Red Corner: Private Croat Islands

Buyer's remorse is often described as purchasing something only to find a better or cheaper version a short while later. Traveler's remorse is retuning home from your travels only to discover all the wonderful places you missed.

Having just been to Croatia and having time to see only a very small portion of it, I knew that traveler's remorse would hit me almost immediately upon returning home. Sure enough, I quickly ran across this great article in The Observer about journalist Tom Robbins' amazing island discovery off the coast of Croatia.

For just $870 a week Robbins rented the entire island of Plocica (above) and its Spartan, lighthouse accommodations.

There are actually quite a few lighthouses that can be rented on islands throughout the Croatian archipelago. This particular one was painted white, with 4-foot thick walls, solar powered energy, and no phone or TV.

Guests can cook for themselves, or hire the caretaker to come out by boat and do the job--often in the form of barbequed squid, fish and prawns.

Other than eat, swim, sleep and relax, there really isn't anything else to do. And that's why I'm so unhappy about having not stayed there. Traveler's remorse indeed!

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