A VILLAGE in Croatia has been compared to a fairytale after being built on 23 waterfalls. Rastoke is just over 90 minutes ...

Rastoke is a small, quaint village found in Slunj, Croatia. This hidden gem, lined with historic and rustic buildings, will surely remind any visitors of the fairytale-like villages on the Swiss Alps.

Agro Start Up is set to encourage Croatian youth who may feel disadvantaged to remain in their rural villages and engage in agriculture.

But turn inland, and you’ll be surprised at just how beautiful upcountry Croatia can be. Medieval stone villages rise from the hilltops, overlooking patchworks of farms, vineyards and olive groves.

Thankfully, Croatia has plenty of room to spread out with more than 1,200 islands, coastal towns that remain off the radar, and a majestic interior that spans idyllic, pastoral landscapes and ...

Daniel explained that many villages around the area are now completely empty, a situation that is reflected across much of Croatia. In fact, as many Croatians now live outside their country as in it.

A century or so ago inland Croatia would have been covered in bucolic villages made up of wooden houses and barns. Nowadays the only area that still preserves traditional architecture in any great ...