Prices in Croatia
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Tourist often, before their arrival, ask us about prices here in Croatia, especially after the global crises started, lots of people have been asking about this, so to some work replying to e-mails, I thought it was easier to finally post the information on our blogs!
As prices vary a lot inside Croatia (depending on the location), I will indicate a price range, the highest prices you can expect to find in the top tourist areas, like Istria, Dubrovnik and the islands, the cheapest prices are found on the mainland, and in the smaller Dalmatian cities.
If you have anything to add, like extremely good offers found here, or other stuff which could be helpful to other tourist, please fell free to add a comment at the bottom of the page.
Hotels:
The Hotel prices in Croatia, does not seem to have been effected by the global crises, so I still find them too high: (price is per person in double room)
| Categorie | From (low/high season) | To (low/high season) |
| * – ** | 15/30 Euro | 30/60 Euro |
| *** | 25/50 Euro | 60/100 Euro |
| **** | 40/80 Euro | 80/150 Euro |
| ***** | 80/120 Euro | 100/250 Euro |
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Accommodation (Private)
I talked with many private owners, most of them are complaining about the low number of bookings, I told them maybe they should lower their price or invest some more in marketing, their general reply was no, but I have although noticed, that some of them have started lowering their prices, so this year you can make a good deal. (price per person/day in a full 2-4 persons Unit).
| Categorie | From (low/high season) | To (low/high season) |
| * – ** | 8/12 Euro | 12/16 Euro |
| *** | 12/16 Euro | 16/25 Euro |
| **** | 20/30 Euro | 25/40 Euro |
| ***** | 30/40 Euro | 40/? Euro |
*Like hotels also private accommodation is rated with stars here in Croatia.
Eating out: (restaurants and coffee bars)
Like everywhere else in the world, there is two things which seems to mainly determine the prices in a restaurant or a cafe – location and location. So if you like to eat in the best locations you will pay for it, if you on the other hand only are interested in getting some good food, eating out in Croatia is not expensive at all . We (2 adults, 2 kids) normally pay around 35-40 for an evening meal, including soda for the kids and wine for the adults. (this is the price in a regular restaurant).
| Product | Normal | Top tourist areas |
| Pizza | 4-6 Euro | +20-40% |
| Pasta dish | 4-6 Euro | +20-40% |
| Salat | 2-3 Euro | +20-40% |
| Dessert | 2-3 Euro | +20-40% |
| 1/2L local beer | >=2 Euro | +20-60% |
| 1/2L Local wine | 4-6 Euro | +20-60% |
| Cappucino | From 1 Euro | up to 3 Euro’s |
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Drinking out!
In the late evening hours, you might want to visit the local disco or a bar, here you need to know the following, vodka, gin, rum etc. are normally available in two variations, the global brands, like Smirnoff, Gardens and Bacardi, but you can also ask for local variations of this, called Domaci rum, Domaci gin etc., if you do so, your drink will cost half the price, but the effect will be the same 🙂
| Product | Normal | Top tourist areas |
| 1/2 local beer | >=2 Euro | +20-60% |
| Long dring (domaci) | >=2 Euro | +30-60% |
| Long drink | 3 Euro | +30-60% |
| Coke | >=2 Euro | +20-40% |
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Shopping – daily goods!
There are plenty of supermarkets in Croatia, prices are in general similar to the rest of Europe, although you should know that, imported goods (brands you know from home), most properly have a higher price than you are used to, local brands on the other hand are normally quite cheap.
Our personal preference is to shop at Lidl as we find them having good leverage between price and quality of their products.
Shopping other goods and service:
Global brands (imported goods) will cost you almost the same as in your home country, Be aware! If you find global brand products at a bargain price, it might be a copy, so don’t bring it to Italy on your way home 🙂
Dentist service and other service related to health care, are competitive with most European countries, and the service standard is normally very good.
As Croatia is still not in the EU, (not regulated by EU law) you could have high rates for using your Mobile phone, so if you want to be on the safe side, you should buy a calling card, which can be found on the local post office, and in kiosk like Slobodna Dalmacija or Glas Istra.
Other prices / cost which might be of interest:
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Hi,
My friend and I are visiting Croatia in August. We are arriving in Dubrovnik and we would like to travel around by bus. We have been looking for buses to get to the cities we would like to visit, but there are still a few buses we can’t really find. You seem to know a lot about Croatia, so I hope maybe you can help us out.
