Central Dalmatia to Šibenik
A rare Mediterranean Camino through Dalmatia’s hinterland and along the Adriatic
This Camino Croatia journey follows historic pilgrimage paths from inland landscapes to the coast.
In 2025, while travelling through Croatia with our family, we discovered something unexpected. Beyond the well-known coastline and historic towns, we began to notice the familiar scallop shell marking quiet paths across the landscape. Croatia, we discovered, is part of the wider European Camino network.
The Camino de Santiago has never belonged to a single starting point. For centuries, pilgrims have set out from their own regions across Europe, walking historic paths that gradually connect and lead toward Santiago de Compostela. These are not adaptations, but authentic pilgrimage ways shaped by geography, culture, and history.
In Dalmatia, this tradition unfolds through landscapes of vineyards, dry stone walls, hilltop villages, Roman remains, and medieval churches. The route moves between quiet interior plateaus and a luminous coastline. Mediterranean light defines the atmosphere. The pace slows. Meals are shared. The past remains present in stone and daily life.
Curious to understand more, we returned just weeks later for the Camino Festival in September 2025. There, we met the people behind the revival of these historic routes and experienced firsthand the care with which they are being brought back to life.
We left with a clear vision:
to create the first guided Camino Croatia in the Spanish Steps style.
In 2027, we open this first Camino Croatia journey.
We begin in Split, walking through its Roman and medieval layers before transferring to the starting point in Central Dalmatia. From there, the path leads through vineyards, rural landscapes, and quiet villages of the Dalmatian interior. Gradually, the terrain opens toward the Adriatic. Joining the Camino Šibenik, we follow coastal paths and olive groves northward toward our final destination.
After days on foot, we arrive in Šibenik and walk together to the Cathedral of St James, a UNESCO World Heritage site and one of the Adriatic’s most remarkable sacred buildings. Here, land and sea, effort and arrival, history and present come together.
Twelve days. Ten walking days.
Two official Croatian Camino routes joined in one continuous passage from inland to coast.
Further details and full itinerary are shared upon request.
In 2027, we begin this Camino Croatia journey together.
