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Self-Guided Walking Tour of Split

Split is one of Croatia’s most compelling coastal cities, built around the extraordinary remains of Diocletian’s Palace. The Roman emperor’s palace was constructed in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries, and UNESCO describes its ruins as being found throughout the city rather than isolated as a separate monument.

Self-Guided Walking Tour of Rovinj

Rovinj is one of the most picturesque towns on Croatia’s Istrian coast, known for its steep old town, pastel façades, narrow lanes, and waterfront setting on the Adriatic. The historic centre rises towards the Church of St Euphemia, whose bell tower is the town’s most recognisable landmark and offers wide views over the sea, harbour, and surrounding islands.

Self-Guided Walking Tour of Pula, Croatia

Pula is one of Croatia’s strongest Roman heritage cities, set on the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula and centred on its remarkable amphitheatre. The Pula Arena was built in the 1st century AD, when the city was the Roman colony of Colonia Pietas Iulia Pola, and it remains the city’s defining landmark.

View at old city of Korcula and fortress in Croatia — Self-Guided Walking Tour of Korčula

Self-Guided Walking Tour of Korčula

Korčula is one of Croatia’s most atmospheric Dalmatian islands, known for its fortified old town, clear Adriatic waters, vineyards, olive groves, and strong maritime identity. Korčula Town is the island’s showpiece, with stone lanes, defensive walls, towers, St Mark’s Cathedral, and a compact historic centre often compared with a smaller, quieter Dubrovnik.

Self-Guided Walking Tour of Hvar

Hvar is one of Croatia’s most celebrated Dalmatian islands, known for its clear Adriatic waters, Venetian-influenced architecture, harbour towns, vineyards, lavender, and polished summer atmosphere. Hvar Town is the island’s best-known base, with a lively waterfront, stone lanes, St Stephen’s Square, the cathedral, the Franciscan Monastery, and the hilltop fortress giving it a strong historic centre as well as its reputation for nightlife and yachting.

Self-Guided Walking Tour of Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik is one of Croatia’s most famous historic cities, known for its complete circuit of medieval walls, limestone streets, churches, monasteries, palaces, and dramatic position above the Adriatic. Its UNESCO-listed Old City became an important Mediterranean sea power from the 13th century onwards, and despite major damage from the 1667 earthquake and later conflict in the 1990s, it preserved a remarkable concentration of Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architecture.

Self-Guided Walking Tour of Belgrade

Belgrade is one of Southeast Europe’s most layered capitals, shaped by its position at the meeting point of the Sava and Danube rivers. Its defining landmark is Belgrade Fortress with Kalemegdan Park, a large historic complex of archaeological remains, monuments, defensive structures, and green space that is also one of the city’s main places for walking and views.

Self-Guided Walking Tour of Bratislava

Bratislava is a compact Danube capital where old-town streets, Habsburg history, café culture, and castle views are all close together. Its most recognisable landmark is Bratislava Castle, which rises above the Danube and has long been a symbol of the city; Visit Bratislava describes it as a site with royal history, museum exhibitions, a Baroque garden, and wide views from above the river.

Renting a car in Austria (2026)

Renting a car in Austria is not only a practical way to get around, it can be one of the great pleasures of a holiday. And when people say driving here is “a real pleasure,” they’re usually not talking about the asphalt quality (though it is generally excellent).

Self-Guided Walking Tour of Vienna (+Maps!)

Vienna is one of Europe’s great imperial capitals, shaped by the Habsburg court, classical music, grand cafés, and some of the finest urban architecture in Central Europe. Its historic centre brings together medieval churches, Baroque palaces, elegant squares, and the monumental Ringstrasse, whose museums, opera house, parks, and civic buildings reflect the city’s 19th-century confidence.

Self-Guided Walking Tour of Salzburg

Salzburg is one of Austria’s most beautiful historic cities, set beneath its fortress and framed by mountains, church towers, and Baroque architecture. Its historic centre is UNESCO-listed and is especially important as a rare surviving example of an ecclesiastical city-state within the Holy Roman Empire, with much of its urban fabric preserved to a remarkable degree.

View on Linz from across the river — Self-Guided Walking Tour of Linz

Self-Guided Walking Tour of Linz

Linz is Austria’s Danube city with a more contemporary character than Vienna or Salzburg. Its old town and Hauptplatz give it a historic centre, but the city is especially known for its modern cultural identity, including the Ars Electronica Center, Lentos Art Museum, and its status as European Capital of Culture 2009 and UNESCO City of Media Arts.