Visit Croatia: 5 Things You Will Love & Hate About Visiting Croatia
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The Best & Worst of Croatia.
Visiting Croatia? Here are the five things that tourists will love and hate about visiting Croatia.
I love Croatia. I hate Croatia
Hate #1: Getting there out of season
Hate #2: Traveling Around the Country by Public Transport
Hate #3: Summer Crowds
Hate #4: Summer Heat
Hate #5: Dealing with Exchanging Money
Love #1: The Natural Beauty of Croatia
Love #2: The Beautiful Towns
Love #3: The Food
Love #4: It is affordable
Love # 5: Great tourist infrastructure
Filmed in Rovinj, Croatia
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I stayed in Croatia last year. I found it the most pleasant, clean, safe, polite and beautiful country I have been to so far.
I am Mexican, and I did not have any bad experience in Croatia. I was in Zagreb and in the beach, yes, touristy places, but the people were great! And I can say it is a very safe place, and most of all, BEAUTIFUL!
Carlos Franco the once that they telling you is bad are most probably Serbian.
Carlos Franco Drago nam je da ti se sviđa (I'm glad you like it)
Nah some of us who tell you about flaws of certain areas are native Croats as well. I reccomend avoiding beaches near docks because the yacht owners (usually foreigners) dump their fecal tank at the ports often (even tho it's forbidden and they are supposed to do it 12 nautic miles of the coast but the port owners don't punish the behaviour and police is plain lazy outside of catching burglars, thieves or stopping fights).
I am glad you like my country.
Carlos Franco hvala it menas Thank you
I am traveling to Croatia for 11 years now. I get here with my parent's car (of course with them) and we always go to Podgora. We just love that city! Every evening (after the beach) we come to eat. And we go to Rock (or how it's called) restaurant! It's so amazing there! Right now it's July 17 and after about one month I will go there again! I am very excited! BTW I live in Lithuania. So I get to Croatia like this: Lithuania, Poland, Chezek Republic, Austria, a little bit of Slovenia and then finally - CROATIA! I love love love you Cro and you are definitely my fave country in the whole white world! Kisses and greetings from Lithuania! ❤️🙌🏻😘👍🏼🇱🇹🇭🇷
can I come with you?
im from croatia :D
lol, it's actually whole WIDE world...
To be fair, in Croatia for instance, we would actually say "white world" while describing (poetically) the whole world in it's entirety with all the good and bad it encompasses. It does sound kind of strange when I think of it now, and I don't know if the original statement was derived from a similar, Lithuanian literal translation, but there it is :)
Well nice to hear it Music Lover.. You can spend a night at my place any time...LOL...
Croatia is amazing:) Greetings from Bulgaria. Bulgaria and Croatia brothers forever.
Greetings from Zagreb!❤️❤️
Greetings Bulgaria from Croatia
Greetings to Bulgaria from Dubrovnik!
As a Swiss person who claims to be a Croatophile (Someone who loves Croats, Croatia, its culture and its language), I would love to visit the Islands of Dalmatia, Hvar, Dubrovnik, Split, Korčula, Istria, Rovinj, Novigrad, Cavtat, Grožnjan, Pag and Zagreb
I'm from Croatia and I can tell, Dubrovnik and Rovinj aren't the only beautiful towns in Croatia.. I recomend Zadar, Opatija, Vrbnik on the island Krk, and Crikvenica also ;)
MsInfinity445 so many great places. my mom is in love with opatija :)
woltersworld i just wanted to ask you. why don't you make a video about opatija? i mean rijeka is ugly (i live here) but just 5km away there is opatija and it's a small but beautiful place . i went to catering school there
MsInfinity445 Makarska too ;)
Split too.
I agree. I am Irish and I had the pleasure of spending a week on Krk Island. Beautiful. Based on my experience of Croatia I would ignore everything that the guy in the video says. He is the kind of person who ruins your trip if you are unlucky enough to share a hotel/train/resort or even an entire country with.
I was there during the months of May and June back in 2013🙌 Loved it. I will never forget how clear and clean the water was there. So beautiful.
When you're from Denmark you dont have to worry about the Exchange rate, though. 100 Danish kroner is 100,6 Kuna.
klaus jespersen I hate Denmark.
Bear Recs _ Joking :D Denmark is awesome, like every Scandinavian country, but I don't know why, Denmark has a special spot in me. This Balkanite shithole can't be compared to Denmark anyway.
Bear Recs _ obviously
cool
If you said 100 Danish Kroners it would have different meaining in Croatian slang lol
It would've meant 100 Danish druggies
Goes to Croatia in the summer - complains about the heat lol. Also, he complains about tourists, while he is sitting in Croatia, as a tourist
Bang Arang Tourists don't necessarily want to be surrounded by lots of other tourists.
CyGrGuy That is why it's good to go and get lost in a new city! :) fuck tour-guides
Yeah, plus he mentions that he knows he's a tourist himself so he points out the irony of what he's saying.
Matt - i na ovom si videu?!
May would be my 1st choice.
