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Croatia’s remotest island

After canoeing round deserted coves and spearfishing with the lighthouse keeper, Kevin Rushby is tempted to stay on beautiful Lastovo island forever

Activity holidays for single-parent families

Five thrill-seeking holidays for single-parent families, offering watersports, bike rides – and endangered turtles

‘Dubrovnik is just as magical as when I visited aged 10’

The old Croatian city, which inspired Annabelle Thorpe’s first novel, weathered the war of the 1990s and has emerged as glamorous as before

From my book on The Balkans Dubrovnik in Croatia has the finest set of city walls anywhere in the world. They’re an essential visit for any traveller or tourist to this most beautiful of old cities, which for five centuries was a major power in the Mediterranean. Since my previous visit, two interesting changes hadContinue reading “Dubrovnik is popular”

The end of the road in Croatia: time to Split

Kevin Rushby brings his month-long odyssey to a close in Croatia’s most charismatic city, exploring its Roman vaults with a guide whose explanations are as ribald as they are revealing

Kayaking Croatia’s Kornati islands

Kayaking is one of the only ways to get to Kornat, off Zadar. There are speedboats and superyachts around too, but travelling under his own steam, Kevin Rushby gives them the slip

Bay of pigging out – town-hopping in Croatia’s Kvarner gulf

Touring four towns on three islands, Kevin Rushby enjoys fennel liqueur, sheep’s cheese and seafood, while teenage Maddy prefers a papal cake sugar hit

Cres, Croatia: island of ghosts and vultures

An article on Cres, where the population is in decline but the soaring griffons and astonishingly blue sea are magical

Summer escapes: discovering Croatia on a family road trip

Kevin Rushby starts his summer series with a walk amid the gorgeous mountains of Istria – all the way to the Adriatic

Croatia’s summer-long Obonjan festival finally gets going

Despite a disastrous start, Obonjan, a relaxed grown-up festival which takes place on its own Adriatic island, promises to be a special summer event