Do you know if there are buses from Sibenik to Plitvice National Park? After our stay in Sibenik, we would like to visit Plitvice National Park, but I can’t find any information about buses we can take. After our visit to Plitvice, we have to get back to Dubrovnik. I only found 1 bus, but it takes a whole day to get there. I found a nightbus from Plitvice to Split, but when I emailed the buscompany about it, they don’t know anything about that bus. It’s written on their website though. We would really like to take that nightbus to Split, that way we don’t lose that much time travelling around. Do you have any idea how we can get from Plitvice to Dubrovnik or Split? Do you know anything about a nightbus? I read that getting a bus from Split to Dubrovnik isn’t that hard to find. Do you have any idea about the prices for those buses?
We are also stopping in Split and might like to visit some of the islands. How can we get there and do you know at what time those boats leave? There don’t seem to be a lot of boats to the islands.
How can we get to the cave of Bisevo? How much can we expect to pay for these boats?
Sorry about all the questions, but we want to start planning our vacation and we kinda got lost on the web. :s
Thank you for helping us!!!
Kimmy
Hi Kimmy,
From main station in Sibenik you have 5 or 6 daily departures to Plitvice, I don’t have access to summer schedule, but is stays like it is now, you have bus from the main station in Sibenik, at 7:00, 8:00. 13.45, 15:30, 21:45 travel time is 3 to 4 hours.
The trip Plitvice to Dubrovnik is a whole day trip, so you can forget that one. The night bus from Plitvice to Spilt (departure Plitvice 23:45) should work whole year around, contact the tourist office in Plitvice to confirm this (Bus companies are not good with e-email, especially not if the are on other languages then Croatian).
Between Split and Dubrovnik you have plenty (app 15 daily departures) of buses all day long (also night busses).
For bus prices, check out this, and use Google map to calculate distance.
Getting to Islands from Split is very easy, to Brac you have about 15 daily departure in the main season, Hvar also several daily departure – Car ferry to Stari grad, Catemaran to Hvar City, Island Vis, daily car ferry and catamaran, here you can find ferry prices from last year (will not change much)
Brgds, Morten
Hi Morten,
At last I see something which is so useful.You are doing a great job.
I have already been in SPlIT for the last 1 week but could not do much due to business.
I have 2 weekends to utilze before i go back home.
Please give your valuable advice in the following:
1.Adventure Sports and Costs (Scuba Diving,High speed Boats etc.)
2.Best Places to Shop for Choclates,Baby Clothes and toys.
3.Indian/Vegetarian Resturants
Thanks……….
Nisheeth
Hi Nisheeth,
Thanks for the compliment!
In terms of adventure sport I can recommend a hiking trip at mount Mosor (cost 0 kuna), rafting on Cetina in Omis (cost 30 Euro). I am not sure if there is any scuba diving offers available now, but you can ask at the diving shop which you find 200-300 meter from the “Riva”, in direction Marjan.
Normally there is one guy who has a Rib boat for rent in front of the harbormasters office (middle of the Riva), I have no idea about the prices.
For Baby clothes and toys I would recommend you to go to the Joker Center, Here you can also buy some nice chocolate, if you want domestic chocolate, you can find a KRAS shop in the old town (Zadarska Ulica), close to the Piazza.
Restaurant(Indian/Vegetarian) – Black Cat no doubt, how to find? If you are at the end of the “Riva” by the parking lot, you walk strait of the small hill, pass the first cross light and take the first small street on the right (Pharmacy on the corner), follow the street for about 150 meter and you are at the Black Cat.
Hope you find some of the info useful
Kindest regards, Morten
Dear Morten,
In August I planned a trip to Croatia with my friend. We would like to travel around, but we still have some questions.
– We arrive in Dubrovnik by plane and we have to get to Split that same evening. Is it possible to take a bus to Split from the airport or do we have to get to the city of Dubrovnik first?
Do you know anything about the timetables?
– From Split we would like to go to Sibenik by bus. Do you know if busses drive frequently? Do you know where we can find the timetables for those busses?
– During our stay in Sibenik we would like to visit Krka. Again… What are the departures and the arrivals for those busses? Is it possible to leave in the morning and to get back in the evening?
– Do you have any idea how much we will have to pay for the bus?
Thank you for helping us out!
Kind regards,
Nathalie
Hi Nathalie,
To my knowledge you first have to go to Dubrovnik main bus station.
There is an Airport bus from Dubrovnik Airport to the city center.
There should be a bus leaving for Split at more or less every hour from noon till 7 pm the two last buses is 9 and 10 PM.
From Split to Sibenik you have about 30 departures daily, departure almost each full and half hour.
I am nut sure with the Bus from Šibenik to Krka, but there should be as it is only 10-15 km, you even have a boat from Sibenik to the National park
For bus prices, please have a look at this
Kindest regards
Morten
hi morten , we have been to pula a couple of times before and we must say its the best place we have ever been to. we tell all our friends and families to go to croatia on holidays .the people , food ,weather etc is second to none. just a quick question for you ,this year we land in zadar and drive to vrsar in pula ,could you please give us a rough estimate on how long it will take .keep up the good work liam from dublin ireland.slan
Hi Liam,
always glad to hear about good experience here in Croatia.
