Dalmatian Delights
The Montenegro monsoon had us cutting short our plans and fleeing northwards. Things looked to improve somewhere around Split, so we hopped on the ferry across Kotor Bay and headed […]
Category Archives: Croatia
Čikola revisited
We’d planned to cross into Bosnia from near Zagreb, to enter the north of the country and explore the climbing in some kind of logical sequence. The weather had other […]
Another Balkan Odyssey – 3 Crags, 1,000 miles and a Ruby Wedding
Rockaroundtheworld is back on the road, on another Balkan Odyssey (our third?) This one could be sub-titled “to Bosnia and Beyond!” but that’s a fair schlep, so here’s the first […]
Grand Finale
We’d set out for Croatia unsure how long the autumn weather would be fit for climbing – banking on a couple of weeks, but daring to hope for more. Almost […]
Cikola and Krka National Park
Cikola is described as the fastest-developing climbing area in Croatia, with the first routes only established in 2015; it now boasts over 250. Cikola is the largest tributary feeding the […]
Split (part 2) – Markezina Greda, Bobanova Greda and Marjan
With so much climbing around our beach-front residence at Camping Stobrec, Split, I had to SPLIT it into two posts. This one, somewhat arbitrarily, takes in three crags to the […]
Split (part 1) – Perun and Klobuk
It turns out that it does sometimes rain in Croatia, and we used a couple of very damp days (sorry – no rain pics, but trust me; it was verging […]
Omis
The remarkable geography around this attractive coastal town once made it the base for the most powerful pirates in the Mediterranean. Backed by high mountains, and with a natural rock […]
Climbing around Paklenica – Vaganac, Vranjaca and Obil Kuk
Paklenica is deservedly the most famous climbing destination in Croatia – this 15km long canyon starts just a couple of km from the coast and snakes its way up into […]
Velebit National Park – Filipov Kuk
The Velebit massif is the largest (though not the highest) mountain range in Croatia. It sits proudly overlooking the Adriatic, and runs for around 150km down the spine of the […]
Lukovo – a hidden seaside gem
Escaping some iffy weather in Istria we hoped to sample the climbing on Krk (a handy island destination because it is now connected via a now free bridge), but that […]
Kompanj and more Karst fun
Kompanj is the other 5* crag in the Buzet area; a defiant final outcrop of immaculate white and orange limestone on the 100km escarpment before it fizzles out towards Rijeka. […]
Vela Draga
Istria, the bulbous peninsula at the northern end of the Adriatic, is separated from the rest of Croatia by the Učka mountains, which are protected as a Nature Park. The […]
Climbing on the Karst – Buzetski Kanjon
The Karst escarpment that hosts so much quality climbing in this corner of the Adriatic runs for around 100km from Monfalcone in Italy, south east through Trieste, nips across Slovenia, […]
Drive-by cragging on the way to Croatia
The RockAroundTheWorld bus is back in action and heading for an autumn escape to Croatia. If you plot a route via the Hull-Rotterdam ferry, you’ll find you pretty much drive […]
Zadvarje
Another crag within easy reach of Omis, at the top of the Cetina gorge. Nice drive, but to be honest the climbing wasn’t anything special. Maybe a jaundiced view as […]
Brela
Pretty crag, about 20km south of Omis. 60m routes on steep grey walls, covered in hidden jugs. Not to mention breathtaking views over the Adriatic.
Dubrovnik
A damp day coincided with an overdue need for a rest, so a side trip to Dubrovnik fitted the bill. Gorgeous walled city with the compelling back story of recent […]
Omis climbing
Enough about pirates – what about the climbing? Well, there’s loads of it, much of which is spread along the road which winds out of town up the Cetina gorge, […]
Omis – into the Pirate Stronghold
Omis lies a couple of hours south of Paklenica, and 20km south of Split. The river Cetina has carved a deep gorge through rock barriers, into the sea, making the […]
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