Croatia: Harmony of Europe and the Mediterranean

When you plan to visit Croatia, the following regions are worth travelling. You can start your tour by visiting Zagreb, the capital city of the Mediterranean country. One day is enough to look around the truly central European cultural center.

This reporter who crisscrossed 1,500 kilometer of the country by a car in April, believes that Dubrovnik, the southern tip of the country, is another must-see.The Plitvice Lakes, which are about 90 minutes from the capital city, are another amazing sight Croatia has to offer.

Split, the home of the historical complex of Diocletian’s Palace, built 1,700 years ago is a UNESCOworld heritage site. You can enjoy the history of the new early-Christian, Byzantine and early-medieval art and its cathedral built in the Middle Ages.

No other place has two cities with monumental heritage under UNESCO’s protection registered in the World Cultural Heritage within just 30 kilometers. They are the Diocletian Palace in Split and the historical core of the town of Trogir.

Istria, which is the largest peninsula inCroatia, boasts blue seas, white stone and green interior. The blueness of its shoreline is contrasted by the lush greenery of its interior.

The heart-shaped peninsula reaching deep into the clear blue waters of the Adriatic Sea is a hidden garden of beauty which opens the door to the sunny and warm Mediterranean. This is an area where wide-ranging diversities have come together.

Opatija is also a fashionable Adriatic tourist resort. It is a place of luxury hotels, villas and private summer residences.

There are currently no direct flights between Korea and Croatia, but it is an easy reach by plane from such cities as Frankfurt, Vienna, Rome, Budapest, Rome, London and Venice.

Many travelers include Slovenia on their itinerary when they visit Croatia.

UNESCO heritage sites