From Zadar to Vrsar / Pula you have about 3.5 hour, you have to option highway all the way to Rijeka, or you can exit highway earlier and go via Senj to Rijeka, if your are traveling in main season highway should be faster.
Kindest regards, Morten
Thank you for your wonderful help. My group has decided it would be best to drive from Zagreb to Dubrovnik. Do you suggest we put in a reservation for a car in advance or rent one when we arrive? Also, would you be able to recommend any trustworthy rental car dealers? Thank you again for all your help.
Natalie
Hi Natalie,
as you are traveling in the main season i would recommend you to reserve the car in due time. I can not recommend you and specific car rental company – but if you take one of the well know companies, you should not have any problems.
Kindest regards, Morten
Hi
We are coming to Croatia to stay at a villa in Liznjan and we arrive this Tuesday (25 May). Are you able to tell me where the nearest supermarket is please? As we have 2 young children, we need to cook at home rather than visit restaurants too often! We are driving from Pula airport so if there is a larger supermarket on the way to Liznjan then it would be good to know so we can get all our food on the way! Thank you xx
Hi Vicky, I don’t know if there is any supermarket in Liznjan, but there is a medium seized Konzum super market in Medulin, which is 2 km from Liznjan.
If you are doing large shopping, you have much more options in Pula, there I Mercator, LIDL and other large supermarket situated at the main road going around Pula.
Brgds, Morten
Hi Morten,
Thank you very much for the writing here, it’s excellent! 🙂 Got a lot of comprehensive information here.
My friends and I are planning to go to Dubrovnik from June 19 until July 3, but now I’m still waiting for the visa (I’m an Indonesian, applying visa is my job :P). Hope I will get the visa and we will have an awesome vacation in Dubrovnik 🙂
Once again, thank you very much! 🙂
Regards,
Yeni
Hi Yeni,
Thanks for the kind words, I hope everything works out well with the Visa, and wish you a great vacation in Dubrovnik.
Brgds, Morten
Your website is excellent and you are very helpful.I hope you can help me! I am flying to Zadar with my family in July and we have not yet booked accommodation. We have thought about taking a couple of tents and basic camping equipment with us, but as we are flying with Ryanair, the cost for doing so will be fairly high. Please can you advise me if there is anywhere near Zadar where we can buy tents and other basic camping equipment, that’s not too expensive. Or, is there a campsite where we can hire a ready-erected tent. Thanks.
Hi Elaine
Thanks for the nice feedback on our work.
Now to your question, I don’t know if there is a real camping equipment shop in Zadar, but I would assume there is not (Croatians are not much into camping), last year when I tried to find a tent here in Split (2.5 the size of Zadar) only option was the larger super markets, so I would guess It would be the same case in Zadar. Look at my map here, where I have marked where you can find 3 bigger supermarkets, in one of those you should be able to find a fairly cheap tent (4-6 persons 300-500 Kn) as well as some basic camping equipment. Another option it the shop JYSK which is on Jadranska Cesta, on the left hand side about 2 km before the 3 big supermarkets (coming from the Airport).
In terms of camps with tent rental I can’t say for sure, but I might be able to give you more information next week, as we are going camping close to Zadar the upcoming weekend
Kindest regards, Morten
Hi Morten, still checking out your great website here in Oz. Some time back I asked you some questions about length of stay in Split. In one of your replies you mentioned ‘staying under the radar’! I wonder if you could explain what you meant by that? Also, what is the weather likely to be like in late September-October? What is the average price of petrol in Split?
Hi Brenda, with “staying under the radar”, I most have been referring to people living “Unofficially” here in Croatia. Whether forecast is always a tricky area (: September it together with May my absolute favorite Months, In September it is normally nice warm here (average temp around 25), the sea has an excellent temperature. October can be similar, but here you have much higher chance of rainy and windy days, especially at the end of October.
Kindest regards, Morten
Thanks for that Morten. I really appreciate your fast responses. No doubt there will be other questions we have for you at the time for our arrival in Split gets a little closer. In the meantime,keep up the fantastic work you are doing here. Cheers, Brenda
You are welcome Brenda, i will do my best to answer the upcoming questions (-:
I forgot to give you the fuel Prices, you can find the current fuel prices in local currency here
Hi Morten,
This is a fantastic site you have here and I was wondering whether you could help me before I head to Zadar.
My girlfriend and I are staying in Villa Triana in Diklo above Zadar for 3 nights and have roughly 700 Kune each to spend for the whole stay. Will this be enough for all daily expenses?
