Marine Koprivnjak

This architectural kaleidoscope combines a multitude of visual styles, each of which tells a little of Croatia’s story. I’m particularly fond of its blue and red egg-shaped living room.

Arriving in Pag feels like landing on the moon. I was determined to see them—those desert-like mounds eroded by the lapis lazuli blue of the sea. Here, the town is famous for its lace and its street embroiderers, and a sheep’s-milk cheese that sells like hotcakes. Yet everything is in limbo; we live in the gentle embrace of our roots, just like at the Boskinac Hotel

Heading back toward Zagreb and Slavonia, the climate is harsher, and there are many small traditional wooden houses. It’s a good opportunity to stop in Slovenia near Lake Bled.