Croatia & the Adriatic

Visits Trieste, a city with an eastern, wayward feel that has attracted writers (including James Joyce), exiles and spies for decades; explores the picture-postcard castle and cathedral in Ljubljana; strolls around the idyllic Lake Baikal, where Agatha Christie once holidayed; sails to the best of the hundreds of tiny islands easily reached from either Split, Zadar or Pula; seeks out the best places to stay and trendy new restaurants; hops on a ferry across the Adriatic from the Dalmatian coast to southern Italy; follows the crowds at the Dubrovnik Festival and rejoices in the rebuilding of the historic old city