Any there any ‘must see’ places in Zadar? Would boat rides to local islands be expensive/more than 70 Kuna?
Thanks again for your fantastic website! If only we had people like you for every destination around the world!
Regards,
Conor from Ireland
Hi Conor, sorry for late reply i was out exploring Croatia this weekend (-:
First of all I am glad you like my page, thanks.
700 kuna should be enough for 3 days, my thumbs rule is 200 kuna a day for an adult.
From Diklo you have bus number 8 going to the Old town, which is a “must see”.
Local ferry lines from Zadar to the island is between 15 and 30 kuna /person (One way)
Did you check out my Zadar story?
Have a nice trip, Morten
Dear Morten,
I’m planning to visit Croatia in July and will be staying in Porec.
Any suggestions on places to visit? I’d rather walk than using transport. I also like beach and sceneries.
Will I be able to pay for most things in Euros? Or do I need to bring Kunas. Is it possible to change euros to kunas in Porec?
I also like eating out–any suggestions for good restaurants in Porec?
thanks
shamila
Dear Shamila,
Well you can have a look at this page https://www.porec-croatia.net/ I still haven’t updated it with place to visit, but I went there some weeks ago to take photos, so I will update the page as soon as I find the time.
For sure you should visit the old town in Porec, if you don’t mind taking the bus, you should also consider a visit to Rovinj.
I am not sure about where the best beaches are, so you will have to inquire about that when you get there.
By law Croatian companies are only allowed to accept Kuna, but some will also accept Euro, but in general it is cheaper to pay with Kuna, you can exchange currency in Porec.
There is lots of restaurants in the old town in Porec I only tried few of them so I can’t really recommend anyone, there is a restaurant in a tower in the old town which looks quite interesting, once you get there you will know which one I mean.
Brgds, Morten
I am going to zadar for a week and staying in a holiday resort,how much speding money would I need for a week, i will be mostly buying my food in super markets.
Hi Meabh, if you buy the food in supermarket 10-12 Euro a day for food and drinks like water and juice, should be enough.
Morte
You sir are very helpful and informative!
I was about to quit trying to find info abou the staf i needed until i discovered this site.
If you are kind enough i would like to give me some help concerning this matters.
1)How much money we will need aproximately for food,drinks (not anything wild or extremely fancy) and tickets per day in Dubrovnik (for a young couple)?
2)Can you give me some site with appartments (with available prices if possible)in Dubrovnik?cause certain hotels seem expensive
3)Can you suggest another place we can visit nearby?(except the islands near the town)
4)Finally i would like to know if i can exlpore most of the city and beaches on foot..
Thank you in advance…
Hi Thomas
I would say that about 250 kuna daily should be enough for Dubrovnik, that should cover, breakfast from a bakery, small snack for lunch, regular dinner in a restaurant as well as a drinks and bus ticket.
With Apartments I can not help you for the moment. (We still don’t have house in Dubrovnik on our accommodation page)
I could suggest you to go to Cavtat and Mline which is nice smaller cities south of Dubrovnik.
You can explore most of Dubrovnik by foot, there are some hills, but distances are not that far.
Brgds, Morten
Hello there,
Me and 6 of my friends are visiting Split for a week before going to the EXIT festival in Serbia. How much spending money would you recommend bringing? We will probably go for a couple of nice meals but will mainly be going to bars / clubs.
Also we haven’t booked any accomodation yet, is there anywhere you would recommend for a group (aaprtments/hotels etc)?
Thanks in advance
Kind Regards
Lewis
Hi Lewis,
Well, my best guess would be 200 kn a day per person, that should cover, simple breakfast and lunch as well as non fancy restaurant visit in the evening.
For going out you can add another 150 kn per evening, if you do whole night program including visit to Hemingway and Vanilla till the early morning hours you can add another 150 kn.
In terms of accommodation you should find something close to the old town, as that is where you will be hanging out in the evening. I am don’t know what kind of budget you have for accommodation but if you want something really nice I can recommend you this apartment in Split, which is overlooking the palace / old town walls.
Brgds, Morten
Hi Morten,
i find this page really helpful:-) We also planning to visit Croatia, Brac island at the end of July. I am curious about the prices like bread, drinks, vegetables, fruits. I checked the prices above but I was told that the islands are more expensive.could you please tell us some example how to calculate? Or shall we rather find a supermarket at Split before leaving to the island?
Thanks in advance!
Regards, Dora
Hi Dora, the prices for regular daily goods are up to 30% more expensive on the island, so if you have option to bring some of it from Split, you should do so.
Brgds, Morten
Hi Morten,
Perfect, thank you so much – information was great and we’ve booked up accomodation off the back of that.
