Croatia is just sea, sun and beaches. This sentence couldn’t be more wrong!
Croatia has it all: beautiful, stunning nature, delicious food, rich history and natural heritage, interesting culture and traditions and the most important friendly, open-hearted and welcoming people. The whole package which, once you visit end explore, you will just get thirsty for more!
Before heading off on your holidays in Croatia, let us share some interesting fun facts about this beautiful land that you, we are sure, didn’t know:
#1 Croatia has way too much islands! Croatia has 1246 islands and isles for you to sail through.
#2 Croatia is full of natural wonders: Almost 10% of Croatia is made up of 11 nature parks, 8 national parks and 2 nature reserves.
#3 Croatia enjoys 2715 hours of sunshine a year. That’s more than Sydney, Australia.
#4 Croats have just really a lot of World Heritage items: Croatia has highest number of UNESCO Intangible Goods of any European country.
#5 Amphitheatre in Croatia, in Pula, is one of only 3 preserved in the world.
#6 The Walls of Ston are the longest preserved fortification system in the world after the Great Wall of China.
#7 One of the first medieval places in Europe to have a sewage system was Dubrovnik.
#8 The world’s smallest town is in Croatia. The town of “Hum” is so small its population is only between 17 to 23 people.
#9 Croatians had their own alphabet. The Glagolitic alphabet was preserved only by Croats who used it from the 12th to the 20th century, mostly in liturgy.
#10 According to Alfred Hitchcock, the city of Zadar has “the most beautiful sunset in the world, more beautiful than the one in Key West in Florida, applauded at every evening.”
#11 Tesla loved Croatia: Nicola Tesla was born in Croatia in the village Smiljan.
#12 The world’s first torpedo was constructed by Rijeka native, Ivan Lupis.
#13 Thanks to Croats you look so good in official suite: Croatia invented the necktie.
#14 That Pen you hold in your hand, it’s Croatian: Croatian Slavoljub Penkala invented a mechanical pencil, called the Penkala in 1906. Today we call it “pen.”
#15 Croatia’s Bura wind – the northern to north-eastern wind is so powerful. It was once recorded blowing on the Maslenički most at 248.4 kmph (21 December 1990).
#16 If you give birth on a Jadrolinija ferry from Hvar, your child will get free travel on the ferry for life.
#17 Croatia’s drinking water has one of the highest quality standards in Europe.
