LANDSCAPES OF CROATIA : CONTENTS  (to return to the main page, click here)

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Preface 5
Acknowledgements; Recommended reading;
Useful contacts 7
Travel 8

TOURING 9
Car tour 1: DUBROVNIK AND BEYOND 10
Car tour 2: CENTRAL DALMATIA 13
Car tour 3: BRAC 15
Car tour 4: HVAR 17
Car tour 5: VIS 19
Car tour 6: LAKES, WATERFALLS, CANYONS 21
Car tour 7: THE KVARNER GULF 23
Car tour 8: LOSINJ 25
Car tour 9: CRES 27

Picnics and short walks 29

WALKING 38
Grades, waymarks, maps 38
Equipment and safety 39
Weather 39
Where to stay 40
Nuisances 40
Country code 41
Croatian for walkers 41
Organisation of the walks 43

THE WALKS
1 Lokrum: tour of the island from Portoc 44
2 Kolocep: tour of the island from Donje elo 47
3 Lopud: tour of the island from Uvala Lopud 49
4 Mljet: Zakamenica viewpoint and Vratsolina from Pomena or Polace 51
5 Mljet: Montokuc summit from Pomena or Polace 55
6 Mljet: Soline from Pomena or Polace 57
7 Peljesac peninsula: Svete Ilija summit from Orebicc 59
8 Adriatic coast: from Makarska to Baska Voda 63
9 Adriatic coast: from Baska Voda to Luka and return 65
10 Adriatic coast: Biokovo foothills from Makarska 67
11 Adriatic coast: Vosak summit from Makarska 69
12 Brac: from Bol to Svete Lucija and Gornje Smokovje 71
13 Brac: Vidova Gora summit from Bol 73
14 Brac: Blaca Monastery from Murvica 75
15 Hvar: Faros Cycle Route and Glavica summit from Stari Grad 79
16 Hvar: from Veliko Grablje to Hvar town 81
17 Hvar: Svete Nikola summit from Stari Grad 83
18 Plitvice Lakes National Park: circuit of the lakes and falls 86
19 Paklenica National Park: Velika Paklenica and Planinarski Dom Paklenica 89
20 Paklenica National Park: AnicaKuk from Velika Paklenica 92
21 Paklenica National Park: Manita Pec and the Vidakov Kuk plateau from Velika Paklenica 94
22 Kvarner Gulf: from Volosko to Lovran via Opatija 96
23 Kvarner Gulf: Vojak summit from Lovran 98
24 Kvarner Gulf: Vojak summit from Poklon 102
25 Kvarner Gulf: Vojak summit from Lovranska Draga 104
26 Rab: Uvala Podsilo and Sahara beach from Lopar 106
27 Rab: Fruga forest from Autokamp San Marino near Lopar 108
28 Rab: Kamenjak summit from Rab town harbour 110
29 Krk: Stara Baska from Baska 112
30 Krk: Obzova summit from Baska 115
31 Krk: Hlam summit from Baska 118
32 Krk: Bag summit from Baska with optional detour to Rt Skuljika 120
33 Krk: Prniba point from the Politin access road 122
34 Losinj: from Nerezine to Osor via the Televrin summit 124
35 Losinj: Planinarski Dom Svete Gaudent from Osor 127
36 Losinj: across the island's spine 129
37 Cres: Venetian tower and Svete Salvatur from Cres harbour 131

Transport information: ferries and buses 133
Index 135
Fold-out island map inside back cover