Just another quick question, we’re looking to get a private minibus from Split to Novi Sad, Serbia. Are there any companies you are aware of that do private minibus hire? any you recommend and bit of a long shot, but any idea how much that would cost?
Thanks again
Kind Regards
Lewis
Lewis
Hi Lewis, glad I could help.
You can for sure rent a minibus here in Split if that is what you are looking for, just Internet for car rental in Split. I thing there is some special rules when you want to drive to Serbia, so remember to ask about that.
Cost? I have no idea, maybe around 100-120 Euro a day.
Brgds, Morten
Cheers for the prompt answer! 🙂 I’ll search for some supermarket in Split!
have a nice afternoon!
Dora
Dora, you are welcome
Here you can see where to shop in Split https://www.croatia-expert.com/shopping-in-split/
good afternoon to you also, Morten
Hi Morten, I am from Russia, but leaving in Egypt, would like to go for holiday to Croatia, trying to contact to any travel agency, but no one orginized trips to Croatia, maybe you could advice any company in Egypt, which working with Croatia. Thanks a lot for your time.
Hi Olesya,
I am afraid I have no Knowledge about travel companies from Egypt organizing trips to Croatia.
My advice would be to organize the trip your selves, you could see if you can find Croatian companies organizing trip to Egypt maybe you can buy plane ticket from them.
Other option is to contact some of the Russian travel agencies, arranging trips to Croatia, maybe you can join one of their groups once you are here.
Brgds, Morten
Hi Morten. Thanks for your answere and advice. Probably i can find flights from here to Croatia. I have onother way to book hotel online, but would like to ask you is it a safe way? I want to go to Dubrovnik, can you advice any hotels(3*-4*stars)and how can i pay, uppon arrival? Should i pay for the reservation? And one more question- does the Egyptian citizen need viza to Croatia? Thank you.
Hi Olesya
lots of people are booking the hotels online prior to the arrival, i did not here that there should be any problems with doing so. I think in most hotels you pay when you leave.
With Visa i am not sure, rules keeps changing, unfortunately i dont have time to stay up to date on that issue. maybe this helps https://www.croatia-expert.com/info/visa-croatia/
Brgds, Morten
hi Morton
Do you know what the best way to get from Dubrovnik down to Bar, Montenegro is? We are travelling from Dubrovnik to Bar, then getting the train from Bar-Belgrade, then Belgrade to Novi Sad for Exit festival, then on to Budapest.
We will be travelling on Saturday 3rd July. I have read there are buses but the info was at least 6 years old and i can’t find any info on the internet that is up to date?
many thanks
Duncan
Hi Duncan
Hope this helps you https://www.libertasdubrovnik.com/voznired.pdf
look at buses to Kotor, as far as i know the 10.30 and 20.30 bus continues to Bar, arrival time 13:50 and 00:15.
Brgds, Morten
Hi,
Sorry I’m a little confused with the prices you have mentioned already.
We are coming to Zadar the first week of August for 7 days. We are taking £500 for 2 adults and 1 teenager. We will be shopping at a supermarket for most of our goods (breakfast, lunch, snacks etc) and will no doubt eat at a restaurant for an evening meal every other night – the 2 adults are not big drinkers. We also hope to do a boat trip if available. Do you think this will be enough money for the 3 of us for a week?
Many thanks,
Kelly
Hi Kelly,
we are family adults and two kids, if we are not going out our weekly food budget is around 200 Euro, when we eat out we spend about 50 Euro for all four of us, so i think you should be fine with the 500 pund, that amount should also leave room for boat trip and eating out every second night.
Morten
Thanks Morton
Most appreciated. i’d found that a while ago but wasn’t sure if it was still valid.
looking forward to visiting your country next week
Duncan
Waw! Great blog! I’ll be traveling this summer across slovenia, italy and mostly around croatia and this blog has been very helpfull!
Keep up with the good work! 🙂
By the way, what do you think about a girl hitchhiking alone around? Is it easy to hitchhike in croatia? I know it’s dangerous but I think it’s as dangerous as any other place…
Hi Ines, thank you so much for the kinds words.
Regarding hitchhiking, well I see some doing it during the summer, but I don’t know how much success they have? I can’t tell you weather it is more dangerous here compared to other countries or not, but I don’t think so, no matter the country I would not recommend a girl hiking alone…..
Have a great round trip
Morten
Yes you’r probably right but…I might give it a try this summer.
I’ll mostly be traveling by bus or train but I think I can try some hitchhike. I have been reading about it and also a lot of people say that along the croatian coast is easier because during july and august is the peak season so there’s a lot of turists that can give a ride 🙂
Thanks!
Ines
Hi Ines,
sounds like reasonable way to do it, take care
Morten
Hi Morten,
what a fantastic site, very helpful.
