verlooked as a tourist destination for several decades of the 20th century, Croatia, formerly part of communist Yugoslavia, has witnessed a meteroic growth in popularity since the turn of the new Millenium. Renowned for cystal clear waters, this Mediterranean summer sun paradise stretches for 527km incoporating the Istrian peninsula to the north and the island-studded ‘Dalmatian’ coastline. From the border of Italy all the way to neighbouring Montenegro in the far south, this young country boasts nearly 6,000km of shoreline augmented by a staggering 1.246 islands and islets - quite simply a nautical tourism wonderland! The country is at a cultural crossroads between eastern slavic traditions and the influences of its Italian neighbour. The cities of the coast owe as much to the styles of both ancient Rome and the Renaissance Republic of Venice as to O Croatia Nautical paradise of the Eastern Adriatic
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