The effects of climate change are increasingly being felt in many parts of the world as changing weather patterns are more and more noticeable with each passing year. At the same time, global tourism ...

When the summer wind comes blowing in the Dalmatian Coast, the beaches of Croatia polish their pebbles and fluff their plumage for the peak season from July through to August. The secret of Croatia’s ...

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Istria isn’t the sort of place that likes to interrupt. Stand on the shore anywhere between Fažana and Umag, as the sea laps the shingle and families chatter quietly, and you’ll understand: a ...

Spend enough time on the verdant peninsula of Istria and someone will tell you: "I have a friend here who has lived in four different countries and never moved." A 100-year-old Istrian, for example, ...

That's because, as Bill Bryson might say, it's neither here nor there. When you look at a map of Croatia, the nation's outline bears an uncanny resemblance to a flying creature, with Istria its bowed ...

What began with one villa, three friends and a property owner in need of advice has developed into a business of 700-plus luxury lodgings and more than 40,000 guests a year. But some things never ...

We just had to pull over. On an overcast, sultry day the sun had yet to make an appearance, and the landscape around us, although verdant, felt a little dull. But then – a patch of blue sky. Suddenly ...

AS SOON as I saw the large, freestanding hammock gently rocking in front of my safari tent, I knew I had come to the right place. Istria, a heart-shaped peninsula on Croatia’s west coast, is full of ...