Just a few things I would like to add go this video:
1. If you're traveling to Dubrovnik by a bus or a car, carry your passport! One part of southern Croatia is divided by a small part of Bosnian soil(we're building a bridge that will solve this issue)
2. If you're into hiking please be prepared. We had a lot of tourists that went hiking without proper equipment and got injured in Croatian mountains.
3. Croatia is a safe country. We're one of the safest countries in the European Union, if you're not looking for trouble you'll be safe,even in the late hours.
4. There's a lot of things to see and enjoy here. If you're a party person you'll find a lot of clubs on the coast, definetely check out Zrce beach(often called Croatian Ibitza) Also there's Ultra Music Festival in Split. If you're a history buff then you have a loooot of places to choose from. From Dubrovnik, ancient Roman town of Split(Roman emperor Diocletian built his palace there and the old city center is situated in it)Pula, Trogir,Zadar, Sibenik,Solin... Inland Croatia has a lots of castles and beautiful cities that are not so popular among tourist but mix that with a great cousine and you have a perfect vacation.
5. One thing that I always recommend to our guests, If you're staying here for 3+ weeks and want to see as more as possible choose 2-3 cities as your bases for your adventure of exploring Croatia. Croatian coastline is long and has a lot of beautiful cities and islands that are worth seeing so plan before you get here.
6. Croatian national parks are totally worth seeing. From fascinating Plitvice lakes and waterfalls to Krka and island Mljet. Plitvice should be on the list of every nature lover that visits Croatia.
7. Croatian motorway is the easiest way to travel so definetely rent a car service. In the video you can hear that you have to travel 16 hours to Dubrovnik, it's not that long but it's better to use rent a car and be completely free to plan your vacation
8. Croatian food is great (as stated in the video) Everything has been said about our Mediterranean cousine but if you love meat you should definitely try our Dalmatian prosciutto (from inland Dalmatia),bacon, kulen (specialty from inland Croatia) and a lot more specialties.
9. Things that my friends from northern America and Europe like the most is our wine. Croatian wine industry really took off and continues a long tradition of our people that can be seen today, from crljenak(Croatian immigrants brought this wine sort to America and is there known as Zinfandelo)plavac,malvazija you have a lot of wines to choose from,each bringing something unique from a different region of Croatia.
10. Croatian people are really helpful and nice when you need instructions. I have to admit, I know that it sounds like a cliche, but after hearing some experiences from my foreign friends that traveled down the Croatian coastline even I was amazed and proud.
12. If you're traveling by a bus you have to pay for your baggage, it's not included in your ticket price.
13. Carry your sun cream!!!
14. Uber is available in most of the cities.
15. Almost every Croatian will be happy to teach you our swearwords :D
Have a nice time here and
enjoy.
Welcome, or as we say Dobrodošli!
Psoriasis Buddy Actually I've lived in that area, you have to be in Kastela? Either way take a bus number 37 or 38.37 goes every 20 minutes from Trogir, there's a bit of a traffic jam in the morning but you should arrive in Split in 20 to 40 minutes depending in wich Kastela you are staying.
It's like 35 minutes from Kastel Kambelovac to Split, when you get to the last bus stop just head south and you'll be in city center in 10 minutes.There you have a lot of cool restaurants and bars and sea promenade is a minute away. Split is an awesome place, has everything you want form a Mediterranean city so I have no doubt that you and your lady will enjoy it.
of course I had feeling there would be some haters. Croatia is safe unless you decide to BE stupid and find trouble. As for hating gays and all tha crap, sure some people dont like the thought of homosexuality but from what I have experienced I have yet to hear a rude remark if a person found out that you were gay. As for the Crpatoans hating Serbs...seems like someone hasnt read upon the history or they just never heard of a news channel.
the bus rides are long and somtimes I get the feeling the driver drives around just to kill time (Korčula to Zagreb).
I would highly recommend visiting Korcula (the town) and the surrounding areas. Whenever I go I always hear some sort of event going on. There is also a sailing school where you can take classes and a few rental agencies (boats,kyacks,bicycle s,scooters,etc)
also a must go is Mljet. its a national park which has one of the warmest lakes around, so if the water is too cold for your taste you can go there.
This is a great place and I have been going there to visit relatives for years. If anyone has any questions I would be more than happy to answer them to the best of my knowledge.
DONT listen to the haters and let them discourage you. See it amd experience it for yourself and then YOU be the judge.
Greetings from a croatian living in the US
sretan put I uzivaj te
Hey I'm from Bosnia and I'm going this summer in Croatia, in Zagreb. There i have 3 cousins. :) Croatia is really best and may im gonna live there :)
Selenator Gomez sve je to lipo ali zasto ic LITI u zagreb kad mos na more 😂
hahaha
Selenator Gomez
hvala ;)
Dođi!
Pro tip, visit continental Croatia. It's cheaper, there is less annoying tourist hordes, there is more than enough Castles, National parks and beautiful cities for you to visit. Only down side is.....more mosquitos hue hue :)
hahaha. yes. and if you pick the timing right. its hotter haha
Very interesting! I have always wanted to know Croatia, my grandmother's parents were Croatians (Yugoslavia).
