We knew we would be eating good when we visited Savannah, but it wasn’t until we really started to explore the best restaurants in Savannah that we started to understand just how good we would be eating.
Southern food? Check. Seafood? Check. Chef-driven creations that make us want to weep with joy? A few of those too.
Savannah is a stellar food city, and we can’t help but share a few amazing restaurants we enjoyed in this one.
Before we even started our RTW trip, we knew that Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia was one of our must-see stops. The logistics of planning a trip to this remote location were slightly trickier, however.
At first we considered visiting the park on a day trip from Zagreb. With only a few hours in the park, we wondered if the trip was worth the cost ($50+/person).
Our next thought was to stop at Plitvice on our way from Zagreb to Zadar, but the bus schedules still would have only allowed us a few hours in the park and it would have cost about the same as a day trip.
We finally realized that in order to see the whole park we’d have to spend a night there, and that meant booking a Plitvice hotel.
After researching accommodation options we found that there were a select few more expensive hotels within the actual park, and cheaper options farther from the park.
So to help you make the best choice for your stay in Plitvice, we’re summarizing them here and including information we did not find online and only learned after our stay at the national park.
The Conrad Maldives Rangali is full of over-the-top dining experiences, but perhaps the most extravagant is Ithaa. Ithaa is an underwater restaurant situated five meters below the surface where you can dine surrounded by views of coral and fish. Options for dining include a four-course set menu lunch, a seven-course set menu dinner, or a mid-morning champagne hour.
As you might imagine, the prices for this once in a lifetime experience are steep. At the time of our visit in 2020, the Champagne hour would set you back $85, lunch was $220 per person, while dinner ran a cool $330 per person (and these prices are all before taxes and fees which are an extra 22%).
We decided to take a middle of the road approach and have lunch at Ithaa. Note that reservations are required, but on the day we dined only three out of the seven tables were full.
The Conrad Maldives Rangali has more than a dozen different restaurants and dining experiences, and as you might expect for such a luxurious island resort, none of them are cheap. We tried six different restaurants and dining experiences during our recent stay, and we came away with a few favorites that stood out from the rest.
Here we outline our opinions on the restaurants at which we dined, and which meals we think were worth the splurge.