brief history

The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a federal independent Communist state under the firm grip of Marshal Tito. Although Croatia declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, it took four years of sporadic, though often bitter fighting before occupying Serb armies were mostly cleared from Croatian lands. Under UN supervision, the last Serb-held enclave in eastern Slovonia was returned to Croatia in 1998.

Croatia has entered the new millennium with the ability to look forward to the future and to look back on it’s often eventful and certainly illustrious past.

On the go is a specialist operator of Adriatic sailing holidays on the Dalmatian and Kvarner coast of Croatia. From Split, the walled port of Dubrovnik or north from Opatija, discover islands such as Hvar, Brac, Mljet, Krk, Rab, Cres, Dugi Otok and Korcula – reputed birthplace of Marco Polo. Sail Croatia aboard a wooden, rigged, masted sailing boat known as a gulet. Relax, sun bake, swim and unwind at Dalmatian and Kvarner coastal islands and explore the Diocletian Palace in Split, the medieval walled port city of Dubrovnik, Markarska, Bol and Hvar on a choice of Sail Croatia cruising holidays on the Adriatic coast.