From Zadar we took the motorway to Krk Island. Krk is Croatia's largest island, with a massive bridge joining it to the mainland. (Our Tom-tom didn't realise this and tried to make us drive there without taking the bridge). We camped in a little village called Punat, just out of the main Krk Town.
A very barren island of scrub and rock, it seemed to survive on tourism alone. Thinking this would mean good beaches, we were surprised to find the beaches had been concreted over, no sand, pebbles or even grass in sight.
A very barren island of scrub and rock, it seemed to survive on tourism alone. Thinking this would mean good beaches, we were surprised to find the beaches had been concreted over, no sand, pebbles or even grass in sight.
Pizza in Punat
Krk Town
Krk Town waterfront
A few observations we had on Croatia:
- The roads are outstanding, they have made a massive investment in motorways and at 130kph it made short work of any drive
- Lots of bakeries with fresh breads
- Delicious strawberries
- Bum bags are still in here (maybe that was the other tourists)
- Following on from the last bullet point, the camp grounds were dominated by retired Germans in huge campervans
- A number of the town beaches were fully concreted up to the water
- Lots of cheese and honey stalls were scattered along the sides of the road
In summary we think Italy ruined us a bit - its a hard follow up act for Croatia. But we spent most of our time on the mainland and its clearly the Croatian Islands which are the jewel in the crown.
On to Slovenia!
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