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[quote=Anonymous]We went to Croatia a couple of years ago with an older ES kid and loved it.

We flew into Zagreb, spent a day or so there, drove to Rovinj (in Istria), stayed a few days there hanging out and visiting one or two nearby towns, and then drove to Plitvice National Park (which is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen in my life), spent a night there and then continued to Split. We dropped off the car and hung out in Split for a couple days, then took a ferry to Hvar, then to Korcula, then got a ride down to Dubrovnik (stopping at Wall along the way), spent a few days there and flew home from Dubrovnik.

As I said we really liked the whole trip.  It was a little bit of driving to get to/from Istria (and for that reason, plus the fact that's not as well known hardly any Americans seem to go) but we were really glad we did.  The landscape is a little reminiscent of Tuscany and the food is wonderful (there was just an article in the NYT about Istrian truffles-- apparently they haven't been promoting them because they could get a better price selling them as Italian but that's changing a bit).  There's also a ton of history-- cities that have been built up through the centuries (I think the second best preserved Roman amphitheater in the world (after the Coliseum) is in Pula, but that's one place we didn't go).

One thing I'll say is that many of the "beaches" can be rocky-- from Hvar I think they run day trips to sandier beaches but between not wanting to do a day trip and the fact that there is a substantial crowd of young backpackers who like to use those beaches for partying at night we didn't check them out.  But there are nice resort hotels if you want to chill and places for swimming (including Krka park).

Dubrovnik is very touristy (for a reason-- it's beautiful,  but it also gets big cruise crowds and it was harder to find good restaurants).  It's a great place to go if you a Game of Throne fan-- we kept looking around and recognizing places they had filmed.[/quote]

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