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Croatia is a beautiful small country (56,542 sq. km and population of 4,500,000 mil.) bounded by Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast and the Adriatic Sea to the west and southwest. Topographically, the country can be divided into three regions. The barren, rocky mountains of Dalmatia which are part of the Dinaric Alps and extend through the center of Croatia. The rolling hills of the Zagorje region which is located north of Zagreb and the Pannonian Plain. Croatia consists of 20 counties (Zupanije) and the city of Zagreb which was also given the status of a county totalling 21 counties. These counties are administrative areas within Croatia.

The sea area of the east Adriatic coast from the peninsula Savudrija in the west to the peninsula Prevlaka in the south-east belongs to the Republic of Croatia. This magnificent part of nature, Croatian coast, 5790 km in length, and its 1185 islands, 67 of which are inhabited, is considered as one of the best indented coasts in the world, and is undoubtedly the most popular tourist destination. In hotels, apartments and holiday houses along the Croatian coast stayed many famous people like Prince Charles, Tom Cruise, Bill Gates, Naomi Campbell, Steven Spielberg, John Malkovich, Bill Clinton.

Continental Croatia, however, also abounds in beauty: it is a land of forests, rivers rich in fish, swift mountain streams and deep gorges of Gorski Kotar, and the magnificent Plitvice Lakes in Lika. It is a land of golden wheat fields, oak woods and wide rivers of Slavonia and Baranja, a land of quaint little villages, romantic castles and manors, and picturesque rolling hills and vineyards of the Croatian Zagorje which is flat and bordered by the Drava, Danube and Sava Rivers to the east.

The most popular possibilities for travel and tourism, of course, is summer tourism. Along the coast : Losinj, Umag, Opatija, Crikvenica, Hvar, Makarska, Vela Luka and Istarske Spa in Istria. You can also enjoy the benefits of rural tourism in many of the villages in the continental region of Croatia, as well as of health tourism in a number of spas and thermal and mineral springs, such as Varazdinske, Tuheljske, Stubicke and Krapinske spas, Lipik, Daruvar or Topusko in the continental region. There is a lot of popular tourist destination in Croatia.

Istria, the most developed Croatian tourist region. Pula with its 2,000 year old amphitheatre, one of the world's best preserved buildings of the kind, and 2,350 hours of sunshine a year.Porec, probably the most visited resort in Istria, known for its hotel settlements, the Blue and the Green Lagoons and Euphrasius' Basilica built in the 6th century ( included in the UNESCO world heritage list). Opatija, favourite winter resort of the Central European elite and aristocracy. Dalmatia, region of long beaches, pine woods and the ancient towns of Zadar, Sibenik, Split, Trogir, Omis and Dubrovnik. Split, regional capital of Dalmatia, built inside and around the historical Diocletian's Palace from the third century ( included in the UNESCO world heritage list ). Dubrovnik, one of only three European cities ranked as a World Heritage Site of zero category by UNESCO, which the English poet Lord Byron named the "pearl of the Adriatic". There are manny beautiful islands in Croatia, like Korcula, the birthplace of Marco Polo, Hvar, Brac, which has one of the most beautiful beaches in the Mediterranean - Zlatni rat which is also a windsurfing paradise. Croatia has 8 National Parks and 10 Parks of Nature, and ecologically it is the land with the purest environment in the Mediterranean.

Croatia is a true paradise for tourists, sailing enthusiasts, fishermen and nature explorers, but also for the gourmands, who will be delighted by its rich gastronomic offer. Don't wait, travel to Croatia, visit Croatia, spend your holiday in Croatia and enjoy.