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Croatia landmarks quiz: guess where 20 photos were taken

Every Croatia location in the game, 20 in all, with its photo, its fact and its place on the map. The round at the top plays five.

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Quick round · 5 photos

Five of the 20 places, one at a time. Put a pin where you think the photo is.

Where they are

20 on the map
Hover or tap a dot to name the place.

All 20 places

by id
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Dubrovnikmedium

Stone walls wrapping a terracotta-roofed city on the Adriatic.

Photo: kallerna / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
Plitvice Lakesmedium

Turquoise terraced lakes linked by tumbling waterfalls.

Photo: OrionCro / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ugljan, Croatia
Ugljanhard

An olive-covered Adriatic island facing the city of Zadar.

Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Cres, Croatia
Cresmedium

A long Adriatic island of griffon vultures and a freshwater lake.

Photo: Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Korčula, Croatia
Korčulaeasy

A Dalmatian island whose walled town claims to be Marco Polo's birthplace.

Photo: Unknown author / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Plitvice Lakes National Parkeasy

Sixteen terraced lakes linked by waterfalls in a forested karst valley.

Photo: Pablo BM from London, England / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vis, Croatia
Vismedium

Croatia's outermost inhabited island, closed to foreigners until 1989.

Photo: Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pag, Croatia
Pagmedium

A bare Adriatic island of salt pans, lace and sheep's cheese.

Photo: Palauenc05 / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mljet, Croatia
Mljetmedium

A forested Adriatic island with two salt lakes and a monastery on an islet.

Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Zadar, Croatia
Zadarhard

A Roman and Venetian port with a sea organ played by the waves.

Photo: dronepicr / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Šibenik Cathedral, Croatia
Šibenik Cathedralhard

A cathedral built entirely of stone, with 71 carved faces around its walls.

Photo: SchiDD / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lošinj, Croatia
Lošinjmedium

An Adriatic island of pine forests and a historic harbour town, famed for its clean air.

Photo: Daniel Niederl / CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Pula Arena, Croatia
Pula Arenahard

One of the six largest Roman arenas, with all four side towers still standing.

Photo: Jeroen Komen from Utrecht, Netherlands / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Goli otok, Croatia
Goli otokmedium

The 'Barren Island', a Yugoslav political prison camp, now abandoned.

Photo: Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pašman, Croatia
Pašmanhard

A Croatian island of olive groves, linked to Ugljan by a bridge.

Photo: Andres rus / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Krk, Croatia
Krkeasy

Croatia's largest island, linked to the mainland by a bridge, with a Venetian old town.

Photo: Arne Müseler / CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons
Euphrasian Basilica, Croatia
Euphrasian Basilicahard

A 6th-century basilica in Poreč with glittering Byzantine mosaics.

Photo: Tiefkuehlfan / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dugi otok, Croatia
Dugi otokmedium

The 'Long Island' of Croatia, with a salt lake and cliffs on its wild southern tip.

Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Ivana51~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Krka National Park, Croatia
Krka National Parkmedium

A river of travertine waterfalls you can swim beneath, near Šibenik.

Photo: Matea Bolčević / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Biševo, Croatia
Biševohard

A tiny Adriatic island famous for its Blue Cave, lit from below by the sea.

Photo: Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How to place them

Measure Croatia's 20 places top to bottom and you get 460 km, Euphrasian Basilica to Dubrovnik. Learn one spot near the middle and you have six of them: Ugljan, Pag, Zadar, Lošinj and two more, all within 60 km.

Nobody will sweep this set. Seven hard photos (Ugljan and Zadar among them) against three easy. Dugi otok is the 'Long Island' of Croatia, with a salt lake and cliffs on its wild southern tip.

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Questions & answers

How many Croatia photos does the game have?

20. The northernmost is Euphrasian Basilica, the southernmost Dubrovnik; each round on this page picks five.

What is the hardest Croatia round?

The hard ones are Ugljan, Zadar and Šibenik Cathedral and four others; at that level half the points go for every 451 km of miss.

Where is full marks easiest in Croatia?

Ugljan, with a 60 km radius. Land anywhere inside it and the round pays 5,000.

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