Best Two Weeks in Croatia Itinerary (Plus 10, 7, or 3 Day Options)

Looking for the ultimate Croatia itinerary? I’m so excited to share this with you! Croatia is one of the best places in the world to visit in the summer months, where you can enjoy spectacular coastline, bright turquoise water, beautiful cities, and so much more.

I’ve been exploring Croatia extensively for more than a decade and even won Croatia’s top travel writing award for foreigners, the Golden Pen Grand Prix, in 2021. This is a country that has meant a lot to me for a long time, and I love helping my readers plan Croatia trips.

So you want to plan a trip to Croatia! Great! This itinerary is structured as a two-week Croatia trip, but I also include information on cutting it down to 10 days or 7 days, plus some additional 3- or 4-day itineraries for Istria and Montenegro that you can easily add on to the 7-day itinerary for something different.

This post was published in June 2023.

Two Weeks In Croatia Itinerary

My ultimate two weeks in Croatia itinerary is done as a road trip. Croatia is one of my favorite countries in the world for a road trip! Roads are in excellent condition, drivers are far more sane than elsewhere in the Balkans, signage is easy to follow, the scenery is breathtaking, and there are tons of interesting places to stop and explore.

Can you do this two-week Croatia itinerary by public transportation? You can — primarily by bus on land and ferry by sea. Buses are much better than trains in Croatia (trains don’t even run further south than Split).

Keep in mind that without a car, you can take passenger-only catamarans rather than car ferries, which are faster and give you more options. (For example, passenger ferries to Hvar Town, rather than Stari Grad, saving you time.)

This itinerary also gives you a lot of freedom to do what you want. If you want to spend your time taking lots of tours and visiting all the spots, go ahead! If you want to chill out and lie on the beach, that’s cool, too. Most people lie somewhere in between.

I definitely recommend prioritizing one day in the middle to chill out without any plans. You’ll need it about a week into your trip.

And finally, one of my big pet peeves is changing accommodation every day (or when someone publishes an itinerary that has you changing accommodation every day), so I tried to keep hotel switching minimal. One…