European Holidays

Moored at Šibenik We overnighted in Šibenik and this morning travelled to Krka National Park.  This park runs along the 73 km Krka River from the mountains of the Croatian interior to the Adriatic Sea near Šibenik. The park includes the canyons, travertine barriers, lakes and 17 waterfalls of the Krka River. The coach arrived at the Krka National Park and had to check that it was allowed to proceed to our destination. This is because the road down is only wide enough for one

We left Split this morning and headed further North along the coast to Šibenik. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatian self-governing cities and, unlike the Greek-founded Dubrovnik and Split, was founded by Croats. In the 11 th  and 12 th centuries Šibenik changed hands frequently between Venice, Byzantium and Hungary. This culminated in a three-year war where Venice reigned supreme and ruled here until the fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797 which brought Šibenik under th