Croatia

The oldest family-run restaurant in Korčula is still a place where locals gather at shellacked picnic tables to devour mussels dripping with oil, garlic,...more

It looks worryingly touristique, but this place in the renovated 19th-century Nautical Academy has been reliable for years. Three big terraces overlook the...more

This Korčula sweet shop brims with candies, local wines, and liqueurs. The cookies, though, merit many returns. Try a klasun, filled with walnut cream; a...more

Among a thousand rustic local joints in the middle of the Old Town is this ocher-walled room with bentwood chairs, a quainter and better choice than your...more

This sweet traditional-style restaurant was opened in 2000 by the young chef-owners Pero and Tonka Braicevic and has been gathering fans ever since—as...more

Vis, 28 miles into the Adriatic from the nearest coast, feels more secluded than its sister islands. Kaliopa echoes this sensibility: Hidden in a garden next...more

Shoppers from Gundulic Square's daily vegetable market gather at Kamenice's outdoor tables for uncomplicated fare such as raw oysters (kamenice means oyster),...more

You know the food is good when the mix of customers includes white-dusted workmen from Brač's stone quarries and rich yachties who venture off the boat to...more

You can get a decent meal at the traditional, touristic restaurants in Split's Old Town. But Labirint, hidden on a narrow lane past Trg Gaje Bulata across from...more

This seafood place in the old port serves the usual dishes—many in the traditional big black pots—and very well done they are, too. What's...more