Thanks for the kind words. and thanks for liking the channel. we really enjoyed our time in croatia. hopefully we will be back soon!
Welcome to Croatia!❤️
thanks for the great tips! we are hoping to get back to Croatia in the next couple years as we had such a great time. the food, the people, the nature, the towns, just fun and fun and fun :)
My father and baba were born in Croatia and my dida was born in Serbia.
I was born here in the US in Arizona.
After I save up my money, I plan to buy a small home near the coast some place and buy a small scooter or motorcycle and spend most of my time fishing and maybe try and start a small business. Maybe make burgers and hot dogs the American way. lol
So did u make it or still saving money?
Don’t spoil croatia with American fast food
I'm from croatia and I appreciate all the nice stuff you said, but I'd like to mention that croatia isn't really just a coastline with continental blob, biggest part of country is continental and completely different than the small coastline part and it has many nice features, I just hate how we're reduced to the coastline in eyes of foreigners.
Great point. I am coming from NY to visit. Will make air ei visit the country side. Good info.
Great point. I am coming from NY to visit. Will make air ei visit the country side. Good info.
Podcijenjeno je dosta toga, čak i na Jadranu.
A really "small coastline"?? If you want to call like that the coast that counts more than 1000 islands.. 🙄
I'm from Croatia and I LOVE this video! You showed a big half of what's good and bad here. :) thank you for this!
Hvala! We loved our time in Croatia. The people were so nice and friendly. The food was phenomenal. Just a really great vacation place.
My Springfield XD was made in Croatia - very high quality.
no springfield armory bought a licence from our firm hs produkt, and springfield armory made your gun. the original one is much better , the real name is "hs2000"
nope :), DET313 is right , en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HS2000
Yup. it's croatian gun. original name is hrvatski samokres
my two HS2000 and my other two PHPs are made in Croatia, looking for a HS95
Haha people don't be afraid! I live in Vodice near Sibenik, and it's really nice place with beautiful beaches, you have content for older population and for young people you have a lot of beach parties, night clubs, beach and cocktail bars, and there is a lot of festivals around Vodice like Garden Festival in Tisno(Electronic music with much tourists from UK) or Terraneo in Sibenik(there was Prodigy and Wu-Tang Clan and many others).So i think you will love that, a morning coffe in your favourite caffe and when you opening the door waiter always know what do you want(in my case :D).We are not bunch of killers or mafia members, all people have stereotypes :) Just come and enjoy, our door is always open for all tourists.
Mate Jozić i live in vodice too
Thank you so much for your reply, MrxBath. The fact you took the time to debunk such hateful words is very much appreciated! Bless you
hands down favorite trip during my study abroad experience! so beautiful and such friendly people!
Bus from Zagreb to Dubrovnik 16 hours? LOL, it takes 7 hour max, but everything else you said was true :)
+Fckyall the video is 4 years old and they were giving 14-16 hour bus times then. Glad it's gotten better. Croatia was great by the way
I just took the catamaran to Dubrovnik and back to Hvar in one day. I only had 4 hours in Dubrovnik, but that's all I needed as it was so overrun by tourists anyway, and I just wanted to sit on the Iron Throne and see other Game of Thrones sites, which I easily did in the time I had. So yes, a lot better transportation in all forms to and from all places in Croatia these days, thankfully....or should I say not, because that encourages tourists, of which there are already way too many. I so miss the days when I knew everyone walking along the streets of my dad's home of Hvar. Now I'm lucky if I see any familiar faces, they are all tourists. And Dubrovnik is so bad the mayor just announced they are going to be limiting entrance to 6000 people and if you want to enter, you have to wait for someone to leave. It certainly is a very different world.
Fckyall why are you lying? It takes 6 and half from Zagreb to Makarska and vice versa. Atleast another two for Du Zg
Wolters World it doesnt take 7 hours lol, its probably around 13-14...
It took me 4.5 hours from my hometown Split to Zagreb
The best sea on the whole world is Adriatic sea, especially islands. My favorite islands are: Brac, Lastovo, Hvar, Korcula, but there are amazing places everywhere. Sea food the best what you can not find anywhere else, just Adriatic's sea food, vine, Dalmatia, smell of the sea and pine...I wish to come back to my Adriatic sea....my source of life.
Beba Majstor sounds like our top 10 Croatia video :) (which was not uploaded due to audio flubs)
Thanks! We really did love it there. the people, food, nature, towns were all great. thanks for the kind words!
I love your way of expressing your thoughts!
Greets from Croatia! ;)
Very good review. The cons in my opinion are minor. I for one am from Australia and if you want to see heat come here. Croatia is nothing compared to the heat in Australia. We would die without air conditioners in Australia. You are spot on with your pros- the food is amazing and fresh and the coastline is absolutely stunning and you seem very enthused thus I take it you really enjoyed Croatia. My profile pic is Plitvice Lakes in Croatia- one of my favourite places in the world
For me is also difficult to get from Salzburg to Miami by flight. What is he talking about?
