in and about Dubrovnik.

It's a beautiful country and I think once you visit you'll definitely be back again. There are loads of threads on this board about it too so probably try to search it (using google I guess)

ronan.h

Just what I was looking for!!

I'm heading to Pula for a week at the begining of June. Could ye recommend a hotel? There's 4 of us heading over and we're looking for a classy hotel! Also is there any must see or must do things we should look out for?

Was in Hvar during the summer. When I arrived I was in a narky mood after getting two trains from Venice, but I loved it. If you can, rent a bike while you're there!

Croatian

ronan.h wrote:

Just what I was looking for!!

I'm heading to Pula for a week at the begining of June. Could ye recommend a hotel? There's 4 of us heading over and we're looking for a classy hotel! Also is there any must see or must do things we should look out for?

I'm not from Pula so I can't really give some good advice.
I was there once and it's really nice town...for must see is a gladiator fighting arena...something like Roman Colosseum but smaller.

anyway, chek it out here

http://www.aroundcroatia.com/

Imposter

I stayed in the hostel, so not sure about hotels. The hostel is a little out of the town but it's on the sea beside a rocky beach. Almost all beaches in Croatia are rocky not sandy. As has been said the highlights around Pula for me were the Colosseum and Rovinj.

Croatian

Imposter wrote:

I stayed in the hostel, so not sure about hotels. The hostel is a little out of the town but it's on the sea beside a rocky beach. Almost all beaches in Croatia are rocky not sandy. As has been said the highlights around Pula for me were the Colosseum and Rovinj.

all beaches in Croatia are rocky accept artificially made sand beaches...

sorry for bad english:o

BC

Croatian wrote:

Ok I'm from Croatia so I can tell you were to go. I live in town called Sibenik, it's near Split...that's already two towns you need to visit.

Hi,

I'm also planning a trip to Croatia. Can you recommend any hotels/B&Bs in Sibenik? Was thinking of staying there for a couple of nights and travelling to Krka National park from there?

Also - for anyone who has been, do you have any info on whether its possible to get a bus from Zadar to Plitvice? I'm getting conflicting answers!

Croatian

BC wrote:

Hi,

I'm also planning a trip to Croatia. Can you recommend any hotels/B&Bs in Sibenik? Was thinking of staying there for a couple of nights and travelling to Krka National park from there?

Also - for anyone who has been, do you have any info on whether its possible to get a bus from Zadar to Plitvice? I'm getting conflicting answers!

Ok, in Sibenik there is only one hotel and it's not really cheap so it's better for you to stay in small town of Vodice, it's 7km from Sibenik. It's a little beautiful tourist town with lot of hotels, you can go from there to Sibenik and Krka without any problems, here is link

http://www.vodice.hr/en/index.php

This is the best to do if you are planing to come here.;)

P.S. I think I deserved one big Irish flag when all of you come here:D

ChuckProphet

i'd highly recommend a trip to the island of mljet...u can do a day trip from dubrovnik

mik_da_man

Hi Guys / Gals,

I'm off to Croatia / Pula Istria @ the start of Apr and would be grateful if anyone has been there and has any hints on where to stay / what to do.

I plan on going around some of the islands and want to know what peoples expierence of this is.

Cheers

Mik

mik_da_man

Anyone??

Imposter

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055067022

This thread had a reply 3 days before your post. People get fed up answering the same question again and again.

BuffyBot

Merging the two threads.

mik_da_man

Imposter wrote:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055067022

This thread had a reply 3 days before your post. People get fed up answering the same question again and again.

Sorry - didn't find that when I searched:o

Cheers Buffy for merging

besty

Spent a month going around Croatia last Summer. It was amazing. I visited Dubrovnik, Split, Makarska, Hvar and Korcula. I would avoid Split to be honest. It's just a large urban jungle which smells and the accomidation isn't as good value as elsewhere. The islands are amazing. Be careful getting accomodation on Hvar too as there are some real rip off merchants going around.

Roddy23

Mik how'd ye get on in Pula. Myself and two mates are thinking of heading over in a month, and would like to know if it is any use. We'd be up for having a few beers, and have done all the resorty type stuff, so wouldn't be too bothered about going on a mad one. The beaches look cracking, and I have heard good things abour Rovinj.

Cheers.