Cruise control: a more sustainable alternative in Croatia
(The Guardian Travel News)

Croatia´s hot spots are overflowing with cruise ship passengers but there is a more sustainable way to see the Dalmatian coast - on a 31-passenger vessel that can put in to smaller ports off the big-boat radarTop 10 small-scale cruises worldwide`And now,` said the old man with the moustache and the guitar, `Rod Stewart, Sailing. Together, please!` The welcoming committee was waiting on the quayside as our ship drew in. Behind the musicians - at this point battling bravely through John Denver´s Take me home, country roads on the accordion - a small crowd had started to gather. Kids stopped their bicycles to stare and a group of old ladies made themselves comfortable on a bench to watch us disembark. It´s not every day that tourists come to Opuzen. Continue reading...