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Where should you go in Croatia?
Five quick questions, skip any you like. We match you with places from our guides and tell you why each one fits.
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- DalmatiaSplitCroatia's second-largest city grew up inside a Roman emperor's retirement palace.Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- DalmatiaDubrovnikDubrovnik is the walled city at Croatia's southern tip, once the capital of the independent Republic of Ragusa.Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- DalmatiaZadarZadar is a 3,000-year-old city on a small peninsula, where Roman ruins, medieval churches and modern seaside art sit side by side.Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- DalmatiaHvarHvar is a long, sunny island off Split, known for lavender fields, vineyards and some of the oldest towns on the Adriatic.Best months: May, Jun, Jul, Sep
- DalmatiaKorčulaKorčula is a long, green island in southern Dalmatia, just off the Pelješac peninsula.Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- IstriaRovinjRovinj is a pastel-coloured fishing town on Istria's west coast, built on what was once an island.Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- IstriaPulaPula is Istria's largest city, with one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world at its heart.Best months: May, Jun, Jul, Sep
- IstriaPorečPoreč is a compact harbour town on Istria's west coast, best known for the Euphrasian Basilica and its glittering 6th-century mosaics.Best months: May, Jun, Sep
- IstriaMotovunMotovun is a walled medieval town on a hilltop above the Mirna valley in central Istria.Best months: May, Sep, Oct, Nov
- KvarnerOpatijaOpatija is the Habsburg-era seaside resort of the Kvarner Gulf, where Austrian and Hungarian society once came to spend the winter.Best months: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- KvarnerRijekaRijeka is Croatia's largest port and third-largest city, a working town rather than a resort.Best months: Feb, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- KvarnerKrkKrk is one of Croatia's two largest islands and the easiest to reach, because a bridge links it to the mainland near Rijeka.Best months: May, Jun, Jul, Sep
- KvarnerLošinjLošinj is a long, narrow island at the southern end of the Kvarner Gulf, joined by a short bridge to its larger neighbour Cres.Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- Lika & KarlovacPlitvice LakesPlitvice Lakes is Croatia's oldest and best-known national park, a chain of 16 terraced lakes joined by waterfalls in the forests of Lika.Best months: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- Lika & KarlovacRastokeRastoke is a small mill village in Slunj, where the Slunjčica river breaks into many little waterfalls before joining the Korana.Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- Lika & KarlovacKarlovacKarlovac is a river city where four rivers meet: the Kupa, Korana, Mrežnica and Dobra.Best months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
- Lika & KarlovacSenjSenj is an old harbour town at the foot of the Velebit mountains, on the coast where Lika meets the sea.Best months: May, Jun, Aug, Sep
- SlavoniaOsijekOsijek is the largest city in eastern Croatia, a green and easy-going place on the right bank of the Drava.Best months: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- SlavoniaVukovarVukovar is a baroque town on the Danube whose name every Croatian knows because of what it endured in 1991.Best months: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- SlavoniaIlokIlok is Croatia's easternmost town, sitting on a ridge of vineyards high above the Danube.Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- SlavoniaĐakovoĐakovo is a small Slavonian town dominated by the twin towers of its huge red-brick cathedral, visible across the flat fields for miles.Best months: May, Jun, Jul, Sep
- Zagreb regionZagrebZagreb is a relaxed central European capital of parks, trams and long café afternoons.Best months: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Dec
- Zagreb regionSamoborSamobor is a small, pretty town at the foot of green hills, and Zagreb's favourite weekend outing.Best months: Feb, Apr, May, Sep, Oct
- Zagreb regionPlešivicaPlešivica is a ring of vine-covered hills above Jastrebarsko, and one of Croatia's best wine areas close to a big city.Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov
- Zagreb regionSveti Ivan ZelinaSveti Ivan Zelina is a small market town in the green hills north-east of Zagreb, best known for its white wine.Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- Central CroatiaVaraždinVaraždin is a small baroque city of palaces, churches and pastel façades in Croatia's far north.Best months: May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct
- Central CroatiaTrakošćanTrakošćan is a white castle on a wooded hill above a quiet lake, and probably the most photographed castle in Croatia.Best months: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- Central CroatiaKrapinaKrapina is a small Zagorje town where some of the richest finds of Neanderthal remains in the world came to light.Best months: Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- Central CroatiaMarija BistricaMarija Bistrica is Croatia's most important Catholic shrine, a quiet Zagorje village that fills with pilgrims on feast days.Best months: May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct