Vis island is billed as one of the least developed, a concept that immediately appealed.
The reason that Vis has been less scathed by the tourist industry is because it was Tito's military base and, therefore, kept secretive. Tito's goal was to keep Yugoslavia unified, but after his death in 1980, things started falling apart.
Croatia became one of the countries that emerged from Yugoslavia's dissolution – along with Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovenia and Kosovo (latter not recognised by some countries).
The harrowing, first-gear drive to get to our apartment on the hill above Vis city remains a memorable experience.
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