1 stops in walking order

National Park

Two dramatic canyons — Velika and Mala Paklenica — cut straight into the southern Velebit, offering Croatia's best big-wall rock climbing, plus straightforward hiking trails to Manita peć cave and 800-year-old black pines. Reachable in 20 minutes from the coastal motorway, but you're immediately in a proper mountain landscape of eagles, chamois and vertical limestone.

~20 min at this stop