Visit Pula

Roman forum, Romanesque churches and the Sea Organ — steps that play music from the waves — on a Dalmatian peninsula.

One of the six largest Roman amphitheatres still standing, with all four side towers intact, used for concerts and film festivals.

Visit Split, Croatia's second-largest city, built around the Roman Emperor Diocletian's Palace (a UNESCO World Heritage site with ancient cellars and a peristyle). Walk along the Riva waterfront promenade, climb Marjan Hill for panoramic views of the Adriatic Sea, and explore the Cathedral of Saint Domnius (originally Diocletian's mausoleum, one of the oldest Catholic cathedrals in the world).

Visit Dubrovnik, a historic coastal city in Croatia. Walk the ancient city walls (2 km long with views of the Adriatic Sea and red-tiled roofs), explore the Stradun (main limestone-paved street lined with Baroque buildings), and see the Rector's Palace (Gothic-Renaissance palace housing a cultural history museum). Take a cable car up Mount Srđ for panoramic vistas over the Old Town and Elaphiti Islands.

The Cathedral of St James built entirely of stone, four fortresses and the boat to Krka waterfalls.

The port city, European Capital of Culture 2020, with the Trsat castle and the Rijeka carnival.

A herringbone-planned walled town said to be Marco Polo's birthplace, with the Moreska sword dance.

Georgian spa city with Roman baths.