Korčula is a 20-mile long island an hour away from Hvar by high-speed ferry. It is also newly one of my favorite places on earth. There are 6,000 residents year-round on the island, and nearly all families have their own wine grapes. I fell in love with the island and its people.
Korčula alone is worth visiting Croatia. As fas as logistics go, getting to the country from Arizona is not the easiest. However, beginning next month, there will be direct flights from the East Coast of the US to Dubrovnik, the major city to the south. This would take considerable time off of the trip considering my route involved three flights each way. (I’d do it again tomorrow given the chance! What an adventure!)
Next up: Dubrovnik and the Game of Thrones nerds I was traveling with’s delight.
These places sound so intriguing, that I looked them up on Google Maps and learned something really interesting in the process: There appears to be a small segment of Bosnia and Herzegovina that interrupts the Croatian coast. If traveling by land from Dubrovnik to Split (or vice-versa), it would be necessary to pass briefly through another country with two border crossings along the way. That might not be a big deal, but with COVID, it seems like something to be avoided if there’s an alternative, which I suppose is what you’re doing by island-hopping via ferries.
These places sound so intriguing, that I looked them up on Google Maps and learned something really interesting in the process: There appears to be a small segment of Bosnia and Herzegovina that interrupts the Croatian coast. If traveling by land from Dubrovnik to Split (or vice-versa), it would be necessary to pass briefly through another country with two border crossings along the way. That might not be a big deal, but with COVID, it seems like something to be avoided if there’s an alternative, which I suppose is what you’re doing by island-hopping via ferries.