Okay so I’m going inter-railing in two weeks and plan to visit the beautiful Croatia for min 2 nights 3 days. I will be travelling into Zagreb from Budapest but I was hoping to visit some of Croatia’s beaches I hear so much about!
What can you recommend in terms of travelling and cost? There is so much to research re inter-railing and all the different countries so I’m hoping you can help. I also heard of some island?
Appreciate it
Katie
Thanks Katie,
Well if you only have 2/3 days you wont manage to get to my favourite beaches on Vis Island )-: and getting to Zlatni rat on Bol / Brac (Croatia’s most famous beach), would also be lots of travelling, I don’t if you are up for that?
So I not sure what to recommend you for only a few days??
As you are inter-railing (and assumingly can go by train for free)I would recommend you to head for either Zadar or Split, depending on how much time you have, you should then consider continuing on to the island, In split you could go to Brac – plenty of daily ferries daily, price app 30 kuna/one-way, if you go to Zadar you have e.g. Island Ugljan and several other island well connected with ferries.
Hope you have a great trip down and manage to see a bit of Croatia
Cheers, Morten
Hi Morten,
Many thanks for your advice… big count down now until our hols!!
Regards,
Kelly
Hi Morten
We are travelling form Dubrovnik to Split on 18th August were hoping to get ferry but there doesn’t appear to be one on that day-Do you if there are smaller companies that take boats up and down the coast that may be slightly fastet than the ferry, all be it a bit more expensive?
Cheers
Lynds
Hi Lynds
I never heard about any smaller boats sailing from Dubrovnik to Split, you might have to consider land transportation instead
Morten
Hi Morten,
we will be in Brac island from next weekend and as I heard it is one of the best place for kite surfing.:-) Could you pls share me the info/website about the prices for kite surfing? or is it combined with a few days training? (I could just find websites offering “sport camping”, but i am interested in only one occasion to try and see how it is going)
Thank you in advance!
Cheers, Dóra
Hi Dora, i have no experience with Kite surfing, but i will see if i can find anybody offering a day training, if so i will let you know
Morten
Cheers! would be a great help! :-)Dóra
Hi Dora, this result below, is when you Google kite surfing Bol in Croatian Google, it seams there is a few companies offering kite surfing rental, also a few mentioning a school
https://www.google.hr/#hl=hr&&sa=X&ei=et0-TJXYOMmTOO-RiZsH&ved=0CA4QBSgA&q=kitesurfing+bol&spell=1&fp=6ab2dc7ae6b47341
Morten
Hi Morten,
I live in Prague and will be traveling to Croatia with friends next week. We are staying in the samll town of Posedarje for one week but can’t find any information on the town.
Do you know the town well and can you please pass on any information about the activites in that area. Also how far is it from Zadar by car?
Thanks
Nick
Hi Nick, unfortunately i cant help you with any insider information about Posedarje, what i can tell you is that the city is about 25 km from Zadar. Main attractions in the area is the National park Paklenica where you can do hill climbing.
Brgds, Morten
Thanks for the information anyway Morten.
Hi there.
I am travelling to Croatia next week, and am doing a Contiki tour. Our accommodation is included in our tour, so all i need to pay for is food and drink and any shopping i do. I just have a few questions:
-About how much would one spend per day on food/drink?
-Are bars and pubs quite expensive for drinks?
***-Is it better to take Kuna or the Euro??
Thanks!!
Alanna
Hi Alanna,
if you eat all meals in restaurants you should count on spending daily 150-180 kuna on food, drinks of course depends on quantity, but as and example you get 5-6 half liter beer for 100 kuna.
You have pubs / bars charging as little as 12 kuna for 1/2 liter of local draft beer, you can also find place where they charge 25 kuna, in general local drinks are cheaper then imported drinks. Cocktails are quite expensive in the most fancy areas, coffee (expresso) is from 6 to 12 kuna depending on location.
You can bring Euro but you will have to exchange them here, as Croatian companies in general are only allow to accept payment in Kuna.
Brgds, Morten
Hi Morten,
We are travelling to Croatia next week and are flying into Dubrovnik. We are staying in a fishng vilage called Igrane near Makarska and have arranged for transfers from Dubrovnik to Igrane and back at a total cost of Euros 444 for 4 adults and 2 children. Does this sound reasonable to you? Also, can you recommend any trips we could go on from there? Many thanks, Dawn
Hi Dawn,
Considering the distance is about 150 km i think the price is not unrealistic, you might be able to find some one who would do if for 50 Euro less or so, but then you also risk that they are not fully registered, with insurance etc.
Did you ask your hotel / landlord in Igrane? If they arrange pick up in Dubrovnik?
