The coast of Croatia and its numerous offshore islands are one of the most beautiful cruising grounds in the Mediterranean. Lying between the coast of Slovenia, which ends at Piran to the north, and that of Montenegro, which starts at Herceg Novi to the south, Croatia also shares additional inland borders with Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia and Hungary. The country has a deeply indented coastline of nearly 1800 kilometers as well as over 1,200 offshore islands and its mostly mountainous interior is dotted with spectacular national parks, picturesque mediaeval villages and numerous reminders of Roman, Byzantine and Venetian rule.