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Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro : List of Blog posts

In September/October 2019 we had a trip to Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro.

I took lots of photos and notes along the way and have compiled a small subset of them into a number of blog posts as a reminder of our fantastic trip and to provide information that may be of use to others in planning trips to this area of the world.

The many blog posts are as follows:

Back to Croatia before flying out & Cavtat

We were originally intending to drive from Kotor in Montenegro on the day of our travel to the Dubrovnik airport in Croatia, but decided to change plans to destress our final day by spending our final night at Cavtat near the Dubrovnik airport.

After our drive around the bay of Kotor the border crossing wasn't far away and we had a quick crossing into Croatia and were very shortly thereafter at Cavtat.

Cavtat was a nice relaxing location and being only about 5 mins drive from the airport was great.

That concludes our 5 week holiday :-)

A full list of all blog posts from this trip can be found here

Tivat

We did a daytrip around the coast from Kotor on narrow roads big enough for 1.5 cars in parts to Tivat. We were surprised to find that the coastline is super modern.

There was also a coffee shop, Kafeterija, which did Chemex coffee which we had and really enjoyed the soft nature of.

We had lunch at Buffalo and my sandwich was a whole ciabatta loaf! I managed to get through almost half.

Next... Back to Croatia before flying out & Cavtat

A full list of all blog posts from this trip can be found here

Driving to the Plitvice Lakes & Slunj / Rastoke

We drove to the Plitvice Lakes area from Rovinj on some quite narrow roads which were particularly painful when stuck behind a very slow vehicle for a long distance with no opportunities to overtake.

While in the area we took the opportunity to see Slunj / Rastoke which is known for having waterfalls super close to houses and in some cases going under them.

For dinner I had what in New Zealand would be considered an undersized trout at Plitvicka Sedra.

Next... Plitvice Lakes

A full list of all blog posts from this trip can be found here

Lake Skadar National Park and Budva

On one of our days in Montenegro we went for a drive to Lake Skadar National Park and Budva. Budva has a small old town that we found didn't have the same charm as Kotor.

Lake Skadar National Park is overrun by people selling boat rides with prices that seemed to differ a lot for very similar trips.

We opted to just have lunch instead of heading out on the lake. For lunch I decided to try the deep fried pancakes which I will not be rushing out to try again.

Next... Tivat

A full list of all blog posts from this trip can be found here

Kotor and St John Fortress

I walked up to the St John Fortress at Kotor in the morning. It was great walking up in the shade before the heat of the day set in. Apparently there are 1355 steps (where the steps still exist!) and it only took me about 40 mins to get up including lots of photo stops. It was very picturesque the whole way up and down. The entry fee for the walls walk was 8 Euro. There were also a number of cats on the walk.

In the afternoon we went for a wander along the waterfront and had lunch and a coffee.

Next... Lake Skadar National Park and Budva

A full list of all blog posts from this trip can be found here

Driving to Kotor

We drove from Sarajevo to Kotor in Montenegro. It was a very scenic trip (albeit my photos here are all from Montenegro and a small snapshot of the beauty) with a stop for goulash for lunch at Restoran Pečenjara Stara Kuča Old House.