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we are traveling from italy to croatia thinking of taking the ferry from anconda to split and then heading up along the coast towards slovenia? /austria? anyone have any most see most stop hints ....it will be me with my 4 kids.....
we are traveling from italy to croatia thinking of taking the ferry from anconda to split and then heading up along the coast towards slovenia? /austria? anyone have any most see most stop hints ....it will be me with my 4 kids.....
hi eliza,
have a look at our web site loads info and pics of slovenia brilliant country and people so friendly. very few sites open at this time of year but main 1 at Ljubliana open and also at bled and the one at the coast near to the Italian border. The caves a must see and you can overnight in the carpark very quite and safe.
If you're going up the coast then, must sees for me anyway:
Pula in Croatia
Piran ( staying at Portoroz) in Slovenia.
Not far from Portoroz, at Lipice, is the breeding stud of the Lippizaner horses seen in the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. They are not open every day so check in advance.
Close by there are the cave systems of Skokjanske- a World Heritage cave system and utterly breathtaking. I don't know how old your children are but would read up about it first as there is a lot of walking and it would not be suitable for very little ones. It's not the sanitised experience of the Postojna caves !
I have written about it all in my blog ( press button below) and named campsites.
Make sure you have a cabin pre-booked on the boat to Split, we went from Bari in 2007 and had to sleep in the bar - plenty of space and it was quiet, but the lights were on all night. Magical arrival in Split, the view from the sea is superb.
Someone needs to give you GPS co-ordinates for the carpark in Split - we don't have them and it is not easy with a one-way system.
If you can get hold of Rebecca West's "Black Lamb Grey Falcon", a travelogue written in 1941 about a journey through Yugoslavia, it brings the place to life.
A nice thing to do in Croatia is take ferries to and from the islands and the mainland. It is best simply to turn up and buy tickets, you have to pay cash. Some of the ferries go at 6 a.m., (so you can sleep overnight there, waiting for the ferry) and seeing the dawn come up over a misty sea, as you sail through the islands, is quite magical. The South of Croatia is the nicest, I think, we liked Korcula especially, (be sure to pay 50p and see the tiny room full of icons) and the small, less touristy places, such as Ston and Mali Ston on the Peljesac peninsular.
We wished afterwards we had taken a boat from Cavtat into Dubrovnik - must be a perfect way to enter and leave the city.
We went into Montenegro briefly, rather scruffy, with islands of well-maintained tourist interest. The food we bought from the tiny shops or "Markets" beside the road there was the best anywhere, unprepossessing but genuine and good - a sort of cream cheese in particular which was delicious, we would use it instead of butter with jam. Also a strange red pepper chutney called Ajnav - not hot but quite different.
If you do the national park with the waterfalls, where the water takes on amazing colours (because of the geology and algae there) - can't remember the name - there is a roadhouse just before you get there, with a sign for a sucking pig, and also a campervan sign. You can eat there (good sucking pig!) and stay the night. Mostly however, you have to stick to campsites. Former communist countries I think tend to be very law-abiding, consequently very safe, but they don't like it if you break the rules - quite different from Italy and Greece!
Slovenia is lovely. We went straight North from Croatia on a minor road, Slovenia is quite different from Croatia in the landscape and picturesque Central European style of houses, very peaceful. Try and see an area called the Disappearing Lake, near Postojna. Also Predjama castle nearby.
Ljubljana is exquisite - well worth a couple of days - we parked on a meter in a side street, very little traffic for a capital, as public transport is so good and so cheap. Lots of students around, there is a river winds through the city, it isn't large, you can walk it all, or take bikes.
Hi Eliza
Well worthwhile trip - were there last Nov 08. Not many campsites open after 15 Sept or end of Oct and camping books limited info, free camping not allowed, so ask at tourist info, for camps if out of season. In Split stayed at Camping Strobec - open all year, recently refurbished and cleaned, new facilities, bar & restaurant, close to supermarket and bus into town etc -excellant. We left our motorhome at Camping Strobec and took ferry to islands and Dubrovnik for 10 days.
A must see on the way up is the Plitvick lakes - (plitvicka Jezera) UNESCO listed natural wonder. www.np-plitvicka-jezera.hr absolutely stunning.
Pula for the Roman amphitheatre and also Ljubljana in Slovenia, city foot tour.
The Children may like the Lipizzaner horses at Welt Piper www.piber.com
All the best.
Regards
Malcolm
thank you so much everyone i'm all excited now we aren't going until july so i'm a little worried about the coast and 'tourists' i prefer being the only tourist!!!!
but loads to read up and think about so thanks for your time and tips
much appreciated
eliza
thank you so much everyone i'm all excited now we aren't going until july so i'm a little worried about the coast and 'tourists' i prefer being the only tourist!!!!
I fear in July on the coast you will certainly not be the only tourist, especially as people are being encouraged to go outside the euro-zone this year. It is a very popular area with German tourists. I don't know how hard their travel plans are being hit this year but many that we met seem to go to the same place every year.
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