{"id":38367,"date":"2023-03-09T12:44:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T09:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/favorite-destinations-at-any-time-the-balkan-countries\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:48:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T10:48:48","slug":"favorite-destinations-at-any-time-the-balkan-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.turkishairlines.com\/en\/favorite-destinations-at-any-time-the-balkan-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite destinations at any time: The Balkan countries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Croatia: Its capital and other cities <\/b><\/p><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Dubrovnik, Croatia. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the meeting point of the Balkan countries and Central and Southeast Europe, Croatia is bordered by Serbia, Slovenia, Hungary, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Zagreb, the country\u2019s capital and its largest city, is known for having more than a thousand islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Middle Ages, the country was divided into different districts and in subsequent years has seen a variety of governments and administrations. After an administrative change in 2006, Croatia, which has 127 cities, was divided into 428 municipalities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a deep-rooted history, Croatia was indirectly or directly influenced by various empires including the Roman, Byzantium, Ottoman and Austria-Hungarian. This rich heritage can be further explored in historical points within the cities of Zagreb, Rijeka, Zadar, Sibenik, Split and Trogir. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To discover more about Croatia, check out the Turkish Airlines Blog: The intersection of the Balkans and the Mediterranean: The capital and other cities of Croatia<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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