After visiting the impressive old town area of Dubrovnik the
question went begging - could Croatian cities possibly foot it with the Italian
cities we had just seen? As we travelled
up through Croatia we quickly found that the mainland towns and cities were
lacking a certain charm and interest for a tourist which Italy had so easily
provided.
We had our first patch of bad weather in Split with
some torrential rain. We hadn’t had any
rain up to this point. Given the weather
we pulled the pin on a trip out to Hvar and headed on up the coast hoping the
weather would clear.
Split waterfront promenade
Old town of Split
An hour out of Split we stopped in Trogir a small coastal
village of 12,000 people. The town was
set within medieval walls with a wide seaside promenade. The rain continued to
fall, but undeterred we set out for a coffee and a look around the town.
Coffee out of the rain in Trogir
Pitched up camp in Vodice on the coast, the sun was shining
and the camping gear drying. The camp
ground was dominated by retired Germans in campervans and felt very much like a
seaside retirement home. Whilst we left the camp for the day to explore the
area it looked like very few of the other camper left the camp ground i.e. our
neighbour was sitting in the same place in the same chair when we returned.
The waterfront of Vodice had a number of new restaurants and
cafes being constructed. The owners were obviously aiming to open before the peak summer tourist period begins in July.
Vodice marina waterfront
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