Instead, avoid the Amalfi Coast on Italy’s Sorrentine Peninsula and choose Croatia's quieter, more rugged Dalmatian Coast spots. The Dalmatian Coast is Croatia's best beach location.

To save cash, fly with Ryanair (0870 1569569, www.ryanair.com) from Stansted to Ancona in Italy from around £40 return and take one of the overnight ferries to Split.

Cruise from picture-perfect Venice, Italy, along the stunning Adriatic coast and through the Corinth Canal to Athens, Greece and discover the influence of Roman, Greek, Byzantine, ... Comprehensive, ...

he Croatian Tourist Office s claim that the country offers the Mediterranean As It Once Was has a ring of truth to it when it comes to Dalmatia. This sinewy coastal region sweeps south from the ...

Yugo-Slavia wanted the Dalmatian coast and Italy was left in a quandary as to whether she would hold out for her rights under the Treaty of London or accept the Port of Fiume, which had not been ...

You meet people who say Croatia is the new Italy. It used to be a part of the Venetian Republic, so there is logic here. And Diocletian’s Palace in Split is one of the greatest Roman monuments ...