The Republic of Croatia is located in the southeast and central Europe. It is part of Mitteleuropa and the Balkans. Croatia is the 127th largest country with an area of 21,851 square miles. The state borders five countries; Hungary to the north, Montenegro to the south, Slovenia to the west, and Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the east. You are even entitled to enter all EU states, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Croatia and Serbia with your ID card. Please make sure to always possess a passport or ID card, even if there is no border control. Countries allowing for entry with a valid Hungarian ID card accept the following types of IDs: In the lower reaches of the Dragonja, there is a territorial dispute between Slovenia and Croatia: while Croatian authorities claim that the Dragonja is a border river, Slovenia claims a strip of territory south to the river as well. However, after the Congress of Berlin (1878) there was a political need for a new term and gradually "the Balkans" was revitalized, but in the maps, the northern border was in Serbia and Montenegro without Greece (it only depicted the Ottoman occupied parts of Europe), while Yugoslavian maps also included Croatia and Bosnia. I don't think you will have any trouble. I have rented cars in Slovenia and Croatia a few times but never actually crossed the Slovenian/Croatian border. There are border controls between Slovenia and Croatia, and you need to make sure you cross at a crossing where non-EU drivers are allows to cross. There were almost 50 000 Croatian immigrants in Slovenia in 2019. Croatia and Slovenia have strong historical ties, and they still share a 670-kilometer-long border. In this case, though, the migration has primarily been economic. Slovenia was the most developed republic in Yugoslavia, attracting migrants from Croatia and other parts of the With Croatia joining the Schengen Area, border controls have been lifted at the land border between Slovenia and Croatia. This means that there is now free flow of traffic between the two countries. As per the Schengen visa rules, the first port of entry is usually the country that issues your visa. Overview. The government of Slovenia announced changes to border crossing measures between Slovenia and Croatia beginning January 1, 2023. The land border crossing between Slovenia and Croatia will be simplified for nationals holding valid passports issued by a Schengen Area member state. In this Sept. 4, 2019 photo, a jacket left by migrants burns in the razor-wire at the border fence between Croatia and Slovenia in the village of Radovica, eastern Slovenia. The European Union country of Slovenia has seen the rise of an anti-migrant movement called the “home guards”, that patrol along Slovenia’s border with Croatia Kaštel/Dragonja border crossing Border crossing between Croatia and Slovenia E751 concurrency switches between the Croatian D21 road and Slovenian G1-11 road. Slovenia: Slovenian Istria: 118 R3-628 At-grade intersection, located within Dragonja, and connecting the route to Piran, Portorož, Sečovlje and the Portorož Airport: 132 6 Škocjan Lg5yS.