Croatia - Jane Foster

Take off and explore Croatia, from the stunning medieval city of Dubrovnik, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the 'Pearl of the Adriatic', to the impressive and beautiful Split, a city within the walls of a Roman palace. Footprint's full-colour guide to Croatia helps travellers discover the national parks and dazzling natural beauty Croatia has to offer with the best advice on activities, adventure sports and tours. Including extensive (and sometimes eccentric) accommodation listings, where to find the best local food and drink, a full festival guide and fascinating insights into history, culture, wildlife and the environment - plus detailed mapping - this guide is packed full of hints and tips and inspirational photography to help anyone uncover the real appeal of this croissant-shaped beauty! What the locals say: Suggestions from local people on where to go and what to do A year in the region: Month-by-month guide to pros and cons of visiting at certain times of the year Great days out: A series of great driving routes and city walks Favourite things: The author's personal recommendations of a place of an activity Pick of the picnic spots: Where to picnic and the best places to buy your goodies

Hardly enamoured with formal education in early life, Jane soon decided she did not want an office job. Little did she know that becoming a travel writer would eventually turn the living room in her own house into the very office she had been hoping to avoid. Fortunately, a degree in Architecture from Oxford Polytechnic has stood her in good stead for working late night shifts and has also given her an inexhaustible desire to visit extraordinary buildings. A love of the great outdoors, springing from her native Wensleydale, has inspired a passion for exploring mountains, sea and islands - anywhere wild, remote and prone to extreme weather conditions. She moved from Rome to Split on the Dalmatian coast six years ago and has since learnt to pronounce words without vowels and to distinguish Plavac from Teran. She writes for various British and American travel publications, hopping between Croatia, Italy and Greece, exclusively by ferry, train and bus.