Our last week in Croatia

Oranges anyone?

After 3 nights of peace, quiet and tranquility at Camping Lupis in Loviste it was time to leave, we didn't really have much choice - they were closing for the winter! We had a lovely time whilst we were there, just strolling around the bay, stargazing in the evening or just enjoying the sunshine down on the beach.
We decided to slowly start making our way towards home so chose the ACSI site at Split-Stobrec, but as we approached we both thought the same thing - just one night here will be enough! Actually the site was very pleasant with large level pitches close to the beach and the facilities were good, but the surrounding area was so built up and there was a constant noise of traffic from the nearby busy road.
Nevertheless we stayed for 2 nights and cycled into Split city centre on Thursday. The cycle ride was not fun as we had to ride through scruffy residential areas and it started to rain as well! I was feeling pretty fed up and when we arrived the city centre was heaving with traffic. The main sites in the centre were interesting, with the remains of the palace, but there were just too many trails of tourists following their guides.

Sorry to sound a bit critical here, but Keith and I much prefer the countryside and the quieter places, like our visit to the abandoned village on Tuesday.
Friday was Keith's birthday so we decided to head back to Starigrad-Paklenica on our journey north up the Croatia coastline and escape the hustle bustle. We ended up at the wrong campsite (thanks to the sat-nav!) to the site that we intended, but we found a lovely pitch on the beach about 10 metres from the sea so it turned out alright in the end. The weather was not so good, but the day ended with a beautiful sunset.

We decided not to go out for a meal to celebrate Keith's birthday and it was a good choice as the rain
came down with vengeance after about 9pm and we would have got soaked walking back to the
campsite from town! It rained heavily all night but we awoke to a lovely day, we spent the day relaxing and enjoying the sunshine, going out for a walk later in the day.
We had planned to move on the next morning, but the forecast was just too good to spend the day on the road so we stayed another day and went out for a bike ride stopping at a deserted bay for our picnic lunch.

That's what we have really enjoyed about Croatia - being able to find isolated areas where you can relax and enjoy peace, quiet and the beautiful scenery

So after a month in Croatia it's time to move on, back towards home (eventually!)

Next stop Venice, Italy .........