{"id":1900,"date":"2017-06-06T12:44:20","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T12:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2017-06-10T09:09:50","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T09:09:50","slug":"eurotrip-6-2017-sibenik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=1900","title":{"rendered":"Eurotrip 6, 2017 – Sibenik…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sibenik is an historic city on the central Dalmatian coast of Croatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic sea.<\/p>\n

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Bridge over river Krka…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The journey from Nin lead us along the coastal highway south to Sibenik. Just outside Sibenik is a large bridge crossing the Krka river – reminds me of the one across the Rio Grande in New Mexico but its name eludes me at the present.<\/p>\n

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SIbenik in the distance…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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There is also a very nice view to be had of Sibenik in the distance, the oldest Croatian town on the sea.<\/p>\n

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St Lawrence Monastery garden…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the top of the old town is the Medieval Mediterranean Garden of the St Lawrence monastry, shown here on the right.<\/p>\n

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St Michael’s fort…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Slightly further up is the Fort of St Michael which although restored after destruction by a lightning strike, is nevertheless of medieval origins and offers sone stunning views over Sibenik and the nearby islands.<\/p>\n

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Cathedral of St James…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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There is also a nice view of the Cathedral of St James.<\/p>\n

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Cathedral of St James…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The city has a really nice feel to it with the ancient Cathedral Square, narrow streets, cafes and restaurants to explore. Although Moe wasn’t impressed with the amount of steps!<\/p>\n

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Cathedral Square…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bizarrly we also stumbled upon a fountain providing sun and shelter for dozens of turtles! It was located in the front of one of the churches but we weren’t sure which one.<\/p>\n

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Basking Turtles…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sibenik is an historic city on the central Dalmatian coast of Croatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic sea. The journey from Nin lead us along the coastal highway south to Sibenik. Just outside Sibenik is a large bridge crossing the Krka river – reminds me of the one across the Rio Grande … Continue reading Eurotrip 6, 2017 – Sibenik…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2017-europe-slovenia-croatia-et-al","category-2017-europe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1904,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions\/1904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}