Lighthouses

As I mentioned before, upon entering Croatia I had to pay lighthouse tax. So the last few weeks I have been looking into what they are spending the money on. All foreign yachts have to pay this fee, and the marina's are full of foreign boats. So I collected the following pictures, some of the lighthouses are just lovely!. But to start of, some more evidence that there are really dolphins in the Adriatic.

This is proof right?

Some lighthouses are on the edge of the mainland, or on the edge of an island. It sounds simple, but considering the rocky slopes, I still think it is challenging to build and maintain them.

Do you see an acces road?




Cliffs



Will not be easy to reach.

There are also lighthouses that are on little islands. These are actually very dangerous rocks sticking up out of the sea. There are not rocks you should sail onto. There little islands are a lot more accessable and some really beautiful lighthouses have been build there. Some actually have a small boat present.


With a small crane to hoist the boat.




Beautiful




Different model.



Tiny island near the island of Losinj.
The trees are not on the same island as the lighthouse.

As a last category there is: "sneaky dangers". Those are a sort of pancakes in the water, with a small lighthouse build on them. You only notice them at the very last moment. But it would be awful to run aground there! As far as I am concerned they can build some really gigantic lighthouses on these pancakes. Nice and visible.