The tourist board tagline is "The Mediterranean as it used to be" and, for once, the ad people have got it spot on. Made up of almost 1,200 islands, only 67 of which are inhabited, and for the most part, blissfully unspoilt, it's easy to imagine that you're in a world far away from hectic modern life.
Nicki Bayley, Daily Mirror, 8th May 2010
The article: Dalmatia is spot-on

Sail Croatia's Dalmatian Coast: top things to do
TNT Magazine , The Telegraph, 6th May 2010

Trogir, on the Croatian coast, is a town with many faces. In the summer, it's a popular – and picturesque – holiday resort. In the winter, more of a windswept architectural museum, with the obligatory late-night burger kiosks set among some striking medieval and Venetian-style buildings. Which is why, in December 2009, three hotels suddenly experienced a licence-fee-funded winter season, with 40 cast and crew from Doctor Who descending to put Trogir on-screen.
Neil Midgley, The Telegraph, 5th May 2010
The article: Why Doctor Who is vamping it up in Croatia

Sail Croatia, Cycle the islands and Rafting the Dinaric Alps
The Sunday Times, 2nd May 2010
The article: 50 summer adventures, week 2

A great thing about Croatia is the people. They're immensely pleasant, smiling, willing. The fact that the coffee was cold every morning, the croissants and breads inferior, the jams horrendous, is kind of incidental.
The Sunday Times, 2nd May 2010
The article: Winner's Dinners: Not my choice of style, but a great destination

And soul-inspiring architecture it is, too. Surrounded on three of its five sides by the glassy waters of the Adriatic Sea, Dubrovnik is a jigsaw of piazzas, palaces, cafes, monasteries, fountains and dinky southern Italian baroque shops.
Johnny Morris, The Telegraph, 9th March 2010
The article: Dubrovnik: Cities to put spring in your step

Sipan is the largest of the three inhabited Elafiti Islands and the only one to allow cars. But you still feel way off the tourist track as you walk around the island's picturesque little villages or take a bike ride through the rugged countryside.
Karen Rockett, Daily Mirror, 7th March 2010
The article: Croatia offers something really special

In Rab town I found myself down a dark alley with a witch in shackles, a boil-faced leper and a hooded executioner. Unusual drinking buddies, but this was not a usual Saturday night. While many of Croatia's visitors spend glorious summers sailing along the coast, I didn't have the means to charter a yacht. Instead, my companion and I opted to take a hire car on some distinctly unglamorous ferries and explore the north-west.
Natalie Paris, The Telegraph, 3rd March 2010
The article: Croatia: Summer festival-hopping

The Dalmatian Coast is tourist friendly - and for good reason. The Makarska riviera, a 35-mile stretch along the Adriatic sea, is overshadowed by the hulking Biokovo Mountain.
Paul Oswell, Daily Mail, 23rd February 2010
The article: Secret Europe

It was the perfect way to cool off at the end of a day that had seen us explore Croatia's second city of Split, with its well-preserved Greek and Roman ruins, before boarding the 120 foot MV Emanuel for a two-hour voyage to the south of the island, the biggest in central Dalmatia and third largest in the whole Adriatic.
Liverpool Echo, 23rd February 2010
The article: Croatia – holiday in the Mediterranean as it used to be

It's not every day you see a nun hitch-hiking. But as we drive round a bend on a mountain road in Croatia there she is, thumb raised, expression hopeful. We stop, of course. And she gathers up her habit, clambers on board... and puts us to shame. We're on our way back from a trip to the Biokovo Mountains near the resort of Makarska, and the air is full of the smell of juniper and pine and the Adriatic Sea is sparkling far below.
Sue Jolly, Daily Mirror, 7th February 2010
The article: Treasure in the Adriatic

This is cruising for people who don't do cruising. Rather than a large, anonymous hotel on sea and formal dining, the Croatian equivalent of a Turkish gulet has a changeable diary, informal atmosphere and there's no need to pack socks or long trousers let alone a dinner jacket.
Mark Solomons, The Times, 3rd February 2010
The article: Cruising Croatia with the kids

Indeed, the Esplanade was purposely built in 1925 for the well-heeled clients of the Orient Express and was sited, sensibly enough, close to the railway station, in what was then a field or esplanade. The Orient Express hasn't stopped in Zagreb since 1939 but the hotel, now called the Regent Esplanade Zagreb, is still an art deco triumph.
Nicola Walker, The Sydney Morning Herald, 31st January 2010
The article: On the edge of elegance

Dubrovnik selected as a city break for one of the 20 perfect getaways for Valentine's Day by The Guardian
24th January 2010

Cavtat, near Dubrovnik, recommended as a holiday for small families in the Daily Mirror's "Our pick of the best holidays for single parents & children"
17th January 2010

Bonj ‘Les Bains' beach on Hvar named as one of The Sunday Times' hottest European beaches for 2010
17th January 2010

Istria is picked by Mark Smith (founder of Seat61.com) as part of "The Travel Gurus' Guide to 2010"
The Guardian, 3rd January 2010

My husband, daughter and I were setting out to explore the interior of Vis, a 35-square-mile island off the Croatian coast. At the end of our journey lay the fishing village of Jujeca, all 10 dwellings of it. For at least 450 years, this tiny enclave has been home to my family, the Zitkos.
Wynne Crombie, Dallas Morning News, 3rd January 2010
The article: Serenity reigns on the island of Vis, Croatia