The times have changed. Jane Bell takes a romantic break and discovers the new Croatia - now a must-see tourist destination
25 June 2005
Time was, the only mention we heard of Croatia was in a news report of the long and bitter war in the former Yugoslavia. But times have changed. And now Croatia is back on the tourist must-see list - and deservedly so.
Leaving the kids at home with Granny, we took a romantic spring break to Istria, the largest peninsula on the Adriatic coast, at the north-west corner of this beautiful country.
And, yes, it really was romantic - even down to the nightingale who obligingly serenaded us on late night walks along the dark, moonlit bay at Rabac, a small tourist harbour town encircled with densely wooded hills.
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