Dalmatian Coast (dubrovnik) holidays - travel guide - activities & sights

Popular pastimes in both northern and southern Croatia include fishing, hiking and cycling. Sailing is also popular along this stretch of coastline and around the Dalmatian Islands.

Croatia's main tourist attraction has always been its beaches. The Adriatic coast and islands are lined with amazing beaches, filled with natural harbours, with numerous bays, ports and marinas.Croatia offers swathes of sea and beach and in addition to the the mainland, there are still over 1.000 islands to choose from to visit or stay on.

Croatia boasts eight national parks including Mljet, a wonderfully verdant island where you can walk through deep, scented pine forests to two idyllic salt laked-bays while watching for exotic birdlife, including snake eagles. A short boat ride from Dubrovnik also brings you to Lokrum, a small, tranquil islet covered in atmospheric botanical gardens dotted with tropical palms. There's also a lovely inland lake where you can bathe in still, brilliant-green waters.

Grab the chance to visit this incredible country to Croatia's south on a day trir. One of the Adriatic's last undiscovered secrets, it's now opening up to the tourist industry and offers jaw-dropping scenery, beautiful cities, baroque towns and a dramatic, steep coastline indented with pebbly coves and sweeping sandy beaches, all lapped by crystalline south Adriatic seas. Highlights include Kotor, a medieval city complete with a crumbling hilltop fortress.