![]() As Palagruža marks Croatia’s southernmost point a unique microclimate pervades, with the nation’s lowest rainfall (just 30cm a year) and wind direction changing multiple times a day. Either way he welcomes sailors – and the occasional paying guest – into his airily capacious tower on the island’s 90 metre summit. Whether you feel envious of, or sorry for, the island’s lighthouse keeper is a matter of opinion. It resides in its own Adriatic bubble of infinite blue, as far as you can get from the Croatian mainland. Palagruža takes its name from the Greek word pèlagos, meaning sea. Location: An isolated speck in the centre of the Adriatic Rab’s 150 kilometres of hiking and biking trails, which criss-cross the bucolic interior, are recommended, as is a prior call to the harbourmaster, who in 2016 hosted his busiest ever superyacht season. Daring Simpson reportedly stripped off, causing the world’s first royal skinny dip sensation. Edward and Wallis then took a tender to Kvarner beach on Rab’s southern shore. “The royals sashayed along our island’s quays in white suits,” says island tourism chief Luka Perčinić. This former Venetian outpost had an unanticipated 15 minutes of fame in 1936 when the new King Edward VIII visited on board 91 metre Nahlin, which he had chartered for a spin around the Adriatic with his married lover Wallis Simpson. ![]() Location: Royal favourite nestled behind the Istria peninsula Planning a luxury yacht vacation in Croatia this summer? Tristan Rutherford and Kathryn Tomasetti suggest avoiding the tourist hotspots of this beautiful sailing destination and cruising to these secret, off-the-radar islands in the Adriatic instead.
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