April 15, 2019 - Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. Day 20 of this incredible 2011 adrenaline trip covering 2,500 km along the Croatian coast. 

The World's Biggest Welcome, an ambitious adventure tourism project in 2011 in Croatia enters Day 20 of this 2019 appreciation of one of the finest tourism promotion projects ever in Croatia.  

The plan? To showcase the diversity and fabulous offer of adventure tourism in Croatia by following a GPS route the length of the Croatian coast in the shape of the word 'Welcome' - thereby creating the biggest welcome in the world from a hospitable tourism country. 

Day 20 moved from Veli Rat to Sali by bike. 

45 kilometres for the day: And really, just a 45 km bike ride from Veli Rat to Sali to complete forming the end of the 'L' in 'Welcome'. 

Day 20 started from Božava, the town across from Veli Rat on the island of Dugi Otok. 

Lacko making his way from Veli Rat to Sali, a tourist town with a thousand-year fishing history. 

Žman, a small village on Dugi Otok. 

A stop for refreshments. 

The crew. 

A welcome song upon arrival in Sali. 

And finally, the pastel-colored Sali. 

A key part of the project was promoting tourism, and the official website has details of the key places visited during the day. 

Veli Rat.

You can see the entire project on the Welcome website, as well as much more of Luka Tambaca's stunning photography on the Welcome Facebook page. 

Lacko and his crew will take a break on Day 21 and 22, and continue on Day 23 by bike from Zrmanja Vrelo to Lovinac.

To follow the whole project from the start, follow the dedicated TCN page. 

April 14, 2019 - Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. Day 19 of this incredible 2011 adrenaline trip covering 2,500 km along the Croatian coast. 

The World's Biggest Welcome, an ambitious adventure tourism project in 2011 in Croatia enters Day 19 of this 2019 appreciation of one of the finest tourism promotion projects ever in Croatia.  

The plan? To showcase the diversity and fabulous offer of adventure tourism in Croatia by following a GPS route the length of the Croatian coast in the shape of the word 'Welcome' - thereby creating the biggest welcome in the world from a hospitable tourism country. 

Day 19 moved by kayak from Novalja to Veli Rat. 

50 kilometres for the day: And really, just 50 km by from Novalja to Veli Rat by kayak to complete the 'L' in 'Welcome'.

Day 19 started from a rather peaceful Novalja. 

"CSI filling the cash machine," Lacko wrote. 

Bonaca. 

Tome showing Lacko the way. 

Marko getting a statement from Lacko. 

The sky and the sea merged into one. 

They even saw dolphins along the way.

And sheep on Molat. 

Bench culture is strong on Molat. 

The ferry via Zadar. 

Lacko making his way by Molat. 

While Tome has a party on his boat. 

Just beautiful. 

An old rusty shipwreck near Veli Rat. 

The Veli Rat lighthouse. 

Lacko even got a song upon arrival. 

A key part of the project was promoting tourism, and the official website has details of the key places visited during the day. 

Veli Rat.

You can see the entire project on the Welcome website, as well as much more of Luka Tambaca's stunning photography on the Welcome Facebook page. 

Tune in tomorrow for Day 20, as Lacko moves from Veli Rat to Sali by bike. 

To follow the whole project from the start, follow the dedicated TCN page. 

We continue our top beaches series with a relatively unknown island that boasts beaches considered among the most beautiful in the Adriatic: Dugi Otok.

Translating in English to “long island”, Dugi Otok is the seventh largest island in the Adriatic sea, located off the Dalmatian coast west of Zadar. Essentially untouched by tourists and kept wild in nature, Dugi Otok sparkles with limestone, is lush with woodlands, and has a captivating sea so blue you’ll find yourselves in instant paradise. Here are our top 5 picks for the best beaches on this blissful island.