{"id":1302253,"date":"2026-09-26T18:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302253"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:32:18","slug":"croatia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/croatia\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Croatia country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Croatia","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"A thousand islands, water clear enough to see the bottom at ten metres, and a coast that has gone from backpacker secret to summer institution. Go in June or September and it is still the former.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302260","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac20 | Dorm bed, from\r\n1,244 | Islands and islets\r\n8 | National parks\r\n\u20ac2 | The bus from Split to the beach","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"The coast, and the country behind it","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Croatia is shaped like a croissant and almost everyone travels its outer edge. The Dalmatian coast from Zadar down through Split to Dubrovnik is the trip, with ferries out to Hvar, Bra\u010d and Kor\u010dula, and it is genuinely as good as the photographs.\r\n\r\nIt is also busy. Dubrovnik takes cruise ships that can put thousands of people into a walled town the size of a village, and Hvar in August is a party island with prices to match. Both are transformed by going in June or September, when the sea is warm and the old towns are walkable.\r\n\r\nInland gets forgotten and should not. Zagreb is a proper central European capital with a caf\u00e9 culture and a fraction of the coastal prices, Plitvice and Krka are waterfall national parks, and the Istrian peninsula in the north does truffles, hilltop towns and Italian-influenced food at half the Dalmatian mark-up.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Language | Croatian. English is widely spoken on the coast\r\nCurrency | Euro (\u20ac) since 2023\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nTap water | Safe throughout\r\nTipping | 10% in restaurants if you are happy\r\nSchengen | Croatia joined the Schengen area in 2023\r\nHow long to stay | A week for the Dalmatian coast, ten days with Istria or Zagreb\r\nBest months | June and September","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Buses cover the mainland well and ferries link the islands. There is no useful coastal railway.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Zagreb | The capital nobody visits: caf\u00e9s, museums, and half the price of the coast. |  | 1302482 | Such a great city! Everything is easy to access and there is a ton to do! The people are nice and the food is great. Can't ask for anything more! | \nSplit | A Roman emperor's palace with a city living inside it, and the ferry hub for the islands. |  | 1302483 | Amazing host! Super friendly, easy to communicate with! Close to the city center, everything is walkable! | \nDubrovnik | The walled city, spectacular and overwhelmed. Stay the night and walk the walls at opening. |  | 1302484 | Dubrovnik is a wonderful mainland city. Its pretty big but we never got the \"big city\" feel. Lots of sights to see and clean beach\/sunbathing\/swimming areas to hang out. | \nZadar | Roman ruins, a sea organ and the best sunset on the Adriatic, with fewer visitors than Split. |  | 1302485 | I absolutely loved the city, I was surprised to love it so much, there was so much culture, it was a cozy romantic city, there was a basketball world tour event and it was a little \u201cplus\u201d, would come back again! | \nRovinj | Istrian, Venetian-looking and closer to Trieste than to Dubrovnik. Truffles and hill towns inland. |  | 1302486 |  | \nHvar | The party island, expensive in August and lovely in the shoulder months. |  | 1302487 | Super fun place to visit, everything about this place is relaxing and peaceful, and at night it\u2019s really fun too! | \nPula | A Roman amphitheatre almost intact, at the tip of Istria, with beaches and a summer concert season inside it. |  | 1302488 | Great public transport. Lots of food options definitely recommend FURIA for seafood and Mulner bakery for pastries and cheap coffee. Go to the arena and Zerostrasse to sightsee ( you can do both the tunnels and castle on one ticket don\u2019t pay for both!). Zir for genuine Croatian handmade gifts lovely artist who makes everything! | \n\u0160ibenik | A stone city between two national parks, with a UNESCO cathedral and fewer visitors than its neighbours. |  | 1302489 | Not a party town but a nice local city with beautiful views a great old town with amazing quiet islands within 25 minutes. Come here to get away from the crowds and have a break from the intensity of the nearby big cities. | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Croatia is a coast country first, but not only.