Crikvenica, Northern Adriatic Sea

Before leaving Croatia, we longed to visit the magnificent northern Adriatic seacoast (Primorje-Gorski Kotar county) where my family always pitches tent & parks the camper for the summer. TRAVEL WARNING: We crammed an EPIC journey into 1 day. I’ll split it into 3 posts.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010, our target was set first on the lovely Crikvenica, the largest town in the Vinodol coastal area.

The karta (map) of Croatia below shows Crikvenica & Dubrovnik (pt. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), opposite ends of the beautiful coast.

I see the ADRIATIC SEA!!! It’s always an exciting sight, after driving through miles and miles of mountains & tunnels.

Welcome to Crikvenica!

The main drag alongside the marina & several beaches is populated with several slastičarnas, restaurants, clothes stores, jewelry stores, & hotels. It’s a perfect space to simply relax, soak in the gorgeous coastal climate, people-watch, & catch up with friends and family. We plopped down at Slastičarna Zagreb (yeah, we just couldn’t get away from Zagreb :P) for kava s mlijekom i sladoled. They had Baci ice cream!!!

Two gentlemen catching up on life. =)

My lovely family!

This lady ordered a super fancy sladoled.

Couples enjoying the coast… and Mr. i-can-haz-teh-Interwebs surfing on the free municipal WiFi.

Saltwater lanes & water polo goals. Wouldn’t it be a blast to practice & play there?

My mom’s new Porsche.

A parking attendant stand was rocking a poster from the 1998 Fifa World Cup - Hrvatska 3rd Place!

See more of our visit to Crikvenica on Flickr here. Stay tuned for our next stop, Oštro!