Shining a light on hidden places, people & stories
You must have seen castles that date back to the 10th century built at the edge of a chasm hundreds of times.
We knew Jules Verne was an imaginative chap, but he really outdid himself this time! He actually got inspired by this perfectly ordinary sight and included it into one of his adventurous novels. Rumour has it, the great Dante was equally impressed, too. Funny guys.
What’s the big deal with St Mark’s Church in Zagreb anyway? Can anyone notice something special about it? We’re so lucky we found this objective and eloquent review – imagine if someone made a detour to Croatia’s capital just to find it’s…mhew.
Find this story on Episode 03 of Croatia Underrated podcast:
This traveller went easy on river Zrmanja and gave it as much as a three-stars-review… even though, as he says, it’s more expensive than in Africa, and you can see longer rivers in South America.
You should take this review very seriously. If you’re coming to Croatia for the rivers, better change your plans. There are only 30-ish rivers that are longer than 40 km, and that’s still nothing when compared to, let’s say, Amazon. Croatia’s many river springs only make the country one of the richest sources of drinking water – nothing special about plain water if you ask me. If Zrmanja is one of the visually most stunning rivers of Croatia, with it’s green and blue serpent-like shape carved deep into rocks, than you know you should just turn around and not even bother visiting any rivers of Croatia.
Those 16th century Benedictines really don’t know how to make a proper fort, do they? As the review says, there are other forts in the area. Actually the whole town is called Kaštela – very similar to English word “Castles” or Forts. There are seven castles, each one a part of a small historical town, each of them centuries old. But this one, Kaštel Gomilica, is especially lame, built on a reef. Whatever. We wonder why did they choose precisely this unimpressive one to act as Braavos in Game of Thrones.
Roški Slap waterfalls in Krka National Park can thank Angelina Jolie for the bad publicity – she obviously wasn’t very impressed and she let everybody know that, just look at the post above!
Take her advice and simply don’t bother. Skip yet another picturesque spot, since there are by far too many in Croatia anyway.
This particular part of the river Krka is surrounded by mills that could transport you back through time, viewpoints, unusual cascades commonly called “Necklace”… Why would the locals have a reason to compare that part of the river with pearls?… well, what do they know? Angelina and some others didn’t approve.
