The Best of Croatia 8D

• pick up from the Zagreb airport and transfer to your accommodation, check in
• Zagreb city tour with a local guide: route 1: City’s historical landmarks and the sightseeings The Main Square, Zagreb Cathedral, Tkalčićeva street, “Bloody Bridge” (Krvavi Most), Stone Gate, St Mark’s Church, Lotrščak Tower, Zagreb funicular ride route 2: panoramic route that encompasses Zrinjevac Square, the King Tomislav Square, the Botanical garden, Croatian National Theatre, Maksimir Zagreb’s oldest public park, Mirogoj cemetery
• welcome dinner with local cuisine specialties
• overnight in Zagreb

• visit of the most preserved castles in Croatian Zagorje dating from the 13th. century, Veliki Tabor and Trakošćan castles
• wine tasting and lunch
• departure to Zagreb in the afternoon hours
• overnight in Zagreb

• pleasant drive to the most beautiful and famous national park in Croatia, Plitvice Lakes, the oldest and largest national park in Croatia, with total of 16 lakes connected by hundreds of waterfalls. 4-hour tour includes walk, boat and train
• free time for lunch and transfer to Zadar, check in to the accommodation
• city tour of Zadar: the soundandlight spectacle of the Sea Organ and Sun Salutation, The Forum, People’s Square, Five Wells Square…
• overnight in Zadar

• 2 hour drive along one of the most beautiful coasts in the Mediterranean, the Dalmatian coast
• city tour of Trogir: St. Lawrence Cathedral, Radovan’s portal, the most significant medieval portal on this part of Europe, Palace of Cipico, Tower of Kamerlengo…
• free time for lunch
• short drive to Split, check in to the accommodation
• city tour of Split: the city’s majestic Cathedral that rises from within the 1700 year old walls of Diocletian’s Palace, Diocletian’s Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, Peristyle in the centre of the palace, the Roman temples, the famous Golden Gate, big statue of Grgur Ninski
• free time in the city and overnight in Split

• full day boat trip to Blue cave and Hvar island
• overnight in Split

• after breakfast, drive to Mostar in Bosnia and Hercegovina
• city tour of Mostar, the city with cultural and living contrasts, where the East meets West: famous Old Bridge at Neretva river and stroll of authentic alleys on both river banks, Catholic and Muslim
• arrival to Dubrovnik in the evening hours, check in to the accommodation
• free time and overnight in Dubrovnik

• afternoon city tour of the Pearl of Adriatic, Dubrovnik: Onofrio’s fountain, Franciscan Monastery, St. Blaise Church, Orlando’s Column, Sponza Palace, Rector’s Palace, Cathedral…
• free time for lunch
• afternoon visit of mount Srđ, a 405meter ascent above the sea level where you have amazing views of the city and the surrounding islands
• overnight in Dubrovnik

• transfer to the airport