Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

The UNESCO-protected Plitvice Lakes are possibly Croatia’s top attraction, drawing in as many visitors per year as the string of rocky islands strewn along her sun-kissed Adriatic coastline. The Lakes are situated on a dramatic high plateau and over time have carved a lush, high-walled canyon now served by multiple trails wending through, around and above the crystalline, teal waters of the lakes themselves. In Spring, the plant life adds another dimension of beauty that makes the area seem more like a fairy tale creation brought to life by the imagination of some exceptionally inventive and aesthetically inclined set designer than one carved and curated patiently by the hand of nature alone.