How To Use This E-Book Getting Around the e-Book This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Croatia, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip. The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Croatia, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings. In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information. Maps All key attractions and sights in Croatia are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view. Images You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Croatia. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen. About Berlitz Pocket Guides The Berlitz story began in 1877 when Maximilian Berlitz devised his revolutionary method of language learning. More than 130 years later, Berlitz is a household name, famed not only for language schools but also as a provider of best-selling language and travel guides. Our wide-ranging travel products – printed travel guides and phrase books, as well as apps and ebooks – offer all the information you need for a perfect trip, and are regularly updated by our team of expert local authors. Their practical emphasis means they are perfect for use on the ground. Wherever you’re going – whether it’s on a short break, the trip of a lifetime, a cruise or a business trip – we offer the ideal guide for your needs. Our Berlitz Pocket Guides are the perfect choice if you need reliable, concise information in a handy format. We provide amazing value for money – these guides may be small, but they are packed with information. No wonder they have sold more than 45 million copies worldwide. © 2017 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd Table of Contents Croatia’s Top 10 Attractions Top Attraction #1 Top Attraction #2 Top Attraction #3 Top Attraction #4 Top Attraction #5 Top Attraction #6 Top Attraction #7 Top Attraction #8 Top Attraction #9 Top Attraction #10 A Perfect Tour of Croatia Introduction A Natural Playground Cities and Towns A Split Personality The Legacy of the War Croatia Today A Brief History From Prehistory Greeks, Romans and Byzantines Croatia’s Kings Coveted by Hungary and Venice The Fall of the Divine Republic World Wars I and II Croatia under Tito Ethnic Rivalries and the Descent to War The Homeland War Modern Croatia Historic Landmarks Where To Go Zagreb Donji Grad Trg bana Josipa Jelačića Kaptol Gornji Grad Novi Zagreb Parks and Gardens Inland Croatia North of Zagreb Plitvice Lakes Slavonia Istria Pula Vodnjan Rovinj Poreč Other Coastal Resorts Boat Trips from the Coastal Resorts Istrian Interior Kvarner Gulf Rijeka The Opatija Riviera Paklenica National Park Kvarner Gulf Islands Dalmatia Northern Dalmatia Southern Dalmatia: Split South of Split Dubrovnik Dalmatian Islands