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"Beach | teal | sunglasses | Pebble coves and the clearest water in the Mediterranean. | Swim at Zlatni Rat on Bra\u010d; Kayak under Dubrovnik's walls; Find a cove on Vis | Zlatni Rat; Stiniva, Vis; Sakarun, Dugi Otok | Split; Hvar; Zadar | beach\nAdventure | green | backpack | Waterfalls, sea kayaking and islands to cycle. | Walk Plitvice's boardwalks early; Swim below Krka's falls; Cycle Mljet national park | Plitvice Lakes; Krka; Paklenica | Zadar; Split | adventure\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | Hvar in August, Zagreb all year, and the festivals in between. | A Hvar beach club; Zagreb's Tkal\u010di\u0107eva street; Ultra in Split, if July | Hvar town; Tkal\u010di\u0107eva, Zagreb; Bacvice, Split | Hvar; Split; Zagreb | nightlife\nCulture | purple | culture | Romans, Venetians and Yugoslavia, layered on top of each other. | Diocletian's Palace without a tour; Dubrovnik's walls at opening; Zagreb's museums | Diocletian's Palace; Dubrovnik city walls; Pula arena | Split; Dubrovnik; Zagreb | culture\nCity break | blue | city | Zagreb for three days, and almost nobody does it. | Caf\u00e9 sitting, which is the local sport; The Museum of Broken Relationships; Dolac market | Upper Town; Tkal\u010di\u0107eva; Dolac market | Zagreb; Split | city-break\nFood | sunset | local-markets | Istrian truffles, Dalmatian seafood and konoba cooking. | Peka, ordered hours ahead; Truffle pasta in Istria; Fresh fish by the kilo | Dolac market, Zagreb; Istrian hill towns; Split's Green Market | Rovinj; Split; Zagreb | food","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Croatia","hw_hub_country_do_body":"The coast is the attraction and swimming is the activity. Split's Diocletian's Palace is free to walk through because it is a living neighbourhood rather than a site, and the beaches are a short bus ride away. Dubrovnik's walls cost \u20ac40 and are worth it at opening time, before the cruise crowds and the heat.\r\n\r\nPlitvice and Krka are the two waterfall parks. Plitvice is larger and stricter \u2014 tickets are timed and sell out in summer \u2014 while Krka lets you get closer to the water. Both are day trips from Zadar or Split by bus.\r\n\r\nIsland hopping is best done slowly. Vis, Bra\u010d and Kor\u010dula reward a couple of nights each, and Vis in particular still feels like the Adriatic before mass tourism.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Dubrovnik walls | \u20ac40. Go at opening or in the last hour\r\nPlitvice | Timed tickets, book ahead in summer, go early\r\nCruise schedules | Check them for Dubrovnik and plan around the big days\r\nFerries | Jadrolinija for cars and slow boats, catamarans for speed","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Croatia","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Croatia","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Coastal cooking is Italian-influenced and fish-led: grilled whole fish sold by the kilo, black risotto, and peka \u2014 meat or octopus cooked slowly under a bell \u2014 which usually has to be ordered several hours ahead and is the best meal in the country.\r\n\r\nIstria is the food region. Truffles, olive oil and pasta that would pass in Italy, at lower prices, in hill towns most visitors drive past on the way to the coast.\r\n\r\nPrices track the tourist map exactly. A konoba in a back street does a full meal for \u20ac15 to \u20ac20; the same plate on Dubrovnik's main street is \u20ac35. Bakeries and markets are the cheap option, and burek \u2014 a filled pastry \u2014 costs \u20ac2 to \u20ac3 and fills you up.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Peka | Order 3\u20134 hours ahead. The dish to plan a day around\r\nFish by weight | Priced per kilo. Ask what the fish weighs before agreeing\r\nKonoba | The family tavern. Back streets, \u20ac15\u201320 for a full meal\r\nBurek | \u20ac2\u20133 from a bakery, and a meal on its own","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Croatia","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Croatia","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Hvar is the reputation: beach clubs, boat parties and a season that runs from June to September with prices that climb through it. It is genuinely good and genuinely expensive, and out of season the same town is a quiet harbour.\r\n\r\nSplit has the more sustainable version \u2014 bars around the palace, a beach club scene at Ba\u010dvice, and Ultra Europe in July, which fills the city entirely.\r\n\r\nZagreb is the year-round answer and the cheapest. Tkal\u010di\u0107eva street is wall-to-wall bars, the student scene keeps prices low, and unlike the coast it does not shut down in October.