01 / Taste the season

Food & wine

Truffles in Istria. Olive traditions on Krk. A cellar door on Pelješac. Make room for a long lunch.

Steep Dingač vineyards overlooking the Adriatic on Pelješac

Steep Dingač vineyards overlooking the Adriatic on Pelješac. Photography: Quahadi Añtó 09:05, 18 December 2013 (UTC) · Image credits & licences

Give the season
some room.

Build your day around one meaningful appointment: a guided truffle outing, an olive-oil tasting or a conversation in a winery. Leave space around it for the landscape and an unhurried meal. A producer's working season is part of what makes the visit special, so arrange access in advance.

Places to begin

Your autumn edit.

Istria / The heart of the harvest

Motovun

White truffles, vineyard slopes and a medieval town above the Mirna Valley. Give Istria's autumn capital more than an afternoon.

Kvarner / The island's other gold

Krk Island

Olive groves, Žlahtina and coastal villages. Follow the island into a season shaped by the land as much as the sea.

South Dalmatia / Vineyards above the southern sea

Pelješac

Plavac Mali, the slopes of Dingač and the food traditions of Ston. Follow autumn through one of Croatia's most distinctive wine landscapes.

Istria / The coast, with an Istrian table

Rovinj

Historic lanes, a woodland peninsula and a natural route inland. Rovinj is a beautiful first chapter for an autumn journey through Istria.

Eastern Croatia / Where autumn takes flight

Baranja & Kopački Rit

Wetlands, bird migration and wine-cellar culture. Follow the season east for one of Croatia's most individual autumn journeys.

One season. Different stories.