🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇭🇷 Croatia
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on food, value for money and cities. Croatia leads on the sea and nature.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $125 in Croatia.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇭🇷 Croatia
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsMay, Jun, Sep
- $90A normal day$125
- 4h to IstanbulNonstop from London2h 45m to Split
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodGood
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyGood
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundCoastal ferries and buses, a car for the national parks
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidThe Dalmatian coast in August, when the islands and the prices both peak
Pick by what you want
🇹🇷 Choose Türkiye if
you want a city that has been the centre of everything for two thousand years, with a coastline attached to it, on a small budget.
🇭🇷 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 Türkiye guide →Full Croatia guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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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.