Trips in the area? do you mean organized or places where you can go on your own?
Regarding organized trips is must admit I have no clue what they have on offer in Igrane, but I am sure that fish picnic or similar is offered (-: If you go on your own you could visit Makarska and Brela, also the island is an option.
Brgds,
Morten
Hi Morten,
Only a few days now till we get to Croatia, so just organising money. Tell me, is the Travel Money Card something that is acceptable in Croatia now? The visa website for example says yes, and there are at least 7 visa-friendly cash machines in Trogir alone that accept the Travel Money Card, but since you’re generally incredibly helpful & responsive, I thought I’d ask you !
Best Wishes,
Andy
Hi Andy,
i cant help you on that one, i never hear about Travel money card!
But generally the ATM machines here accept a bunch of cards, Visa is for sure among them, so if the travel money card, is related to Visa, then most properly also this one.
Brgds, Morten
Great site!!!!! Very useful.. Two adults flying into zadar on sept 11, flight arrives at 9pm.. Need to get to pula but the bus is only at 8am & 12pm. Would you reccommend staying in zadar for that night or Is there any night travel services? Could we hire a car in zadar and return it to the same company based in pula the following day?
Thanks in advance
Matt (Dublin)
Hi Matsy,
Personally i would rent a car (Considering your arrival time it is to late to see Zadar), i am sure you can find car rental companies who would let you return the car in Pula, they might charge an extra fee for this, but you will have to ask them.
Morten
Hi Andy,
I’m moving to Croatia in October and trying to get everything squared away. I’ll be with my girlfriend in the city of Karlovac. We’ve been looking on the internet to get an idea of apartment prices. We would prefer to live in a 1 bedroom apartment the two of us. What would you think would be an average price of a 1 bedroom apartment in this area?
Also, I work for Heineken and will be employed however my girlfriend is an English teacher. Do you know if there is a demand for English teachers in Croatia? Thanks for your help. Great blog!
-Ryan
Hi Ryan,
I am not sure how the apartment prices are in Karlovac, did you ask any of your colleagues at the brewery?
Same goes for question about English teacher, i could imagine that i would be hard for your girlfriend to find a job, remember unemployment rate here is very high.
Brgds, Morten
Hi I am getting very confused some prices are in euros and other in Kunas.
What I should change my money to?
thank you
Hi Elena,
Only accepted currency (with few exceptions) in Croatia is Kuna
Morten
thank you very much. I was confused as the price in the accommodation we found was on euros on line. We would like to go to Hvar as has been recommended to us. Do you know how we can go there from split?
Elena
Well i am sure you can do online payment of accommodation in Euro, most properly you can also do rest payment (if any) on site in Euro, but for normal shopping in Croatia you need Kunas
You can get to Hvar with Car ferry from Split to Starigrad or you can take Catamaran from Split to Hvar (City) or Catemaran from Split to Jelsa on Hvar, which town are you staying in on Hvar?
here you can see more https://www.croatia-expert.com/ferries-in-croatia/ (I didnt have time to update the schedules yet)
Morten
Perfect. thank you
Hi there, it makes a refreshing change for someone to have so much information at hand for people travelling to a place they know nothing about.
I am travelling with my partner and brother inlaw to Zadar on the 18th of september, my main interest over there is to visit the national parks for photography, particularly Plitvice. Could you please tell me if it is easier to rent a car or or travel via public transportation to Plitvice? and are there any other places you recommend close by? taking into consideration 2 of the party are not the fittest of people haha
We are really looking forward to our visit and from the sound of the prices you are quoting we will have plenty of kuna to keep us busy
(17,000HRK between us for a week)
Thank you for your information and time
Hi Chris, glad you like our page!
You can for sure go by bus to Plitvice, the bus drive is between 2 / 2.5 hours, but considering you are tree person you should consider renting a small car, from price perspective if would be bit more expensive, but advantages is you can stop on the way and take photos.
Did you plan to Visit NP Paklenica? it not you should, here it could although be a bit difficult for the 2 less fit persons in your group 🙂
NP Krka (little Plitvice) is close to Zadar as you can see on my pictures it is great place for Photos.
What you could also visit is the Falcon centre in Sibenik (I was there yesterday) really interesting, on same trip you could also visit etno village out side of Sibenik.
Last but not least, if you rent a car, i would for sure recommend you to take a drive on the coastal road from Zadar to Split, you would pass many places where you can take some very nice photographies. (the less fit once of you will for sure also enjoy this trip)
Well in turms of staying with in your budget you should not have any problem at all 🙂
Have a great trip
Morten
Going on a 7day cruising holiday around Dal Islands. Would it be useful to bring sterling for exchange instead of Euro.
