Information on Croatia - Visit Croatia

18th May 2026

This section aims to provide travellers with some essential background information on Croatia and visiting the country. Below are details on health services, safety, accommodation and food & drink in Croatia, as well as our specific pages on:

Information on Croatia – Accommodation

The high season, July and August, is understandably the most expensive time of year to visit Croatia, reflected in the highest accommodation prices. In April, May, September and October, prices are often lower; outside of these months, they can further be reduced by up to 50%.

There are hundreds of campsites along the Croatian coast – see the Croatian Camping Union website for listings, including detailed guides to the facilities that the campsites have.

For the best value accommodation, it’s a good idea to stay in private rooms or apartments, which are very popular in Croatia. You may see advertising for sobe (which means “rooms” – a soba is a “room”) at ports and bus/train stations in popular resorts. (This is becoming less and less common with the rise of easy booking apps and websites.) These private rooms or apartments may sometimes actually be in people’s houses, but in most cases, they are located in a separate area or floor of the house, or in another house that the owner uses for holiday rentals. You can always ask to see the room/apartment first before agreeing to take it.

Alternatively, every single town has a tourist office (Turisticki ured) – should you ever be stuck for accommodation, head to the tourist office and they will help sort something out.

Hotels are of generally good value, but top-class accommodation can be rather expensive.

See our Accommodation in Croatia section for full listings of hotels, private rooms and apartments, campsites, hostels, villas and more in locations all along the Croatian coast, Zagreb and elsewhere in the country.

Information on Croatia – Food & Drink

In Croatia, you’ll find standard fare as in many other central European or Mediterranean countries (pizza, pasta, meat dishes, fish). All food is safe to eat as restaurants are regularly inspected. Fish and seafood are a speciality along the Croatian coastline, unsurprisingly – if you visit, you absolutely must try some locally caught seafood, especially oysters and mussels.

It is safe to drink tap water in Croatia.

Croatian beers (the word beer in Croatian is “pivo”) are of high quality. Try Zagreb’s Ozujsko pivo or Karlovacko pivo from Karlovac. Wines such as Dingač, Pošip, Malvasia or Graševina are exquisite. You should also try Croatia’s favourite brandy,sljivovica, made from plums, or travarica, a herbal brandy.

Photos of Split - Pan beer — After a day’s sightseeing, a well-earned Pan beer!

Find out more about Eating in Croatia and Drinking in Croatia in our special sections, or give one of our Croatian Recipes a go! Alternatively, you may also find our Special Dietary Requirements in Croatia page useful.

Information on Croatia – Other

Electricity is 220V, 50Hz.

Croatia uses the standard European 2-point plugs.

The weights and measures system is metric.

Croatia is 1 hour ahead of GMT, the same time zone as the majority of Western Europe.

The Croatian language uses the Latin alphabet. There are 30 characters in the Croatian alphabet. See more about the Croatian language in our Croatian for Travellers section.

The dialling code for Croatia is +385.