Great video!!! Thank you so much for all the kind words about Croatia !!! Biiig hug from a Croatian =)
Thanks. We had such a wonderful time in Croatia that we will be heading back :) When we do get back I will probably be writing you. Thanks! Hvala!!!
Go there in the end of May or in June, less tourists, beautiful weather. Until 10 or 12 years ago it was a great country to visit on July-August, only problem, the italian tourists who cannot stopped to speak loud.
Zagreb - Dubrovnik, 16 hours!? Wtf man, where do you get your info??
23101979T the slow bus that tourist take can take that long (its even in the guidebooks) if you drive on your own (which I recommend) it is no where near that long.
woltersworld If you're interested in just getting there, (Zagreb-Dubrovnik) than don't use those.. There's a regular bus line that goes, Zagreb, Dubrovnik in 8-9 hours. In peak season little more, but much, much faster than those 16 hours buses..
23101979T He walked .
Cro GAMING It's around 600 km, which is aprox. 370 miles.
www.auto-karta-hrvatske.com/planiranje-rute-puta-od-do.html
23101979T He he, možda čovjek mislio pješke. Ili mu na blesimetru krivo napisali. A ćoha se ko da snima reportažu na Floridi. Ti komarci izgleda posebno vole debele amere. Ali se zato nije zaje... pri opisu hrane. Samo kaj mu nije vodica na usta procurila.
We're off to biograd next may with a visit to plitvice National park planned, and your advice will help us enjoy our holiday 👍👍👍
Croatia is a beautiful Country. Top tips. Fly to Split and take a road trip to Dubrovnik. Be sure to stop off in Kastela ( 7 villages that have existed since the 15th Century) .Be sure to visit Krka National Park and swim under the waterfalls. Take a walk on the walls above Dubrovnik. Try to take a visit Peljesac famous for fantastic vineyards and wine. Trpanj has a beautiful beach with crystal clear water.
hahahha i saw you filming this video, I thought you are just a crazy guy talking to camera :)))
well... I am a crazy guy talking to a camera :) but next time you see me come say hi! :)
Hi Wolter, greetings from Zagreb. Unfortunately, all negative things you said about Croatia are true. Our government couldn't care less about transport infrastructure in means of trains and buses. Nice to see you were in Rovinj, and to hear you had a great time. Hope that you could visit inland next time. I don't know what interest you and your family most, but for me it is old cities like Varaždin with its Spancir-fest, Osijek, Old city in Zagreb, or renaissance fair in Koprivnica with 3 days of knight fights and living old style. It would be great if you could spend more time here 'cause every city has something specific about it.
thanks mr. aussiedeadhead :) great "call sign" by the way :) Jerry would be proud
Thank you for making this video. yOU ARe Awesome! Kudos
I have no idea who started that silly rumor about Croatia not being safe, it's total bullocks. Can't be further from truth. And this racist thing... so not true. Someone is really working hard on trashing us. But it is easily refutable in just one visit 😊
I love your videos. They are honestly blatant, the way I like it.
Thanks Nick. Not everyone likes the blatant honesty :) some people get really upset by it but we just try to share our opinions and adventures so other travelers don't make the same mistakes we did
i prefer your blatant way , so its a question who makes the mistakes :)
Helpful and amazing videos!
I did. Thanks so much for the response. Can't wait for the next video.
I am Croatian and Croatia is a beautiful country!
I love Croatia and the people.
Thanks. I think what we will try to do is spend 3 weeks going around and seeing as much as we can. I know we won't be able to see everything, but we can try :) thanks for the recommendation!
Definitely will check them out. Fell in love with Croatia while we were there. I ended up making something like 15 videos for all kinds of european travel while i was there. just a super fun place. great food... well you saw the video so you know what i love ;) thanks for the tips! i will definitely check them out on our next visit!
Visit Islands: Korcula, Hvar, Brac... stay at hostes :) more fun!
hvar is on my list for sure :) thanks!
woltersworld All the best Wolter!
woltersworld If you get the chance visit some of the continental cities, too... Varazdin, Samobor, Cakovec... they have great architecture, and even lower prices than on the coast. I highly recommend visiting Varazdin during Spancirfest, a history-themed street festival.
cool! I will definitely be back and will check them out. I loved Croatia
MravacKid
woltersworld yes, and go to Osijek, Đakovo(Djakovo), Vukovar, PLITVICE LAKES-MUST GO THERE!!, and one beautiful little village called Laslovo-not LasTovo but LasLovo, with L. Have a good time!
I visited a small town called Trpanj and it was a two hour drive north from Dubrovnik, the drive was long and boring but everywhere you looked just beautiful hills and coasts, it was truly incredible. By the way, many people warn you about how some people are homophobic and racist etc... but we truly met some of the most honest, loveliest people and they were so welcoming, I don't know if thats because i'm white and from the UK, aswell as not being Muslim or not, but it was incredible... I definitely recommend visiting the island of Korcula, and eating out as much as possible, because the food was some of the best i've ever had.