Hi Keith,
you can bring either of the currencies, i dont think there is much to save by first exchange Sterling into Euros
Morten
Hello there…
Its great to read all the info emails from your web site.
We,( my husband) and I are visiting Porec Sept20. Hope we will get good weather…
What do you think?
I can only see weekly weather.. on web.
Oh, and whats a good traditional dish we could try?
looking forward to your
reply,
Thanks Linda.
Hi Linda
Well normally weather should be quite nice around the 20 of September, but this year somehow weather was very strange in whole Europe, so i really dont know what we can expect.
Staying in Porec, you are close to the Truffle area (Motovun) so you should definitely try some truffle dishes, In Porec i also had some delicious Gnocci, last but not least you of course have plenty of fish as everywhere at the Adriatic
Brgds, Morten
Hi,
can you help please – were staying in Zadar (sv i Fillip Jakov) for few days arrival sunday – what would be a fair price to pay for a taxi ?
thanks Ness
Hi Ness,
according to information i received from taxi company prior to season https://www.croatia-expert.com/zadar-airport-airport-bus-and-transfer/ , price should be the following, start fee 25kn, 8 kn per km. Based on a distance to Sveti Filip i Jakov of around 23 km, price should be 210-220 kuna.
brgds, Morten
Hi Marcus!
There used to be a Rugby team called “Dubrovnik” but they had no recent activities so at the moment I cannot guarantee you if they still exist.
The price range in Dubrovnik is pretty colorfull, in the Old Town you can find good known clubs/bars/pubs with higher prices and those with lower prices but still good quality.
The lowest beer price would be around 15kuna (2€) for 3dcl tapped beer. Bottled would be a bit more expensive (app. +0,5-1€).
If buying it in supermarkets, you can get 0,5L for 11 kuna (good local beer ofc. like Karlovacko) which would be 1,50€ and 18kuna (2,5€) for foreign beer.
The more popular and more fancier the clubs, the higher the price so you can expect 30% up on the aboce given prices.
The nightlife is great on Thursdays,Fridays and on Saturdays and is based in the Old Town with almost all the parties ending in the Latino club Fuego around 3-4am.
In restaurants you can find menus starting from 8€ for some local dishes (fish, tripe, steaks etc.) or getting a jumbo pizza for 4 persons for 10€ (small pizzas are 4€).
The official youth hostel in Dubrovnik has the following prices:
14,6€ overnight, 15,3€ bed and breakfast, 20,8€ half board and 25,7€ full board, with possible discounts for groups.
I hope you will find this information usefull!
Greeting,
Elizabeth
Hi Morten,I am retired English teacher from Australia and I intend to move to croatia.I am looking for a house to buy and do some part time teaching.Would you have any hints?For last few years I’ve been teaching in Czech Republic but I do miss the sea.. my girlfriend does’nt want to move to Aussie and we both love Croatia..I would appreciate any tip or e mail from you.Happy New Year John.
Happy New Year John,
Well you can for sure find a house to buy, get a job is more difficult, unemployment rate are getting close to 20% so you really have to be lucky to find something.
As long as Croatia is not yet in the EU, working permission is also not that easy to get, only work around is self employment.
Kindest regards, Morten
Hi,
We are a group of 4 people from Malta comming to Croatia on the 17 of August 2011. We will visit Novalja (Pag island) and we are searching for cheap accomodation like hostels or small appartments near Zcre beach.
Can you please help…?
Regards
Josmar
Hi Josmar, sorry for late reply, in august it is always tricky as Zrce is quite popular, you will have to browse the internet at see if you can find something affordable, dont wait to long.
Brgds
MOrten
Hello,
I’m coming to Split for 3 months this March through the end of May and would like advice on how to find an apartment or rental house (2 bedrooms) with high speed internet. I’ll work from home, but need reliable, high speed connection. Who are the oldest rental agencies in Split? Is it better to locate a tourist apartment or rental house?
Also, I hear there is a new swimming pool facility in Split. I’d like to swim there and join as a member, and live nearby so I can walk. Are there quiet neighborhoods near the new pool facility this time of year? Where do you recommend I look? Do you know the name/website of the new pool?
Thanks!
Djuno
Hello Djuno,
I am not aware what you budget is, but if it is in the higher end, I know this nice apartment, where I am sure you can negotiate a reasonable rent for that period, if that one does not match what you are looking for, I can only recommend you to browse the internet. For a 3 month period I would go for tourist apartment as you don’t have to pay any fees to real estate agency, as you would have to by a rental house.
I am not sure I know which new swimming pool you are talking about? I know there are in and outdoor swimming pool by the Poljud stadium and an outdoor pool by Zenta? I just asked my colleagues also they don’t know about any new swimming pool?
Kindest regards
Morten