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Best national parks in Croatia

8 national parks in Croatia, ranked by why it makes the list from the catalogue data. Each page tells you what to see, which tour or ticket to book and when to go.

#ParkCountryWhy it makes the list
1 Plitvice Lakes National Park Croatia Book a timed ticket and start at Entrance 2 to walk downhill.
2 Krka National Park Croatia Skradinski Buk, the Visovac island monastery and Roski Slap.
3 Kornati National Park Croatia Eighty-nine bare islands, by boat from Zadar, Murter or Sibenik.
4 Mljet National Park Croatia Salt lakes and an island monastery, a ferry ride from Dubrovnik.
5 Paklenica National Park Croatia Two canyons cut into Velebit, for walkers and climbers.
6 Brijuni National Park Croatia Tito's island retreat, with Roman ruins and a safari park.
7 Biokovo Nature Park Croatia A glass skywalk 1,200 metres above the Makarska riviera.
8 Telašćica Nature Park Croatia Cliffs, a salt lake and a sheltered bay on Dugi Otok.

Plitvice Lakes National Park

Croatia

Plitvice is the park of sixteen terraced lakes in the Croatian interior, two hours from Zagreb and three from Split or…

20 tickets & tours

Krka National Park

Croatia

Krka is the waterfall park behind Šibenik, an hour from Split and an hour and a half from Zadar, and the day trip from…

34 tickets & tours

Kornati National Park

Croatia

The Kornati are the archipelago of bare islands off the Dalmatian coast between Zadar and Šibenik, and the park is…

18 tickets & tours

Mljet National Park

Croatia

Mljet is the long, thin, green island that lies off the coast of southern Dalmatia north-west of Dubrovnik, and the…

2 tickets & tours

Paklenica National Park

Croatia

Paklenica lies on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, in northern Dalmatia, where the southern end of the Velebit mountains…

No online ticket

Brijuni National Park

Croatia

The Brijuni islands lie two kilometres off the Istrian coast opposite the fishing port of Fažana, fifteen minutes north…

10 tickets & tours

Biokovo Nature Park

Croatia

Biokovo is the wall of grey limestone that rises straight behind the beaches of the Makarska Riviera in central…

5 tickets & tours

Telašćica Nature Park

Croatia

Telašćica is a long, sheltered bay cut into the southern end of Dugi Otok, the long island, the outermost of the large…

6 tickets & tours

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