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Croatia's Coastal Crib

March 17, 2006 at 1:10 PM | 0 Comments

Croatia has become the travel world's newest darling. Once war torn and not-so-safe, thanks to the recently deceased Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic, the coastal areas of the former Yugoslav province which border the Adriatic sea, are experiencing a travel rebirth.

The city of Dubrovnik in South Croatia was built in the 13th century and much of the old town remains today, despite heavy bombing from Serbia in the early 1990s. The original medieval fortresses still exist today which only allow two points of entry into the old town and the Stradun, the city's promenade.

The Grand Villa Argentina has four villas to stay in as well as a main hotel. The hotel pool sits right above the beach giving you the option of either swimming in the Adriatic or the pool.

All the rooms offer either sights of the sea, the city walls, the gardens and the Island of Lokrum.

While we got excited about the Energy Clinic at the hotel (we thought maybe we would turn into Lance Armstrong) we found out it's just their verion of hotel spa with a fitness center, sauna and body treatments.

If you head there in May, you can hit up the crowded The Dubrovnik International Film Festival which runs for three days.

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