There is a lot of mysterious and surprising.
This Eastern European country is well known for its long coastline and tiny Islands. But most people don’t know about the amazing and strange places and attractions that can be seen throughout the country. Many of them we now describe.
10. The island of Vis (Island VIS), Vis
This unusual and amazing island full of abandoned military fortifications and secret tunnels. Oh Yes! There is a souvenir shop!
The most distant from the mainland island in the Adriatic sea for several centuries been inhabited by people, but in the middle of the XX century it was turned into a strategically important object. On the island was built a secret naval base, after which it was denied entry to foreigners.
After the military use of the island of Vis stopped, many of the remaining structures were converted for civilian use, while the other one just remained in ruins.
Today the island of Vis is a peaceful place, which, however, brings a good income from tourists wanting to see the abandoned installations of the cold war.
9. The Treasury Of The Cathedral Of The Assumption, Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik)
In a stunning Cathedral of the diocese of Dubrovnik is more than 200 richly decorated with gold and silver artifacts of religious art.
In the Treasury of the Cathedral, protected from visitors by a glass window, like a gift cupboard kept sacred parts. Beautiful gold plated shelving was custom built for relics of all shapes and sizes.
Among relics that are worth noting especially, gold-plated arm, leg and skull of St. Blaise of Sebastia, that, they say, was the diaper of Jesus and a piece of the real cross.
8. Shinskie walls, Ston (Ston)
They say it’s one of the longest fortress system in Europe. Its length is 5 kilometers.
For hundreds of years Croats were faced with the hordes trying to invade their land. In the nineteenth century they fought with the Ottoman Empire from the South, and today they face no less intense influx of hordes of tourists from Northern and Western Europe.
In stone these two forces, historical and economic, was found in the middle. Stack to Croatia for the calm blue-green waters of the Adriatic sea and the beautiful coastal cliffs, tourists can still appreciate the grandeur of the fortress walls that protected the city from the Ottomans for 500 years.
7. Castle Trakoscan (Trakošćan Castle, Krapina (Krapina)
Unfortunately, this castle is not as majestic as before, but it still looks impressive.
Located on top of a high hill in the Northern part of Croatia, Trakoscan like a fairytale castle, proudly presented their spires above the trees.
Built in the XIII century, today Trichoscience the castle is open to the public as a Museum and an artificial lake created at the foot of the hill on which it is located, makes the castle even more exciting.
6. The wreck of a German ship in Jablanac (Jablanac)
An hour walk from the town of Jablanac, in the crystal clear waters of the Bay of Zavratnica (Zavratnica), at a depth of several meters have found their last resting place by a German ship during the Second world war.
The impressive wreckage of the German vessel in clear water, make this place ideal for lovers of scuba diving.
5. The monument to the revolution Moslavina, Podgaric (Podgarić)
This magnificent monument looks more fantastic than a memorial, dedicated to the struggle of the local population for their independence during the Second world war.
The impressive sculpture, authored by Dusan Dzamonja, was erected in 1967.
4. Museum of divorces, Zagreb (Zagreb)
Full of stories of unrequited love and unusual things, this Museum has more memories than page Facebook for 5 years.
A Museum dedicated to broken relationships, arose as a result of a personal drama of two Zagreb artists who have decided to save in one place evidence of their past love and once happy relationship. Over time, their collection began to fill up with other couples who have experienced separation, and since then it is constantly expanding.
In addition to the predictable Teddy bears and letters, the collection also includes some touching, and sometimes disturbing surprises: a tiny bottle filled with women’s tears, hatchet, stun gun, and possibly the strangest exhibit is the prosthetic leg.
3. Sea organ in Zadar (Zadar)
This amazing music system it is better to hear than to see, is the work of architect Nikola BA? I? (Nikola Bašić).
“Sea organ”, which appeared in Zadar in 2005, consists of 35 Mansurian in the manner of organ pipes, waves and wind. In addition, you could see it in the list of the most unusual and weird musical instruments.
2. Plitvice lakes (Plitvička Jezera)
Flowing through the limestone rock over thousands of years, the waters of Korana river formed a natural travertine dams, with the result that there were these picturesque lakes, waterfalls and caves.
The amazing karst topography consisting of 16 amazing lakes, each year attracts huge number of tourists and landscape photographers.
1. “The blue grotto, biševo island (Bisevo)
Located near the town of komiža (Komiža), “the Blue grotto” got its name because of its unusual optical effect that occurs when the refraction of light in water, causing the whole cave filled with blue light.
A stunning effect that occurs on a Sunny day in calm water, lasts about three hours and attracted by its uniqueness and beauty tens of thousands of tourists every year.
