🇮🇹 Italy or 🇭🇷 Croatia
Which one, honestly
Italy leads on food, cities and getting around. Croatia leads on the sea and nature.
A normal day costs about $165 in Italy and $125 in Croatia.
Side by side
- 🇮🇹 Italy🇭🇷 Croatia
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsMay, Jun, Sep
- $165A normal day$125
- 2h 35m to RomeNonstop from London2h 45m to Split
- GoodBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- GoodValue for moneyGood
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Fast trains, genuinely excellent, book in advanceGetting aroundCoastal ferries and buses, a car for the national parks
- The middle of August, when the cities empty and half the good places shutWhen to avoidThe Dalmatian coast in August, when the islands and the prices both peak
Pick by what you want
🇮🇹 Choose Italy if
you want three cities in ten days, you care about food and museums, and you would rather take a train than a ferry.
🇭🇷 Choose Croatia if
you want the clearest water in Europe, walled old towns and national parks, in a country you can drive down in a day.
Full Italy guide →Full Croatia guide →
And what the world thinks
Dead even. The next vote breaks the tie.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.