Sibenik is a city most of you have probably never heard of and that’s cool as we were in the same boat. It’s actually the oldest native Croatian city on the eastern Adriatic Coast which is rare as most are Roman, German or Illyrians. The place used to be this industrial city before it recently has been realized that it’s a sweet stop for tourists and it is playing up to that.
The city is old and the small walkways wind around the stone buildings with no rhyme or reason; the place sorta kinda reminded me of Stone Town in Zanzibar in that regard.I wasn’t there long as I was on a busy schedule but I did get a taste and I liked what I tasted. That said, I think this place is more of an appetizer than a main so instead of an afternoon, I think a night or so would be perfect.
It has a UNESCO World Heritage Site for those of you with thick glasses, poor posture and stamp collections; it’s called Cathedral of St. James. It’s nice and the most impressive are all these heads around on the outside; 70 of them carved from stone and all unique and none look at each other. If you’re doing a road trip and driving between Zadar and Split, you’ll pass it and I suggest you do stop.
That said, I think the best way to play it is to leave Split or Zadar in the morning and drive straight to Krka National Park where they have the widest waterfalls in Europe. Spend as much time as you wish there then retire to Sibenik which is 18km away and explore the town at dusk or early the next morning; it gets hot, hot, hot during the day. I’d recommend a restaurant but I think you should follow your nose like Toucan Sam and find whatever it is you were meant to, yes?
I wrote about it on SHABL – further detail with loads of pictures here.
It has been pouring all day here in Gruz Harbour, Dubrovnik and I’m cool with that. I don’t have a car anymore so I have no option to do late night drives and as a result, It’s time for a sunset stroll along the seawall to see what’s occurring. I’ve said it before and I’ll definitely say it again and again; no place like Europe in the summer.
Big thanks to Croatia Tourism for inviting me to visit; appreciated..
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