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Hvar | June to September only. Expensive, and the real thing\r\nUltra Europe | Split in July. Beds book out months ahead\r\nZagreb | Cheapest and the only city with a year-round scene\r\nBoat parties | \u20ac40\u201370 from Split and Hvar, drinks usually extra","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Croatia","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Croatia","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"Buses do the coast. FlixBus and local operators run Zagreb to Split in about five hours and Split to Dubrovnik in four, for \u20ac15 to \u20ac25, and they are more frequent and faster than the trains, which barely reach the coast at all.\r\n\r\nFerries and catamarans link the islands, run by Jadrolinija and a few private operators. Car ferries are cheaper and slower; catamarans are passenger-only and much faster. Summer schedules are frequent, winter ones are skeletal.\r\n\r\nA car helps in Istria and for the national parks, and is a liability in walled old towns where you will pay heavily to park outside them. The Dubrovnik-to-Split road passes through a short stretch of Bosnia \u2014 although the Pelje\u0161ac bridge now bypasses it, so check which route your bus takes if visas are a consideration.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Zagreb\u2013Split | 5 hours by bus, \u20ac15\u201325, several a day\r\nFerries | Jadrolinija for car ferries, catamarans for speed\r\nWinter | Island schedules thin out drastically from October\r\nPelje\u0161ac bridge | The coast road now bypasses the Bosnian corridor","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Croatia","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Croatia costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Croatia stopped being cheap around 2015 and joining the euro in 2023 did not help perceptions. It is now mid-priced: dorms from about \u20ac20 in Zagreb and the shoulder season, \u20ac35 to \u20ac45 on Hvar and in Dubrovnik in August.\r\n\r\nThe seasonal swing is the largest in this part of Europe. A Split bed at \u20ac22 in May is \u20ac50 in August for the same room, and the ferries and beaches are free either way.\r\n\r\nInland is where the value is. Zagreb, Istria and the national park towns cost a third less than the Dalmatian coast in every category, and the food is often better.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac20 in Zagreb, \u20ac35\u201345 in Dubrovnik and Hvar in August\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac50\u201365 in the shoulder, \u20ac80\u2013100 on the coast in August\r\nDubrovnik walls | \u20ac40, the single biggest entry fee in the country\r\nTourist tax | \u20ac1\u20132 per night, usually collected at check-in","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Croatia","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Croatia","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Croatia is a very safe country with low crime, including in the busiest resort towns. Petty theft happens on packed ferries and in crowded old towns, and that is about the extent of it.\r\n\r\nThe sea is the thing to respect. The coast is rocky and the pretty coves have sharp limestone and sea urchins \u2014 water shoes are worth the \u20ac10. Cliff jumping into unfamiliar water causes injuries every summer.\r\n\r\nLandmines from the 1990s war still exist in a few clearly marked inland areas well away from the tourist coast. They are signed, mapped and not a practical concern for normal travel, but it is a reason not to wander off marked trails in the former conflict zones near the Bosnian border.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112\r\nWater shoes | \u20ac10 and worth it. Sea urchins and sharp limestone\r\nCliff jumping | Injuries every summer. Do not jump into water you have not checked\r\nInland trails | Stick to marked paths in former conflict areas near the border","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Croatia joined the Schengen area in January 2023 and adopted the euro at the same time, so there are no longer border checks from Slovenia or Hungary and no currency to change.\r\n\r\nEU citizens need an ID card. UK, US, Canadian and Australian passport holders get 90 days in any 180 across the whole Schengen zone \u2014 and because Croatia is now in it, time here counts against the same allowance as Italy or Germany, which was not true before 2023.\r\n\r\nPassports need three months' validity beyond departure and to have been issued within the last ten years. ETIAS has been delayed repeatedly; check the official EU site.