Croatia

A pivotal country between Central Europe and the Mediterranean, Croatia combines the assets of both regions. An extraordinary historical and architectural heritage and a coastline bathed in sunshine and clear waters, miraculously preserved from concreting. Stretching almost 2000 kilometers from north to south, Croatia's terrain is particularly mountainous and rugged, even as you approach the coast. Its natural parks, among the finest on the continent, preserve the rarest species of European fauna. And as if so much beauty weren't enough, Croatia extends the spectacle with a firework display of charming little islands - more than a thousand of them - scattered along its coastline.