Krk, Croatia

... FOR THE DAY - Krk has too many tourists, not enough beach, and should be avoided.  Croatia must offer better somewhere. The campground at Punat on Krk is NOT a pleasure, but it is light years better than the campground at Stara Baska, which left ...

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The next day we decided to relax on the beach. Unfortunately this is not possible on Baska's lovely beach as it is evenly carpeted with German and Italian families side by side on the sand. So, we took a taxi-boat around the coast, past the naturist beach ...

... went for a drive around the island in hunt for a barbeque. We never found one, but we did explore pretty little Krk town, steeply perched around its harbour with tiny winding streets, roman walls and a little cathedral with a trumpet-blowing angel perched ...

... sea, playing water frisbee and playing with an incredibly cute stray black kitten we headed off to see what the island of Krk had to offer.  Bored of just driving down motorways we took the scenic route up the coast, surrounded by stunning mountain ...