We had waited a day for better weather before we went to the Plitvice Lakes National Park, famous for its lakes, cascades and waterfalls. The National Park is a major tourist attraction and there are many hotels and camp grounds in the area. At this time of the year the camp grounds were closed, so we …
From the island of Pašman it was just a short drive over a bridge to get to the neighbouring island of Ugljan, where we went for another hike up to a fortress. Dangerous processionary caterpillar We had spent the night at the coast, at a spot we had managed to reach with a couple of more …
We did a hop to another island of Croatia, this time it was Pašman, just south of Zadar. Directly from the harbour a great hike starts, which we enjoyed very much with this beautiful weather. From Biograd we had taken the ferry to Tonk at the island called Pašman. We could park at the harbour …
Actually we were not surprised when we walked into the mountains behind Çirali, to find little fires burning between the rocks, but just imagine you reached this spot and had no idea! In Çirali we had parked at the sandy and wide beach, from where we started our hike the next day into the mountains. …
We had traveled further along the coast and spent the night at Adrasan, from where we hiked along the coast until we reached a little lighthouse. Building near the lighthouse Adrasan has a beautiful bay with a long sandy beach. We had parked just behind the beach and spent the night there. The next day …
We had reached the lovely town of Kaş, where we did some exploring in town but also took a hike along the coast to some temple tombs at a cliff above the sea. Sarcophagus in the middle of nowhere The hike started at the port of Kaş and took as on the Lycian route south along …
From our sunset point, we took a walk along the coast and to the archaeological site of Patara, once the capital of Lycia. The route back was a “shortcut” through the dunes, with some detours around wet areas. Starting down to the beach We had decided to stay for another night at this great spot …
Not far from Ölüdeniz we went for another hike through a beautiful valley with impressive mountains directly at the coast. Strawberry tree We had spent the night near the centre of Fethiye again, but the next day we drove back to Ölüdeniz and further south along the coast until we reached Kabak, a tiny village …
Our first hike in Turkey led us from the famous Ölüdeniz beach along the coast with fantastic views. The Ölüdeniz beach is very well known, as pictures of it are on every tourism advertisement. The beach forms a tip at its end and another very secluded bay lies behind it. The famous shots are taken …
Near Rethymno the Mili gorge was once filled with mills producing the flour for the island, nowadays, there are only some ruins left, but the gorge provides a nice walk along the river. Afterwards, we visited one of the most important monasteries of Crete: Arkadi monastery. At the entrance to the gorge we found a …
