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Croatia is located in the southern Europe on the Balkan Peninsula near the Adriatic Sea. Croatia is immensely popular with tourists as it is one of Europe's main beach and sea tourist destinations. Croatia is a Mediterranean and Central European country. Zagreb is the capital city of Croatia. It is a wonderful country with beautiful scenery and friendly people. The city of Dubrovnik is a wonderful part of your trip to Croatia and it is worth seeing. The coastal area and many other islands of Croatia offer quite much activities to do and memorable experience altogether.
Croatia is bordered by Italy on the Western coast, across the Adriatic Sea. Towards the North of it are Slovenia and Hungary. On the East are Serbia and Yugoslavia on the East, while in the South it is surrounded by Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
Croatia encompasses a land area of around 56, 691 square kilometers. About 4.4 million people inhibit here as per the 2001 census. More than 90 per cent population in Croatia is Croat. The majority of them are Roman Catholics. In addition to them, the Serbian, Hungarian Bosnian, and Italian minorities also live here. The city, which is dense with population, is Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia. The official language of Croatia is Croatian, which is written in the script of Latin.
The west coast on the Adriatic Sea is one of the main beach tourist destinations in Europe. The terrain of Croatia has three geographic distinctions-it has Mountains in the North, coastal area on the west and plains in the one-third eastern area. Your tour to Croatia will be full of diverse activities, like wine areas, sailing, diving, roaming in beach areas, mountain climbing, hiking and health resorts in the mountain areas.
Sightseeing in Croatia is also equally diverse. It can also be termed as the journey into the past. The tourists can visit the churches, amphitheatre and historical site dating back to around 50AD. Tour to Croatia also includes five UNESCO heritage sites. Croatia offers something or the other for every one of any age groups. The main attraction cities of Croatia are Zagreb, being the largest and the capital city and the ancient city of Dubrovnik.
Croatia has a weird shape, which is similar to a croissant. It is not similar to any other nation in the whole world. This shape is the result of expansion activities by the Ottoman i.e. Turkish empire from the last five centuries. This expansion was towards Central Europe.
Croatia is well known through out the world for its picturesque Adriatic coastline. Other attractions of Croatia are its ancient churches, cathedrals, and museums, the ancient Roman ruins at Split, the medieval architecture of Dubrovnik and the palace of Diocletian the Roman Emperor, which was built in the 4th century A.D.
The currency of Croatia is Kuna, which is further divided into 100 lipas. The climate of Croatia is Mediterranean, which means to be warm and dry summers and mild winters. The coastline of Croatia is considered as one of the sunniest in the whole Europe. |
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