Aurane Waters There is still conflict in Croatia and in areas like Split where it is a bit rough around the areas, discrimination and racism does occasionally happen. Croatia depends heavily on tourism, which is a shame because it's such a beautiful country. I read reviews on sites like Trip Advisor etc... their words, not mine. but the only people we encountered were helpful, generous and lively. Definitely planning on returning soon!
Aurane Waters It's not a matter of 'singling you out' all i'm doing is saying what i say on Trip Advisor, look it up yourself if you don't believe me
Monstrosity x I think there is discrimination, as there is anywhere... The discrimination I experienced while I was there is more if you live there, such as a Jewish boy in my class or my sister for not speaking English. This is more long-term discrimination that might be excluding young children but isn't as prominent past elementary school. This isn't "hate" as it is in other places, but ignorance because the country is relatively homogeneous. But to tourists or to people on a short trip, they might get curious questions, but nothing that would qualify as dangerous
Well, you could say older people are a bit homofobic because it is strange to them, but you could say that about any country. But racist, not at all. There are a few misconceptions like: all Asians photograph like crazy, black people must be from Nigeria, stuff like that because we don't have many of them, and in the end people don't really care ;)
much appreciated SimplyANnaTV!!! Thanks!
Good video. Thanks!
Im from Croatia and it is beautiful but croatia isnt just coasline we have teritory deeper in land in east
why would you go to Mediterranean tourist country in July or August, middle of the summer, and then complain about hot weather and tourists ? you ever been to Florida in August? 11 hours from Rovinj to Dubrovnik, duh , Rovinj is all the way on the North side, and Dubrovnik as far down south as you can go ... you need a car to get around? no you don't, public transportation, trains and buses are all over the place, and go just about everywhere ... you need a water shoes on the beach? after watching this video, i would suggest next summer you stay at home, and spend your summer at your local YMCA , that way you want have to deal with heat, and traffic ... and as far as expensive tickets go, I fly just about any day of the year from US to Zagreb round trip for about $1200-$1300 ...don't book your $6000 flight first class Lufthansa , go to www.cheaptickets.com and fly coach with United for $1200 ...
If you want cheap fares to Croatia fly to Milan and drive from there. Airline tickets are half price and the drive is about six hours.
I'm from Umag (north from Rovinj) and I love your video! Thumbs up! :)
I know this is from years ago, but as soon as I saw Umag, I got excited! I was there in 1987 and it was wonderful. I've always wanted to go back, and relive my teenage holiday memories! You're so lucky to live in such a beautiful town. Thanks for the memories Marko!
you have got me on that one :) we may be heading to texas for some filming in the spring... any advice? I always like hearing from locals.
Hrvatska je najbolja!
Croatia is the best!
+Lea Perkovic How would a Croatian feel about a serb visitng croatia?:)
+Cynthia I have no idea. Why? What do you think?
+Cynthia why do you ask? ._. I mean...It's not like we care about it buuuut...yeee... I guess someone told you that we hate them a lot...
Brooke Meyer jeste najlepša ali nije najbolja!
pozz iz Srbije
Yellow bear ja znam za to...bar od priče mog oca
žoveo je u zagrebu i kaže da hrvati više žele da mrze srbe nego dobru ekonomiju!!
i da ne postoji ništa što mrze toliko kao srbe...sada ne znam dali je to istina ali ja uvek kada se družim sa nekim hrvatima bude
ja: jao blago vama živite u prelepoj državi :D dodjite da posetite Srbiju i ona je lepa
oni: ma beži bre ni slučajno!
...(većina) ima i onih koji su već bili pa kažu da je jako lepo i da bi želeli još ići (što je dobro :D)
usput ja sam u hrvatsku na more išao 4 ili 5 puta u zagreb 3 i ovako negde oko 50 puta...vrv zato što imam puno rodbine haha 😂😂
Croatia was cheap but now they are a full member of the EU .
So now all things are getting costly for the locals .
I myself am like 25% Croat cos of me granny and i do watch the HRT chsnnels here in the Netherlands.
Bout the travel bit he is not right .
Within mainland europe you always can take a bus to Croatia .
Eurolines or Prosič they depart from all big city's in europe to country's like Croatia or else in the Balkan .
During christmas time you can take the bus nearly each day so if you can not fly to your destination you now know there is more ;-)
Vidimo se u Hrvatska ;-)
The Dalmatian coast was the most beautiful place I've ever seen...Rented a car and drove from split to Dubrovnik...Ended up taking some ferries to Hvar to end the trip. The drive through Hvar was one of the coolest experiences I've ever had. Unbelievably beautiful country, If you have time on your hands I would suggest renting a car....There are so many beautiful inland valleys and lakes, and the winding roads and sporadic, beautiful towns make it very worth it!
thanks for the heads up. i appreciate it.
