There’s no doubt about it – Croatia is a hiking mecca. The whole country is scored by the dramatic limestone ridges of the Dinaric Alps. Waterfalls crash through the peaks here, coastal trails weave ...

Heavy storms and a 100-year flood battered the Balkans in May, but by the end of the month, the sun appeared and I was bound for Slovenia and the northern head of the new Via Dinarica hiking trail, ...