Blogs from Medulin, Istria, Croatia, Europe

Thursday 16thMay Krka National Park We are now in Northern Dalmatia We arrived at the campsite yesterday and booked on a guided tour of the National park for today – our first rain free sunny day for a while. The park covers an area of 109 km squared of the Krka River. It includes waterfalls that have been built from travertine, limestone that has settled out of the water and accumulated, which apparently is quite a rare phenomenon. The park is also home to a wealth of plant species, fish and a stopping off place for migratory birds. It also shows evidence of human habitation since prehistoric times and includes the remnants of the former Krka Hydro-power plant which began operations in 1895 just two days after the first hydro-power plant in the world (in the ... read more

Liznjan At the very south of Istria, on the sunbathed hill kissed by the fresh breeze, there is Ližnjan. It is a real discovery of an ideal destination. Embraced by the broom plant, which, like gold, covers the entire region, the town is calmly overlooking the full beauty of blue sea and the islands of Kvarner. The coast of Ližnjan is 28 kilometers long and it is rich in truly beautiful and untouched beaches where it is still possible to find the pleasure of personal connection with the Mediterranean - a solitary piece of beautiful coastline in the company of waves and crickets. Its history is truly fascinating, told by over 7000-year old settlement sites, remains of Roman villas, pieces of amphorae, wrecks (which are still in its waters), old lighthouses (which still show the way ... read more