“Marco.” “Polo.” These are two words that travellers might expect to hear when lounging at hotel pools as children play the popular water tag game. Hearing “Marco Polo” while walking the cobblestone ...

I’m all for teaching children a few foreign words on holiday... but I had to work extra hard on ­pronunciation for this trip. Not least with the local wines. My vowel-mangling at dinner meant that ...

A Mediterranean island, far removed from the hustle and bustle of Costa del Sol or the British favourite the Canaries, is home to breathtaking beaches and boundless forests. Korcula, a Croatian gem ...

Despite its proximity to popular tourist destinations like Dubrovnik, Split and Hvar, this 276 square-kilometre island remains relatively unknown and less frequented by tourists. Korcula is a small ...

Croatia is known for its many summer hotspots, party places and historically steeped towns that become swarmed with tourists during the high season. While well-known cities like Dubrovnik and Split ...

When the ancient Greeks settled on the island of Korcula, they were so struck by its dense, dark forests that they called it Korkyra Melaina – Black Korčula. Now it's famed for its white wine (the ...

Approached from the sea, Korčula Town looks much as it has done for centuries. A huddle of terracotta rooftops and a proud Gothic-Renaissance bell-tower rise from a tiny peninsular, protected by ...