You over use the word “hate”. Hate is such a strong word, perhaps you could use words such as “challenging, frustrating, uncomfortable”.
when you go in Croatia go to some bar and get drunk with rakija :)) and belive me you will have best night in your life :D
rakija? riba, bijeli kruh i vino.
and the worst morning too :) greetings from slovakia, i love croatia, have been more than 50 times there
rakija is serbian actually but hopefully croatia stops fascism and becomes allies and doesn't deny that tesla wrote serbian script and parents were serbian
Josip Đorđević don't forget Croatian sarma 😃😃😃 something best I told u this from Serbia ❤️❤️
SRB SLAV:-D ja sam ovisan o sarmi
as a young Croat i would recommend you:
-Hvar
-Zadar (itself, or a base for nearby islands)
-Šibenik (during terraneo festival)
-Pag, Novalja
-Zagreb (though the nightlife during summer is a bit calmer than at the coast, but is still pretty good)
but during summer there is a lot of beach parties, festival, theaters in open and all the crazy things we can think of...well everywhere :)
hope you visit us this summer and enjoy your stay :D
Nice video man!
People in Croatia are very polite,very open minded,tradicionalist and conservative,so only people who are fascist are people like my felou countryman-NatureGoddess-who is typical example of fascist-he hates his country becouse people are traditional and conservative and he is "liberal" fascist and probably yugo communist ..........so people of any race...homosexual,heterosexual,any nationality,muslim,christians,atheist,budist.....whatever.....you all are more than welcome in our beautiful country Croatia...
I disagree with most of hate's.
Also, affordable is for germans, italians, not for us locals.
If you think coastline is cheap, then you should come to Slavonia-eastern part of Croatia. The prices are almost half then in the Adriatic sea. And still a lot to see: Osijek, Vinkovci, Vukovar, Požega, Slavonski Brod, Našice, Đakovo.
I'm from Opatija in Croatia so I was happy to see this video, though it doesn't quite address all the pros and cons of Croatia.
I tend to agree with the hates, as it's pretty difficult to get here from abroad via plane in the off season, and by car during the season because of all the traffic. But once you're here it is wonderful.
And I also agree that there's a lot of beautiful places to see in the continental parts of Croatia too, from the many medieval castles to the barocque cities, as the promotional blurb says it's a small country for a great holiday :)
Cool. I am glad I could help. I (and my family) really loved visiting Croatia. We are trying to figure out a way to get back this coming summer and do videos from all over the country as we really loved it and the people were so great. We love helping out wonderful people (especially when they live in an awesome country with cool towns, great nature AND AMAZING FOOD!)
Sorry, we just really liked our time in Croatia if you could not tell :)
Mark
As a croatian I think your list was fair and objective. I'm especially proud you found people being friendly and helpfull. Glad you liked it here. Take care on your travels.
kad svi toliko hvale ljepote nase zemlje..mene na neki nacin bude sramota..bas sramota..
hvale i prekrasne povijesne gradove ... i vrhunska vina, maslinovo ulje, odlične sireve lijepe i ljubazne domačine ... Hrvatska je po mnogo čemu vrhunska zemlja, još samo da to i mi shvatimo i počnemo cijeniti sami sebe
lorem ipsum E to si dobro reko
Vatos Locos Evo Bandić 63. put u Rimu na tvoj račun dok ovo pišeš
You're way better than Rick Steves, that man is boring!
GherkinTV Aww no. He's just super Midwestern sounding and laid back. I love Rick Steves in the evening to relax. :)
Txh for information going this year :D
thanks for the kind words! we loved Croatia!
We dont agree with all info this video. Croatia is awesome :)
It is awesome. We loved Croatia!
going there in 11 days :)
+In1998able: How was your trip to Croatia? I am going there next week but only for 3 days. Would you recommend getting a rental car to travel from Zagreb to other cities to save travel time? Depending on time availability, my plan is to visit any combo of Dubrovnik, Hvar and Rovinj, starting from Zagreb. Any tips would be highly appreciated.
Hi there, It was great. Your idea looks great, go ti Zagreb, and after that visit Rijeka. It would be great to stay in Istria for few days, and after that visit Hvar and Dubrovnik!
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Croatia is a strange country, you will have different people there, some of the people I met were the best in the world, but some people are very racists, homophobes, they don't like Muslims, Serbs, gay people, etc..they had referendum about gay people and 75% of the population said that only heterosexual marriage are normal, and I think they put that in their constitution, so be very careful...
Predrag Nikic . I am 62 old croatian cityzen and it's a crap what you say about us. It is simple not true what you say. In the middle of Zagreb you have a Serbian orthodox church, you have also a mosque in Zagreb. Many people in Zagreb are multicultural. Many people are not Catholic. It is not true than 75% people are homofob. Yes we had a referendum, but only 34% of citizens have voting. cca 70% of 34% citizens are voting against a marriage in homosexuel relationsship. Also you can't write here than 70% of croatians are homofob. Normaly a Croat does't care abbout who you are, from where you are & who sleeps with you in yor bad.In the constitution of Croatia have a law that gay's can married (we didnt call it marriage then we have a different word for a gay couples) but they can live together by law. The only what they can't is adopt children together I know than some other countries in EU doesnt have the same rights for homosexuel. Only what a Croat exept from people they should be human. A real human. Please don't play with % any more. Read the facts. Sorry for my bad langueage. Can better write in German. Sorry.
