Rome 1st Visit

On to Rome. Camping at Lago Braccianno on the lake side. Train into Rome and all the usual High Spots.

Umbria

Into Italy via the Zadar to Ancona ferry overnight. Got put into officers quarters cos they messed up our booking. First pic is a view from our camp site at Il Collacio near Preci in the Sibillini National Park. Wonderful campsite, a must for a longer visit. Area full of hill top villages and walled towns.

Zadar

We took a quick trip to Zadar to check out our ferry for Italy. A very nice City with many old buildings.

Paklenica Park

Now into the Southern Velebit and a different type of scenery. This gorge is renowned for climbing . Ther is a great cave system and very worth the climb which almost finished Sarah off. Me "Mr Superfit" who was not carrying the rucksack , was OK

Velebit mountains

We now went into the Velebit National park. They do parks really well, no traffic and very quiet. These mountains are limestone and very dramatic with lots of good trails. We will be revisiting this area in the future, but in cooler weather.

Plitvitcka Lakes

We are now at the Plitvitcka lakes staying at camp Korana in the National park. This was the main reason we originally came to Croatia and it has lived up to our expectations. We would recommend it to anyone who like water and scenery.

Whilst in the Park we did a couple of other walks in the virgin forest and up to the source.

Rastoke

Pretty little village on the river Korana with lovely Falls and cascades.