Dalmatia (Croatian: Dalmacija) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, in modern Croatia, spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska) in the southeast.

The hinterland, Inner Dalmatia (Zagora), ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north but narrows to just a few kilometers wide in the south.

Croatian Dalmatia is currently composed of four counties, the capital cities of which are Zadar, Šibenik, Split and Dubrovnik. Other larger cities in Dalmatia include Biograd, Kaštela, Sinj, Solin, Omiš, Knin, Metković, Makarska, Trogir, Ploče, Trilj and Imotski.

The larger Dalmatian islands are Dugi Otok, Ugljan, Pašman, Brač, Hvar, Korčula, Vis, Lastovo and Mljet. The larger Dalmatian mountains are Dinara, Mosor, Svilaja, Biokovo, Moseć and Kozjak. The rivers are Zrmanja, Krka, Cetina and Neretva.

Because of the way sea currents and winds flow, the sea water of the Adriatic is much cleaner and much warmer on the Croatian side than it is on the Italian side. The Dalmatian concordant coastline also includes an immense number of coves, islands and channels.

This makes it a really attractive place for nautical races, and nautical tourism in general. There's a fair number of marinas as well.

Dalmatia also includes several national parks, that are tourist attractions in their own right: Paklenica karst river, Kornati archipelago, Krka river rapids and Mljet island within island.

Dubrovnik Region

Dubrovnik is the most famous Adriatic town (Croatian side of Adriatic) and unmissable destination of this part of the World. It is the best preserved and conservated middle ages town with completely preserved middleage stone town fortification.

Town walls are today's attraction visited by numerous tourists. Town is also known by its chuches that belongs to different cultures and religion communities which lived here in harmony and freedom during ages, as such are part of famous Dubrovnik Republic Hymn.

Nearby Dubrovnik is Arboretum Trsteno - the oldest designed park in Croatia, since 16. st. On the other side of Dubrovnik, Župa Dubrovačka is situated, an example of harmony and cohabitation of Dubrovnik Aristocracy and nature. Second example of such harmony can be found on Elaphite islands (Koločep, Šipan, Jakljan and Olip).

Larger islands are Korčula, Mljet and Lastovo. On Korčula was born Marco Polo, World's seafarer. Korčula is island of harmonized town and people architecture, filled with meditteranean spirit and vegetation. Islan Mljet is another Croatia's National Park. It is commonly considered that Mljet island is Homer's lost island Ogygia, where mythical Ulysses met its Calypso Nymph.