Hidden places in Croatia

Europe's longest defensive walls, with oyster farms in the bay below.

A walled hilltop village above truffle forests in the Istrian countryside.

Pastel houses rising straight out of the sea around a hilltop church.

A tiny medieval island town connected to the mainland by bridges.

A stone maze of stairs and alleys below four fortresses, quieter than Split.

A tiny village of mills built over waterfalls, near Plitvice.

A green river canyon reaching the sea at a pirate town.

Two dramatic limestone canyons rising straight from the coast.

A river town at the entrance to Krka National Park's waterfalls.

Sixteen terraced turquoise lakes linked by waterfalls and wooden boardwalks.

A gritty, creative port city with Habsburg facades and a lively food market.

A Roman-era old town on a peninsula, with the Sea Organ playing music from the waves.

A café-loving capital with a red-roofed upper town.

Marble streets inside massive city walls on the Adriatic.

An old town built inside a Roman emperor's palace.