At some point, we’ll take our first post-COVID trips. Maybe it’ll be in summer 2021. Maybe it’ll be a touch later than that. But with vaccines being distributed in greater numbers, post-COVID travel is on its way. We talk to kate who is a travel blogger and she writes about the post covid-19 travel guides, let’s hear from her.
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Your first trip post-COVID should be somewhere special.
Americans were ready to visit Croatia in 2020.
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Americans were able to visit Croatia in 2020.
Croatia chose to permit Americans with proof that their visit was within the economic interest of Croatia (i.e. that you simply had proof of a paid accommodation booking, instead of staying with friends) and with a negative PCR test taken within the past 48 hours.
Some EU countries, like Italy and France, allowed Americans if they had spent the last 14 consecutive days within the EU. This is often how i used to be ready to attend Italy from Croatia; after a couple of weeks in Italy, I received my authorization to return to the Czech Republic and promptly returned. I even have been in Prague since.
Croatia was a rare European country where Americans could enter 2020. In fact, Charlie and I appeared on an episode of Nightline about couples banned from each other’s countries reuniting in Croatia.
As I write this in January 2021, COVID cases have increased alongside restrictions, and Americans can only visit Croatia for essential reasons. you’ll find an in depth update here.
But cases will improve because Croatia has begun vaccinating its population. I’m certain that the landscape will look much better in summer 2021, when Croatia is going to be welcoming Americans again.
Almost everything is often done outdoors in Croatia.
This was absolutely the neatest thing about being in Croatia during COVID. This country may be a summer travel powerhouse, so everything’s meant to be done outdoors. The Dalmatia region, home to Dubrovnik and islands like Hvar, Vis, and Korčula, is home to the foremost sunshine within the country, with almost flawless summer weather.
If you’re getting to eat, it’ll likely be outdoors. I can only consider twice in two months once we ate in an inside restaurant. (One was during the monster rainstorm we experienced in Pelješac.) aside from that, it had been entirely outdoor restaurants and meals that we cooked in our accommodation.
As for accommodation, we always had generous outdoor spaces, whether it had been a personal shaded patio in an apartment or a huge , spaced out outdoor lounge area during a hotel.
Transportation? If it had been public transportation, it had been mostly outdoors. We mostly drove our car around and walked, but we also took ferries, most of which had outdoor seating (excluding catamarans we took from Dubrovnik to Mljet and from Vis to Hvar). We rode bikes. We took water taxis on a number of the islands. there have been occasional Uber rides in Dubrovnik.
Activities? Outdoors! We did a cycling tour to wineries in Korčula. We had a peka meal during a backyard in Dubrovnik. We took a ship round the island of Vis. We hiked to the highest of Montekuc in Mljet. We tasted wine overlooking endless vineyards in Motovun. We relaxed on beaches and took long walks in small towns everywhere the country.
It’s easy to travel independently in Croatia.
I highly recommend getting around Croatia by car instead of by public transportation. The roads are in excellent condition and Croatian drivers are far less aggressive than their neighbors in Slovenia and Montenegro. Tolls are a touch on the pricey side if you’re taking the highways, but the scenery is more beautiful if you drive along the coast.
When you pass by car in Croatia, you’ve got the utmost freedom. you’ll drive from Pula to separate and stop in four or five towns along the way. you’ll keep your own hours and go where you would like , once you want.
This past summer, we stayed at a mixture of hotels, apartment rentals, and agriturismo-style inns that we elected ourselves; we also stayed at a couple of properties in partnership with Croatia Tourism.