"75% of the population said that only heterosexual marriage are normal"
sound like they know how humans are reproducing..
sounds like America, or at least texas.
notbohnhere butcantleave Nikić writes a crap.........he is a Serb and he hate everything about Croatia. Ask Nikić about the Gaypride in Serbia. Or about human rights in Serbia. cccccc
Not really. Only 3,5 million people are able to vote. 35% people voted which means that only 1225000 voted. From those 35% 66 % voted to add definition of marriage as union between male and female which leads us to final number of people that are homophobic and that is 808500 people.
It is amazing indeed!
Thank you I am going to Croatia at the start of July, this was very informative I was slightly confused at needing to exchange money are some areas euro only?
What a bad video: the guy seems to see Croatia like a commodity: without history, whitout showing or discussing the food, the landscapes, the people, the architecture.... nothing. These people are the kind of annoying tourists that go everywhere without respect or understanding. It's almost a non human experience
Paideia #1) The natural beauty
#2) The towns
#3) The food
So what exactly are you talking about? I'm not sure how a 10 minute video giving a pretty brief rundown of a country is supposed to make time to discuss the Battle of Pakozd and the war against Hungary, or the sociopolitical identity of the Balkan nations, or the staggering unemployment rate. I think this just more trusting everybody to be sane enough to understand that Croatia is not LITERALLY just these ten things, existing in a vacuum, with no culture, identity, past, present, or future, that some tourist just happened to slap the name 'Croatia' on.
+Paideia EXACTLY... within 2 seconds of the video starting I literally said "oh for fucks sake" out loud. I am american and try to avoid everything in connection with these type of travelers. Always try to show myself as someone more open to host country's traditions and cultures.
He just looks like an annoying FUCK. avoid these people at all cost.
+xcreeseseater38 yeah, ghost tourists we called them, they think countries are supermarkets: they care a lot about practical stuff (is the only thing they care about actually), talk rapidly and without pause, go to every landmark, take tons of similar pictures with them on it, get sunburned, talk to everybody without listening and then go back home without actually having given their own brains the chance to leave their country of origin.
When they leave, nobody remembers their names; nobody will call them, when visiting the USA, to have a beer. Those are people who have the pics but were never there
Paideia I don't understand this weird, bizarrely detailed, circle-jerk cuckold fantasy you guys appear to be engaging in. You genuinely appear to be projecting what you want to see into this guy's video(s).
I mean, when you ('within 2 seconds' even) decide that this guy looks like an 'annoying FUCK,' it probably just means you have a problem with being an asshole, and not that he has actually done anything. I have no idea what kind of traveler he is, but what is he even being judged on? That he looks a bit disheveled? I mean, I guess that's legit, but he spends part of the video talking about how HOOOOOT it is, and if you're coming from the U.S., yeah, it's pretty hot in high summer in Croatia. You're simply not going to look your most elegant while drenched in sweat, no matter what the movies say.
+Ashley Letterman since the guy doesn't shut up for a second just put the video on mute. What do you see? Croatian streets, people, parks, beaches, houses? No, you only see a fixed camera with his non stopping talking head. I know it's just a visual metaphora about a particular aspect not an explanation, but it shows the spirit of the video: boring, annoying, shallow and egocentric
bus from Zagreb to Dubrovnik takes half of the time he said!
If anyone have chance to come to Croatia on vacation please try to visit whole country. From east to the south. Plenty of great places, from historical, natural beauties,... Try continental food from all over country - you will see and taste the difference from part to part of the country. There are many places for willage tourism, not just for the sea. Advent in Zagreb is most popular in Europe for last few years, and so more....
This is a really nice review! I'm from Croatia and i could honestly agree with you on all of the things Most of all, the public transportation, which is there..but should be so much better.. none the less if you have car or some vechile of your own it will be so much easier :) But the natural beauty of the country makes up for it all :)
I was in Croatia so many times and have never seen a mosquito so this is some kind of fraud
+John Stromboly croatia is full of mosquitos
+John Stromboly
Depends on the part of Croatia you're in.
If you're in Osijek, chances are you're gonna be bitten quite a couple of times. However most parts get very little to none, while some get moderate amount of mosquitoes.
Osijek can be a bit unbearable when the city officials don't do a proper job on the mosquito dusting job, but the last few years have been pretty much mosquito free.
Enđi Supertramp I was talking about adriatic coast in croatia
+John Stromboli I was born in Croatia and have a home on Hvar; I haven't had problems with mosquitoes on Hvar, but for years I had a boyfriend from a teeny village next to Šibenik called Brodarica. He was a tennis player and I'd always go watch him play tennis at a resort nearby called Solaris. I would have to cover up from head to toe because I'd be mercilessly eaten up by mosquitoes, and to a lesser extent also at his mom's house in Brodarica where we stayed. Literally if there was even one inch exposed between my pants hem and shoe, there would be bites there.
sandraoopie hvala na odgovoru Sandra ...doduše i ja sam bio poslednji put u Hrvatskoj pre glupih ratova tako da ih je tada možda bilo manje , klimatske promene ovo ono ...sve je moguće
Croatia is not as dangerous as they say it is, but you still got to be very careful. I live in Zagreb in Croatia and I love this country because it is too beautiful but I hate people in Croatia. It is full of racists, homophobes and they hate everybody who is not christian, of course I'm not applying that to everyone but 80% are that way. I just can't stand people here and there is no job so I plan on moving to USA or UK.
yeah. I agree, I found Croatia very safe for tourists. I do not know how it is for locals, but for us it was great
woltersworld Where do you live?
