CarlyandChris

During our stay in Croatia, we decided to book a trip to a place called Plitvice Lakes. We didn't know much about this place, only what we had been told by the lady who was selling the excursion. We were shown some photo's and it looked incredible, beautiful lakes with turquoise water, multiple waterfalls and amazing greenery! We couldn't wait to arrive there and explore. It was an early start for the tour, we were picked up by a private driver who drove us into the city of Zadar where we got the coach from. We were advised that as we were going quite high up into the mountains it can get quite cold, and sometimes be raining. Ooops i hadn't planned for any other weather than sunshine so i had to treat myself to a ... read more

We were staying in a very small village called Sveti Petar. We just didn't realise how small this village was until we got there. Upon arrival at our accommodation (which was an apartment) there was no office, no reception, no staff member to check us in. Our taxi driver called the phone number we had on our documents and advised someone would be with us 10 minutes or so and then he left... At this point a thunder storm started! We were stood outside with all our luggage in the middle of a thunderstorm! When the guy running the hotel did turn up he showed us to our room ,it was undoubtedly nice. He advised us though that we would need a car to get around as there wasn't much going on in this village, and ... read more