Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
money, bring a Y-jack and share one audioguide with your travel partner. Increasingly, mu-
seums are offering apps (often free) that you can download to your mobile device.
Services:
Important sights may have an on-site café or cafeteria (usually a good place to
rest and have a snack or light meal). The WCs at sights are free and generally clean.
Before Leaving:
At the gift shop, scan the postcard rack or thumb through a guidebook
to be sure you haven't overlooked something that you'd like to see.
Every sight or museum offers more than what is covered in this topic. Use the informa-
tion in this topic as an introduction—not the final word.
The accommodations scene in Croatia and Slovenia is quirky and complicated. In most
Croatian destinations, you have two basic choices: either a big hotel or what locals call
“private accommodations”—a rented apartment (
apartman,
plural
apartmani
) or a room in
a private home (
soba,
pronounced SOH-bah; plural
sobe,
SOH-bay). I've explained the ins
and outs of each in this section.
