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Adriatic · June to September

Dalmatia

A thousand islands, of which the ones that matter are Hvar, Vis and Korčula, with Dubrovnik at the bottom of the run.

53 places on the chart: 12 harbour towns and ports, 1 marina or yard, 21 islands, 11 anchorages and bays and 8 beaches.

Open Dalmatia on the chart

Why the fleet comes here

Split
Diocletian’s palace on the waterfront, and the main charter base of the Adriatic
Dubrovnik
ACI Marina Dubrovnik up the Ombla, and the walls three miles away
Zadar
The sea organ, and the gateway to the Kornati
Pula
A Roman amphitheatre above the harbour at the tip of Istria
Hvar
The busiest island in the Adriatic, and the Pakleni anchorages off it
Rovinj
The Istrian old town on a peninsula, with the islands off it
Šibenik
Entered through the St Anthony channel, with Krka behind it
Korčula
A walled town on a promontory, and the channel behind it
Trogir
An island town between two channels, and the ACI marina opposite it
Opatija
The Habsburg resort at the head of the Kvarner
Brač
The largest central Dalmatian island; Milna, Bol and the quarries
Vis
Closed to foreigners until 1989, which is why it still looks like this
Mljet
A national park with two salt lakes, and Polače bay
Cavtat
The bay south of Dubrovnik, and the usual clearance port
Lastovo
The furthest offshore Croatian island still inhabited
Primošten
A village on an islet joined to the mainland
Komiža
The west-facing harbour of Vis, and the departure point for Biševo
Zlatni Rat
The horn of shingle on Brač that moves with the wind
Bol
Zlatni Rat, the shingle spit that changes shape with the current
Biševo
The Blue Cave, entered by tender in the morning light
Pakleni Islands
The archipelago in front of Hvar town, and Palmižana in the middle of it
Kornati
Eighty-nine islands with almost nothing on them; the emptiest cruising in the Adriatic
Stiniva
A cove on Vis behind a gap in the cliff barely wide enough for a tender

Every place in Dalmatia