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Fishing on the rivers, lakes and coastlines of the atlas.

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Experiences

Things to do

Camp in the national park — Camp Buk and the riverside sites

Sleep inside the park: Camp Buk’s 10,000 m² of Una riverbank at Kulen Vakuf — room for 200 pitches, bungalows and a riverside restaurant — plus the quiet sites toward Martin Brod, with the waterfalls as your alarm clock.

Una National Park

Swim and spend a day on the Adriatic in Neum

A day in and beside the water of Neum Bay — swimming from the town’s small beaches and bathing platforms, resting on the shore, and eating fish beside the sea on the country’s only coast.

Neum

Swim and Snorkel at Cape Kamenjak

Spend a day on the wild coves of the Kamenjak headland — swimming, snorkelling and cliff-jumping in clear, protected water.

Pula

Rovinj Old Town and Batana Heritage Walk

A guided-route heritage walk from the working harbour and the House of Batana, through Balbi’s Arch and up Grisia Street to the Church of St Euphemia, tracing Rovinj’s former-island street plan, Venetian past and living batana fishing culture.

Rovinj

Rovinj Harbour, Market and Istrian Flavours Walk

A central food-and-culture walk through Rovinj’s working harbour, market area and nearby pedestrian streets, connecting the town’s fishing and batana heritage with Istrian seafood, olive oil, truffles, Malvasia and Teran.

Rovinj

Sunset at Savudrija Cape

The coast-road drive to Croatia’s oldest lighthouse for sunset over the open sea toward Italy — with fish at the konoba by the light.

Umag

Walk the Village and Bathe in the Pools

Walk the lanes above the cascades and bathe in the village pools — the Rastoke alternative to no-bathing Plitvice.

Slunj & Rastoke

Fish or walk the Gacka river valley

Gospić

Eat fish paprika stew (fiš paprikaš) at a wetland restaurant

Baranja

Cycling the Konavle Valley

Ride the flat green floor of the Konavle valley below the Sniježnica ridge — Dubrovnik’s rural hinterland of stone villages, the Ljuta river mills and Konavoski dvori — an easy half-day by bike from the coast.

Dubrovnik

Cycle the East End: Lumbarda and the Wine Roads

Flat, quiet riding through the vineyards and villages of eastern Korčula — the old town to Lumbarda’s sandy beaches and Grk cellars, with easy extensions to Račišće.

Korčula

Sunset on the Great Lake

Stay past the last day boat: the park at dusk — empty lake, the islet in gold light and total quiet — is the experience day-trippers never get.

Mljet

Camping on Pelješac

Camp by the wind at Viganj, by the walls at Ston or by the quiet north shore — the peninsula’s campsites put every Pelješac day within reach.

Pelješac

Camping the Konavle Coast: the Molunat Auto Camps

Cavtat itself has no campsite — the region’s camping lives 20 km south in Molunat, a small fishing village at the tip of the Konavle coast, where simple auto camps sit right on the shore.

Cavtat

Use Bihać as your base for the Una valley and the Krajina

Bihać is the natural base for exploring Una National Park and the wider Krajina — the town where the rafting operators are based, where the park gates are closest, and from which the river valley and the region open out in every direction.

Bihać

Walk Sveti Stefan, Miločer and Pržno Coastal Heritage

A half-day coastal walk linking the Sveti Stefan viewpoint, the Miločer pine park and Queen’s Beach, and the Pržno waterfront — the heritage and shore of the destination on foot, conditional on path and beach access.

Sveti Stefan & Paštrovići

Attractions

Sights worth the detour

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Krupa River & Wetland Channels

The main watercourse carrying water from the Hutovo Blato wetland towards the Neretva, connected with the park's channels and lakes.

Hutovo Blato Nature Park

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Old Town

A maze of pastel houses, cobbled lanes and artists’ studios on the steep slopes leading up from the harbour to St Euphemia’s church.

Rovinj

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Rovinj Archipelago

A string of protected wooded islets just offshore, reached by boat taxi for swimming, quiet coves and the island of St Andrew.

Rovinj

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Batana Ecomuseum and Spacio Matika

A community ecomuseum centred on the batana, Rovinj’s traditional flat-bottomed fishing boat, with the House of Batana interpretation centre and the preserved Spacio Matika tavern.

Rovinj

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Grisia Street and Artists’ Quarter

The steep stone street climbing through the Old Town toward St Euphemia, lined with small studios, galleries and crafts and known for its open-air art exhibition.

Rovinj

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Rovinj City Museum and Califfi Palace

The city museum in the Baroque Califfi Palace beside Rovinj’s main square, holding local archaeology, history, ethnography and modern and contemporary art.

Rovinj

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Baredine Cave

A living karst cave five kilometres from the old town, with sculptural stalactites, underground pools and a blind cave salamander found nowhere else in the world.

Poreč

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Old Town Peninsula

The compact Venetian core on its own peninsula — harbour walls, the Church of the Assumption and lanes that end at the sea.

Umag

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Gacka River

A clear, spring-fed limestone river famous for fly-fishing and its steady, gentle flow through the Lika valley.

Gospić

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Kopački Rit (from Osijek)

A vast floodplain wetland at the confluence of the Drava and the Danube, one of the most important bird reserves in Europe, a short drive north of Osijek.

Osijek

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Vis & Komiža Towns

Two small harbour towns on opposite sides of the island, of fishing houses, wine-cellars and military relics.

Vis

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Mali Ston Bay & the Oyster Farms

The sheltered bay where oysters have been farmed since Roman times — the cleanest oyster water on the Adriatic, eaten at the farm edge with lemon and local wine.

Pelješac

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Trpanj & the North Shore

The ferry port and quiet north shore — empty pebble coves, the little port of Trpanj and the drivable emptiness of the peninsula’s far side.

Pelješac

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Cavtat Harbour and Waterfront

The sheltered harbour between the Rat and Sustjepan peninsulas — the working waterfront of stone façades, boats, cafés and promenade that is the heart of Cavtat.

Cavtat

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Rose Village and Luštica Waterfront

A quiet waterfront village on the Herceg Novi side of the Luštica Peninsula — stone houses, a small harbour and coves set among olive groves, the calmer coastal settlement of the peninsula.

Tivat & Luštica Peninsula

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Žanjice, Mirišta and the Blue Cave Coast

The cove and cliff coast of the outer Luštica Peninsula — Žanjice beach, the Mirišta islet and the Blue Cave, a coastal landscape reached by boat and narrow road on the Herceg Novi side of the peninsula.

Tivat & Luštica Peninsula

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