Kip and me at Diocletian's Palace

Dalmatian Coast

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August 18th 2008
Stunning. Breathtaking. Choose whatever superlative you wish. The Adriatic coast of Croatia has to be one of the best-kept secrets in Europe---although it's definitely becoming a hot spot for European travelers and backpackers and was really, perhaps, just a secret to me. We spent all of our time in the middle of Croatia's Adriatic coastline, known as Dalmatia. There are a lot of offshore isl ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Dubrovnik

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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more