By Anna Dobson

I am a music-lover of the slutty type. Music is a huge part of everyday life and I enjoy listening to almost anything (in reasonable doses). Yet despite the usual groans for this in response to the dreaded question ‘so what kind of music are you into?’ I’ve always found this lack of direction to be an excellent asset. Music brings so much pleasure to life, why celebrate tedious commitment to one genre alone?

With that in mind, if I’m going to go to a music festival, I want a holiday too! The arrival of Ultra Europe festival to Croatia this summer has definitely caught my attention. The legendary music festival dynasty UMF expanded its horizons and set up in Europe, and the two day festival in Split has drawn in 60,000 festival-goers in its first year. So even though I wouldn’t count myself as an electronic dance music devotee, I’ve joined in with the other 59, 999 people who think Ultra Europe will be absolutely awesome.

It won’t just be the music and festival spirit that will make for an epic two days in Split, because the Dalmatian Coast is one of Europe’s most spectacular locations. Peppered with numerous islands, some small and secluded, others buzzing with great music, hot bodies and dusk til dawn parties, I’ll brazenly admit that I don’t want to commit to just one island. And how will I do this, you ask? By boat.

A bona fide water baby, there are few things in life better than gently sailing along under the sun, bronzing with a warm breeze and sparkling water just a roll and plop away. Stopping off at secluded bays for morning, noon and afternoon swims, cruising into a harbour with the music turned up high, a bevvy in hand and the sun setting behind me, you can flit from island to island as you wish.

And after a wild night you can nap for a few hours, kill your hangover with a morning dip when it gets too hot to sleep, and off you go again with the warm breeze (and hired skipper) facilitating an afternoon disco nap. And then onto the next!

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