Who, me?
NatureGoddess What???? that hurts my fellings
What hurts your feelings
Good to know. I was just looking all the bus timetables and could not figure out why it took so long to get from zagreb to dubrovnik. Thanks for the heads up! we may be driving around croatia next summer. Any roads we should avoid?
Great tips
Croatia is very, very bad! Do not go!
Zijebavam Touristi. (;
I guess you cannot read Croatian and you did not get the joke.
Also I am of no religious affiliation.
+Cro Gaming - Ja nisam peder, ali your comment made me gay with laughter.
(-¿ -)
+Cro Gaming - Moje Hrvatski je u kurac zato šta sam rodjen u Kanadu.Ali prečam nasi skoro svaki dan, samo ne četam baš dobro.
Bolje je kad ima dovolno turisti a ne previše.
A tourist is a person who goes to a place which was originally worth visiting.He is undoubtedly endowed with supernatural powers, because after sufficient exposure to the tourists, the inhabitants start to hate the place. (;
Mulla Nasrudin I guess you don't understand croatian either, because "zijebavam" doesn't mean anything. And if you were kidding then why did you start your comment in english and ended it in broken croatian?
Ewan Flea That's a funny coincidence.Though I am told that there is no such thing as coincidence by my more mystic friends.If you can read broken Croatian than please read my comment to Cro Gamer just a minute ago.If he as a Croatian born and raised in Croatia does not understand my writing than you will not either and I was saying that I speak Croatian pretty much everyday.In Croatia people have a hard time telling me from a stranac.Jeli me kusis¿ (;
Thanks for the reply Wolter! Love your videos and they are very helpful. My cousin and I are going on a EuroTrip the summer of 2013. Would you happen to know of any ferry going out from anywhere in Italy to Greece?
I live in a town Vodice in and its Beautufull
Only things what i dont like are heat in the summer, mosquitos and no snow in the winter
And if you visit Vodice in the summer i suggest to go to molaga Its an ice cream shop and its sooooooooooo good
Beleve me i know
Thanks for the link! I dont know how to let them know that i wanted to say thanks
I'm from Croatia and its just BEAUTIFUL!
Great video! Beautiful representation of my country. You should visit "the big bloop of land on top" heheheh. Other parts of Croatia have a lot to offer to. And if you don't like the heat but love the food try Gorski Kotar and Lika 😉
Yooo this guy nails the names of Cities almost perfectly
:D
God bless you! Thank you
I find this really nice from you and your arguments about hate are true... But who minds heat and lots of tourist :)
See you again!
It is unexpectly beautiful!
Zagreb-Trogir bus trip lasts four hours with a coffee break!👍❤️
Your videos are awesome. I was thinking of going to Croatia this summer. Are there any specific places you would rate the highest in croatia? Im 23 and going with a couple friends and we want to go somewhere with things to do during the day but also has a good nightlife. What would you recommend? ( And have you heard of Kukljica?) Thanks so much
Good Information..
Great Country and nice video !
Thank you for having an AWESOME country!!!! Big Zdravo!!!
I travel to Croatia every summer for two months and I recommend if you want to travel to Croatia during the summer you should take Condor to fly there. Condor is basically a cheaper version of Lufthansa but it's still pretty nice. I fly out of Toronto and I usually go in premium economy (free movies, a premium meal and ton more room)but in regular economy if you book at least 2 months in advance you can get tickets as cheap as $450 CAD which is like $300 USD and premium economy is usually $600-$750. Also I recommend going on the seaside and visiting the different islands but one of my favourite islands by far is Lošinj. There is a town there called Mali Lošinj and it is amazing and there are such great restaurants where I've had a big steak with tons of truffle sauce and a side for about $30 CAD. And lastly if you are going to Croatia and you are going on the seaside (and you shouldn't really go to Croatia if you aren't going on the seaside) you should stay at least 2 weeks because for starters if you are coming from North America like me its first gonna take you about a day or more to get used to the time change and also you dont want to stay for just a week and then have it rain for half the time. This is why I stay for two months and you probably think that must be crazy expensive but it's not, it usually by the end including the cost of getting around Croatia and food and everything thing it usually costs around $7000-$9000 and you think that's a lot but most of the people that I hear go on vacation to Paris or London or like the Bahamas or carribean usually spend almost the same amount of money for 1 or two weeks and yeah the stay in really nice hotels but it's only for a week. I stay in Airbnb's and cheap little apartments but it's worth it to be able to travel to 3-4 different islands over the course of 2 months. So I recommend if you're going to Croatia, stay in a small apartment or Airbnb for a month or so and not a $500 a night hotel for a week.