I was looking for a local travel agent until I came across this site. I've been doing a bunch of research and now need help tighing it together. I live in LA and need to fly to New York August 22nd -August 25th 2013 (no flexibility with dates). Early on August 25th I want to travel to one of the Greek Islands for a romantic relaxing honeymoon with clear blue water (maybe Mykonis) for 5 days and then I have to be in Spilt, Croatia for Saturday, August 31st by noon. I'll then head back to LA Sunday, September 1st. We will be two travelling and are trying to find out the best way to plan for our 5 day honeymoon. Clearly having to be in NY on one Sat and Croatia the following Sat is not the best logistically, but that's what we have to work with. Any thoughts or suggestions on how we can best get from Greece to Spilt, Croatia. I see no direct flights and connecting flights are expensive and waste half a day, at the minimum. I am also open to other suggestions other than the greek islands, but I really want clear warm water to awe us! Goals: maximize honeymoon time and affordability.
Travelling between Greece and Croatia
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Is there some reason you are excluding Croatia's clear warm waters?
I have tried for several years in a row to find decent connections between Greece and Croatia. As far as I know, there are none. You need to connect in and out of London, Rome or Venice, which is the main reason we've never combined the two. If you find anything different, let me know!
My best advice would be to spend the entire week in Croatia, then fly back to LA from there. Good luck!
hmmmm I visited Spilt once before and don't remember clear waters. Perhaps I missed something. The pics from the greek islands look stunning. Is Croatia comparable? Any suggestions?
Split is a port city, but Croatia has over 1000 islands along its coast--surely one of them will do. Try some internet searches.
http://www.croatia-beaches.com/ is a good resource
August will be crowded, but it can't be more crowded than Mykonos.
The Cyclades are totally different from the croatian island, which look more like the Ionian islands....
Croatia has also mostly pebble and rocky beaches, nothing can beat the great sandy beaches of the Aegean Sea
Croatia Airlines used to connect Athens with Dubrovnik and Zaqgreb... but it seems that they are not flying anymore to Greece.
If you want to spend your 5-6 days on a Greek island, looks like you will have to take a quite expensive flight on your way back to Split. ( via some other city)
Staying in Croatia could be a great alternative , as others suggested.
I can't seem to find a luxury hotel on a sandy beach with clear blue/green water in Croatia. Any suggestions?
I don't think that Croatia has many sandy beaches....
I think it has mostly pebbly-rocky beaches... but after a small research i found :
http://www.croatia-beaches.com/sandy/best_sand_beach_croatia.htm
That might help you a bit
Granted I have not been to Santorini, but I am not seeing any difference in the water color between Greece and Croatia. Now of course most Croatian beaches are rocky--that is why the water is so clear. I'm afraid it sounds like you want Greece or the Caribbean or Asia, but you only have 5 days. Can you do the honeymoon a different time?
Most people stay in private apartments in Croatia, but there are some luxury hotels in Split.
I would choose Palmizana: http://www.palmizana.hr
You alternative is to find a place you can fly to direct from NY and then to Split--nothing will find that but a long time with a flight search engine. And you are again left with transfers. Try skyscanner.
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Sandy beaches have clear water as well......
You are asking OP to do the honeymoon a different time???
I realize that.
Why not, people do not have to do a honeymoon immediately after a wedding, especially if it compromises what they want to do for the honeymoon.
Thanks, I'll check out Palmizana. I guess we can try to sacrifice the sandy beach as long as the hotel is luxurious right on a clear blue water front. I've heard Hvar may be my best bet, but haven't been super impressed with the hotel pics. I also looked at coastal cities in the Mediterranean which had direct flights to Split and my best option is Rome. Now can I find a beach, sandy blue water hotel near Rome?
You might want to start a new thread so the Italian experts will see that last question--good luck!
Thanks! not giving up on finding my Greece / Caribbean feel hotel resort on one of the Croatian Islands!