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Croatia	Istria	Zadar	Island of Silba
Island of Pag	Island of Ugljan	Island of Pasman	Island of Dugi Otok
Island of Vir	Split and Trogir	Island of Brac	Island of Hvar
Island of Vis	Dubrovnik	Island of Korcula	Island of Mljet

:: About Croatia

Location
Croatia is the jewel in the crown of the Adriatic, a crescent-shaped country situated in southern Central Europe, with a verdant coastline 1,777 kilometers long. No less than 1,185 islands lie offshore, but only 66 of them are inhabited. Croatia's stunning coastline is on the Adriatic Sea, one of the cleanest seas in the world and wonderfully warm. The rest of the country isn’t devoid of interest either. Inland, a varied profusion of mountains, lakes and bird-inhabited wetlands provide plenty of interest for the nature lover. Since 1989, Croatia has rapidly emerged as one of the Mediterranean’s most beautiful holiday havens for travelers by land or sea; it attracts people from all walks of life, including such A-listcelebrities as Bill Gates, who spends at least three weeks there each year and Princess Caroline of Monaco, to name but two. Croatia is tipped to be what St. Tropez was in the sixties; Sardinia, in the Seventies; Capri, in the eighties; and Ibiza, in the nineties.
Croatia is much closer to the U.K. than many people imagine, just 2 1/2 hours from London. Croatia is a relatively inexpensive location to buy property compared to Spain, parts of France and Italy’s Tuscany. If you have at least 95,000 euro to invest, you can expect to be able to purchase a one-or-two--bedroom, 60-square-meter apartment with a sea view in a desirable location.

The Environment
The Croatian Adriatic is a special and unique destination and not a proposition for volume tourism. This is an area of culture, history and unspoiled beauty, a land of medieval towns, richly decorated palaces, sapphire-blue seas and aromatic pine woods.

Sandy beaches are the exception rather than the rule, which has its compensations. The late Jacques Cousteau described the Adriatic as one of the cleanest seas on earth. Normally, the only ships seen on the horizon are island-hopping ferries passing by, or one of the cruise ships that now feature Split, Dubrovnik and Korcula as ports of call. We recommend using rental cars to explore the country, and visiting the islands at your own pace. Water taxis, often fishermen's small boats, are also an excellent value.

The Nation
Croatia has been a parliamentary democracy since 1991. Roughly 85 percent of the people are Roman Catholic or of the Christian faith. Many aspects of Croatia are reminiscent of Italy, Spain and France, where strong family values remain and churches are well supported. There is also a sizeable Serbian population (approximatley15 percent), who belong to the Orthodox Church and are concentrated along Croatia’s borders with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. Typically Mediterranean customs include afternoon siestas during the hot summer months,
when shops usually close, and the corsa, the famous Latin evening walking parade, when locals stroll together in their finest clothes. An ideal place to view this tradition is in Stradun in Dubrovnik or the seafront promenade in Split.
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