Croatia day trip

A Close Look at the 2025 Private Plitvice Lakes and Rastoke Tour

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A Close Look at the 2025 Private Plitvice Lakes and Rastoke Tour You know, thinking about a trip to Croatia pretty much always brings up pictures of Plitvice Lakes. Anyway, it’s a place that seems almost unreal, with water that is a shockingly clear color and more waterfalls than you can really count. So, the idea of a private trip for 2025, one that also puts a pin in the village of Rastoke and has the entrance passes all sorted, is actually very appealing. Is that type of focused visit really better than just going with the flow? Well, we …

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My Day Trip to Istria from Zagreb: A 2025 Review of the ‘Original Tuscany’ Tour

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My Day Trip to Istria from Zagreb: A 2025 Review of the ‘Original Tuscany’ Tour You know, leaving the city buzz of Zagreb behind for a day has a special kind of appeal. That’s pretty much why I found myself on this day-long trip to the Istrian Peninsula, a place people often whisper about as Croatia’s own version of Tuscany. Basically, the idea of swapping city blocks for rolling green hills and old seaside towns was really tempting. This review is, sort of, my story of that day, sharing what it was actually like to visit three very different Istrian …

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