“Marco.” “Polo.” These are two words that travellers might expect to hear when lounging at hotel pools as children play the popular water tag game. Hearing “Marco Polo” while walking the cobblestone ...

On Korcula, an island off Croatia’s southern coast, a winemaker holds up a glass of Plavac Mali. His vineyard stretches ...

Another new and fascinating archaeological discovery on the Dalmatian island of Korčula has shed more light on the island ...

The main street, Ulica Korčulanskog statuta, leads to St Mark’s Cathedral, one of the finest examples of Dalmatian church architecture and design. Taking three centuries to build, it features several ...

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I’m all for teaching children a few foreign words on holiday... but I had to work extra hard on ­pronunciation for this trip. Not least with the local wines. My vowel-mangling at dinner meant that ...

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16:29, Thu, Nov 28, 2024 Updated: 16:49, Thu, Nov 28, 2024 Croatia is known for its many summer hotspots, party places and historically steeped towns that become swarmed with tourists during the high ...

14:47, Sun, Jul 7, 2024 Updated: 14:48, Sun, Jul 7, 2024 Despite its proximity to popular tourist destinations like Dubrovnik, Split and Hvar, this 276 square-kilometre island remains relatively ...

Dreaming of getting away from it all? There’s nowhere quite like an island. But which of the world’s islands are particularly special? Pay heed to these remarks, from tourists who took to Reddit to ...