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This Croatian Island is Closer to Italy Than to the Mainland of its Own Country
['Lauren Simmonds']
Total Croatia
August the 7th, 2026 – There’s a far-flung Croatian island that is closer to neighbouring Italy than to the Croatian mainland.
Far out in the Adriatic Sea sits an isolated island from which, on a clear day, both shores of the Adriatic are clearly visible.
Putni kofer writes that only a lighthouse keeper lives there, and day-trippers rarely stop by.
the lighthouse keeper welcomes guests… but rarelyToday only the lighthouse keeper lives on Palagruža all year round; in the past entire lighthouse families – more than ten people – used to stay there.
Here grow the Palagruža cabbage, Palagruža centaury, Palagruža horsetail, open-sea spurge and other species you will not find elsewhere.