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About
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The Republic of Croatia is a European country
situated along the Adriatic Sea and its hinterland.
It stretches from the slopes of the Alps and
deep into the Pannonian Valley to the banks
of the Danube and Drava rivers.
Thus according
to its natural characteristics, as well as
its cultural and historical development, Croatia
can be divided into three geographically distinct
zones:
the Coastal region
the Mountain region
the Pannonian region
Like many countries in
Western Europe, Croatia was founded on the
ruins of the Roman Empire. When they arrived
in the territory of present-day Croatia,
the Croats were politicaly organized in principalities.
In 925, Croatian King Tomislav united the
principalities, establishing the first Croatian
state. Later, Croatia retained its legal
status and autonomy within the framework
of the Hungarian empire, and the Habsburg
Monarchy.
In Croatia, where the Mediterranean,
the mountains and the Pannonian plains come
together in a unique harmony of natural beauty,
within just a little more than a hundred
kilometres, you can come across excitingly
different landscapes.
The Adriatic, with one
of the most indented coastlines in Europe
with its 1,185 islands and islets, of which
only 66 are inhabited, is undoubtedly the
most popular tourist destination. Continental
Croatia, however, also abounds in beauty:
it is a land of forests, rivers rich in fish,
swift mountain streams and deep gorges of
Gorski Kotar, and the magnificent Plitvice
Lakes in Lika. It is a land of golden wheat
fields, oak woods and wide rivers of Slavonia
and Baranja, a land of quaint little villages,
romantic castles and manors, and picturesque
rolling hills and vineyards of the Croatian
Zagorje.
The most popular possibilities for
travel and tourism, of course, is summer
tourism. You can also enjoy the benefits
of rural tourism in many of the villages
in the continental region of Croatia, as
well as of health tourism in a number of
spas and thermal and mineral springs.
If you are
a gourmet and a connoisseur of fine food,
or simply like tasty and healthy food, you
will certainly more than enjoy Croatia.
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