Cities & Towns in Lika & Gorski Kotar, Croatia

5 cities & towns in Lika & Gorski Kotar, Croatia, with map links and honest tips. Browse the best city & town spots across the region.

The towns of Lika & Gorski Kotar are the heart of any trip, stone streets, harbours, squares and a café culture that asks you to slow down. These 5 cities and towns are the ones worth building a day, or a whole stay, around.

The 5 best cities & towns in Lika

• Biograd na Moru, a medieval croatian royal town where hungarian kings were once crowned. map
• Gospić, the largest town in lika, standing on the edge of the velebit massif. map
• Obrovac, a town on the zrmanja river that serves as the gateway to its deep karst canyon, popular for rafting and kayaking down to the sea at novigrad (dalmatia). map
• Otočac, a town on the clear gacka river, a medieval military outpost on the lika frontier. map
• Vodice, a coastal resort town that grew from a fishing village into one of the busiest holiday bases on the šibenik riviera, with a string of marinas and pebble coves. map

Practical tips

Shoulder season, May or September, gives you the charm without the cruise ship crowds. Mornings are quieter and cooler, and the best cafés and doorways are usually one alley off the main street.

When to go

For cities & towns in Lika, aim for May to October, with June and September the quietest warm months. Bring water and shade, facilities are thin at the more remote spots.

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