Agrotourism in Croatia: farm stays, vineyards & olive groves

Some of the best meals — and the most memorable stays — in Croatia are on farms. An agroturizam is a working farm that hosts and feeds guests, and it's the most direct way to taste the country: wine from the barrel below, oil from the grove out back, lamb from the next field.

What an agroturizam is

Part guesthouse, part farm-to-table restaurant, an agritourism serves what it produces — homemade cheese and pršut, vegetables from the garden, wine and olive oil from the family's own land. Many are inland, where the food tradition is strongest and the prices are gentler.

Istria leads

Istria has Croatia's densest network of agritourism — hilltop farms serving truffles (see truffles of Istria), Malvazija wine and just-pressed olive oil (see Croatian olive oil).

Dalmatia & the islands

Inland Dalmatia and the islands have their own version — family konobas and small estates among the vineyards and olive groves, like the wine villages of Korčula and Pelješac (see wines of Dalmatia).

For stays close to the land, see our rural & farm stays.