Hello
My husband and I will be staying in Padua until July 1. We would like to then spend ten days in Croatia, where we have never been. Renting a car is definitely an option. Our interests are: Plitvice, a beautiful but uncrowded island, Dubrovnik, and Split. Could you please advise: what is the best way for us to get from Padua to Croatia, and where would you suggest starting in Croatia? How would you organize the ten days? We prefer minimal 1 or 2 night stops. Thank you.
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Have you determined where you are flying home from? I know you did not intend to include Istria, but you could take a ferry from Venice and rent a car in Rovinj or Pula, or check flights to Zagreb, Split, and Dubrovnik. I am not seeing any direct flights from Venice, but I do see some from Milan.
With ten days and that list, I’d shoot for into ZAG and out of DBV or vice versa, with roughly equal nights everywhere except Plitvice, which only needs a night. I’d actually put more nights on the island but you should assign the nights according to your interests.
You can omit the car other than to and from Plitvice. You can always do a rental for a day on an island if needed, yet that will save you from having to limit yourself to car ferries as there are many more passenger only catamarans. July and uncrowded is a tall order, but take a look at Lastovo.
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It will probably maximize your time to start at Plitvice and end at Dubrovnik, as otherwise you’d need to get to the closest airport from Zagreb and then you may need a night in Zagreb. If you fly into Zagreb for example, you could potentially be in Plitvice by the afternoon, enjoy a walk them and stay the night and explore more the next morning, then head to Split for x days (drop car), boat to island for x days, boat to Dubrovnik for x days and fly home from there.
Airport to check as there could be seasonal flights not showing up now: ZAG, SPU, DBV, with ZAD a lesser possibility. In Italy, check Venice, Bologna, Milan