Croatia

lisaf40 · June 2012

We just booked flights for our Europe trip. Planning to visit Germany, Croatia, Budapest, and Prague. Croatia sounds amazing from everything I have read, but Dubrovnic seems difficult to get to. Anyone been and have. Any recommendations on an itinerary, getting around, cities that you thought are a must see?

TravelingJen · June 2012

How much time do you have allotted for this trip and what time of the year will you be traveling?

lisaf40 · June 2012

We have 3 weeks total, and are leaving on July 4th.

TravelingJen · June 2012

lisaf40:
We have 3 weeks total, and are leaving on July 4th.

I have visited Budapest and Prague and spent 4 days in each city, including a day trip in each (Danube Bend while in Budapest & Kutna Hora while in Prague.

I have entries in my old travel blog on both Budapest and Prague where you can look at all of the places I visited.

Unsure of where you want to visit in Germany, but if you are only wanting to visit Dubrovnik within Croatia, then you could probably spend 9 of your days in Germany, 4 in Prague, 4 in Budapest, and then 3-4 in Dubrovnik.

I assume it would probably be the fastest to fly into Dubrovnik. Check out Which Budget to see potential flight patterns. You might have to have a layover.

If I were you I would probably leave Croatia for a separate trip (we plan to go next year and will be spending at least 2 full weeks in the country) and then you could focus on either nearby areas (Austria, more time in Germany and Czech Republic, etc). However, you have a ton of options so you first need to figure out exactly which cities you want to visit in order to prioritize.

maggie78 · June 2012

We spent quite some time in Croatia and Dubrovnik. You can check my blog here.

We also loved Budapest. Have fun.

schucha · June 2012

Hello! I visited all of those places as part of my RTW trip. We generally bopped around by train, except in Croatia, where we got around by (very, very long!) bus rides or ferries. Dubrovnik is pretty far south in Croatia, so if you have limited time, it may be easier to fly in and out. Or - and I know this is blasphemy - even save it for another trip. Dubrovnik was cool, but it is really far south so if you can't fly there and you aren't visiting other things in the area, it may not be worth spending travel time to get there. Highlights of Croatia for me were Plitvice National Park, Rovinj, and the three islands we visited (Hvar, Lastovo, and Korcula). We just made a quick stop in Germany to visit a friend, so I can't comment much there, but I will say Budapest and Prague were some of my favorite cities on my trip. You could probably spend a week or more in each of the places you named and not be bored, so if you want to visit them all, maybe divide your time evenly and go from there. We spent 7 days in Prague, 5 days in Budapest, 2 days in Munich, and 3 weeks in Croatia (we traveled down the coast, to some islands, and up to Zagreb and Plitvice National Park in the interior). (But since we were doing extended travel, we didn't have any time constraints). I highly recommend using the website/apps Spotted By Locals for the cities - they helped me find interesting spots to hit that I may not have known about otherwise. I mentioned some of the highlights on my blog, surroundedbythesound.com if you want to read more. Have fun!

hollymichael · June 2012

We didn't have time to get all the way to Dubrovnic, so we went to Split instead. We loved Split, but having not been to Dubrovnic, I can't compare the two. Here was our itinerary:

Fly into Ljubljana, Slovenia--3 nights

Bus to Lake Bled--2 nights

Train to Zagreb, transferred to bus to Plitvice--1 night

Bus to Split, 3 nights

Overnight train(s) to Budapest--3 nights

Train to Eger--2 nights

Back to Budapest for one night and then flight out.

KaraC18 · June 2012

I have been to Dubrovnik, however, it was by boat. It was one of the stops on our cruise. We spent the day walking the walls and eating delicious food. Depending on your time frame, it probably makes sense to fly there, if you're short on time, or save for another trip altogether. Every excursion we wanted to do once in Dubrovnik included a long bus ride in all directions. Everything is spread out and hard to get to.

RedHead1009 · June 2012

My husband is from Croatia. His parents recently moved back. We spent 3 weeks there in 2009. We never made it to Dubrovnik, but we will be sure to go there next time! We spent most of our time around Split since we stayed in his parents house on an island near there. Other cities we saw were Trogir, Rijeka, and Sibenik. Krka national park was beautiful. The 3 wks went so fast that we didn't make it to many cities. We had driven to Venice and Bosnia though as well. It is a beautiful country. I think it is best not to feel rushed during your trip though. Split would be slightly closer. Have fun and drink a macchiato for me.

RedHead1009 · June 2012

Split, Trogir, Rijeka, and Krka.

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