Choose Croatia holidays for a Central European time warp, with pine-forested national parks, glistening Adriatic waters and cosy suppers in rustic restaurants.
Plitvice National Park, a vast wonderland of waterfalls and lakes, is a peaceful Garden of Eden between the cosmopolitan capital of Zagreb in Croatia's north and studenty coastal Zadar. From here, the jagged Dalmatian Coast road splits olive groves and vineyards from the dreamy, turquoise Adriatic Sea. History buffs stop off at Split's Roman ruins before yachting to the emerald Croatian Islands trimmed with tiny fishing harbours, like Hvar and Brac. Further south, the turrets and ramparts of Dubrovnik look out over the city's terracotta rooftops.