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Schengen since 2023 | Time in Croatia now counts against the 90-day limit\r\nEuro since 2023 | The kuna is gone. Old guidebooks will mislead you\r\nPassport validity | Three months beyond departure, issued within ten years\r\nETIAS | Repeatedly delayed \u2014 check the official EU site","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"Croatia has a short, intense season. June and September are the answer: warm sea, open ferries, and roughly half the August prices.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Split. Zagreb is colder in winter and hotter inland in summer. Island ferry schedules shrink sharply from October to April.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | 10 | 1 | Coast largely closed. Zagreb has a good Christmas market into January\r\nFebruary | 11 | 1 | Quiet. Rijeka Carnival is the exception\r\nMarch | 14 | 1 | Spring inland, coast still waking up\r\nApril | 18 | 2 | Parks are green and empty. Sea still cold\r\nMay | 23 | 3 | Excellent. Ferries increasing, prices low\r\nJune | 27 | 4 | The best month. Sea warm, everything open, August prices not yet\r\nJuly | 30 | 5 | Peak. Ultra in Split, Hvar at full volume\r\nAugust | 30 | 5 | Busiest and most expensive. Book everything\r\nSeptember | 26 | 4 | Warmest sea of the year and the crowds gone\r\nOctober | 21 | 2 | Lovely early on, island services thinning by month end\r\nNovember | 15 | 1 | Coast closing down. Zagreb and Istria still good\r\nDecember | 11 | 2 | Zagreb's Advent market is one of Europe's best","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, in June or September rather than August.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Excludes ferries and buses between towns, typically \u20ac8\u201325 a leg. August prices run 60\u2013100% above these figures on the coast.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 20 | 15 | 4 | 8\r\nMiddle of the road | 30 | 28 | 7 | 16\r\nComfortable | 48 | 45 | 12 | 25","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Two of these fill the coast completely. The winter one is the reason to visit Zagreb in December.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"croatia","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Croatia","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/croatia\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Rijeka Carnival | February | Rijeka | One of Europe's largest carnivals, in a city almost no visitors see. |  | \nUltra Europe | July | Split | Three days that fill Split and every island around it. 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Zagreb and Zadar give the best value; Dubrovnik the least.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Croatia","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/croatia\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"53","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Croatia travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How many days do you need in Croatia? | A week covers the Dalmatian coast \u2014 Split, one or two islands and Dubrovnik. Ten days lets you add Zagreb or Istria, which are cheaper and less visited than anywhere on the coast.\r\nIs Croatia still cheap? | Not especially. Dorms from \u20ac20 in Zagreb and the shoulder season, rising to \u20ac35 to \u20ac45 in Dubrovnik and on Hvar in August. Inland \u2014 Zagreb, Istria, the national park towns \u2014 is about a third cheaper than the coast.\r\nWhen is the best time to visit Croatia? | June or September. The sea is warm, the ferries run a full schedule and prices are roughly half of August. July and August are hot, packed and the most expensive weeks of the year.\r\nDoes Croatia use the euro? | Yes, since January 2023. The kuna is no longer legal tender, and Croatia also joined Schengen at the same time, so time spent here counts against the 90-day Schengen allowance.\r\nWhich Croatian islands are worth visiting? | Hvar for nightlife, Bra\u010d for Zlatni Rat beach, Vis for the quietest version of the Adriatic, and Kor\u010dula for a walled town without Dubrovnik's crowds. All are reachable by ferry or catamaran from Split.\r\nIs Dubrovnik worth it? | Yes, with planning. Check cruise ship schedules and walk the walls at opening or in the last hour, and stay overnight so you see the old town when the day visitors have gone. It is the most expensive place in the country.\r\nDo I need a car in Croatia? | Not for the coast, where buses and ferries cover everything. A car helps for Istria, Plitvice and the smaller inland towns, but parking outside walled old towns is expensive and often far from the centre.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Croatia \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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