Dalmatia Discovery – From Dubrovnik
Croatia Tours (private journeys)
8 Day Custom Itinerary, Private Land Tour
Visiting: DUBROVNIK – SPLIT – TROGIR – KRKA NATIONAL PARK – ŠIBENIK – SPLIT
Highlights
Itinerary
Day 1: Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik is a medieval city on the Croatian side of the Adriatic coastline and a treasure trove of cultural and historical monuments that were created throughout its thousand-year existence. In the past, it was a city-republic and, alongside Venice, one of the most famous cultural-economic centers on the Mediterranean. In more recent times, it has become the center of modern cultural and tourist events: a city of summer festivals, an international parade of top musical and theatrical achievements, and a city of museums and galleries. These values have turned Dubrovnik into a place that offers a rich selection of various experiences and excitement, but also a complete holiday in a quiet and calming, mild Mediterranean ambiance and wonderful seaside landscapes.
Day 2: Dubrovnik
Itinerary
- Breakfast at the hotel
- After breakfast, meet your driver for a private transfer to your Ploće Gate meeting point where your guide will take you for a walking city tour of the Old Town Dubrovnik
- Time at leisure
- Return to your hotel for a four-course dinner at the hotel restaurant
- Overnight at the hotel
Day 3: Dubrovnik – Lokrum Island – Dubrovnik
Itinerary
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Meet your driver for a private transfer to Ploće Gate
- Afternoon meeting with your instructors for a half-day sea kayaking experience. Explore caves and beauties of Lokrum island, where you will have a break for snorkeling and sandwiches. Upon return, discover easy paddling in kayaks beneath the old city walls.
- Return to the hotel, time at leisure and an overnight
Day 4: Dubrovnik – Ston – Mali Ston – Split
Pelješac peninsula is known as one of the best wine-producing regions in Croatia. This tour allows you to sample the best local wines and enjoy the magnificent peninsula scenery and picturesque vineyards. You can start this tour with a visit to Ston, a town famous for its 5 km long defensive wall, the second largest in the world, right after the Chinese wall, and finish in Mali Ston, the center of oyster production in Croatia. Biokovo is the second-highest mountain range in Croatia, located along the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, The view from the sea of a massive wall of Biokovo with its indigenous aromatic plants, olives, fissures, and towers is the main feature of this country and its beauty is made all the more enchanting by numerous historic, monuments, events and cultural manifestations. Where in the year 305, the Roman Emperor Diocletian, who ruled the entire world at that time, decided to build his free time abode – in which he planned to spend the rest of his life – he had no doubt as to exactly where he would build it. In the heart of Dalmatia, in the bay of Aspalathos, is well protected from the sea by the beautiful islands of the Split archipelago, and defended on its landward side by high mountains, and the Diocletian created a special point on the map of the Adriatic: the future city of Split.
Itinerary
- Breakfast at the hotel and check out
- Meeting with your driver for a private transfer from Dubrovnik to Split with an en-route stop in Pelješac peninsula that has been known for its excellent wines since ancient times as well as oyster harvesting
- Stop in Mali Ston or Hodilje for oyster harvesting experience and a traditional lunch prepared with local mussels and shells
- Onward drive to Split, accommodation
- Time at leisure and an overnight
Day 5: Split
Itinerary
- Breakfast at the hotel and a meeting with your guide for a walking tour of Old Town Split
- Time at leisure
- Wine sampling and Croatian style tapas at a wine bar (3 tier platters to share with a selection of Croatian white and red)
Day 6: Split
Itinerary
- Breakfast at the hotel and a meeting with your driver for a private tour of the area
- Return to Split in the afternoon
- Time at leisure
- Overnight at the hotel
Optional
- Cooking class with a local chef, perfect for experiencing the fresh local produce and fish, first hand.
Day 7: Split – Krka National Park – Šibenik – Split
If you love waterfalls, then Krka National Park is a fantastic place to visit in Croatia. It lies about 10km inland from Sibenik and the park covers an area of 142 square km and includes two-thirds of the river itself. The National Park is a spacious, primarily unaltered area of exceptional and multifaceted natural value, including one or more preserved or insignificantly altered ecosystems. The park is visited by more than a million visitors a year because the park is not only all about beauty, it even primarily serves science, culture, education, and recreation, while even tourism activities have also been introduced for its visitors. The biggest advantage of Krka National park is swimming! You can actually swim in the lakes at Krka, and it is more about having fun and enjoying yourself in a place that happens to be stunningly beautiful. However, the top attraction of Krka National Park lies in its seven waterfalls. The widest of these is Roški Slap, although Skradinski Buk is the largest and most famous. Šibenik is unique because of its fortresses and towers such as Sv. Mihovil [St. Mihovil], Sv. Nikola [St. Nicholas], Sv. Ivan [St. John] and Šubićevac. Šibenik is most famous for the cathedral of Sv. Jakov [St. Jacob] was built in the 15th century. Constructed by the masterful hands of Juraj Dalmatinac and Nikola Firentinac, and because of its original architecture of large stone slabs, this cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and voted at the same time to be the most beautiful sacral building in Croatia.
Itinerary
- Breakfast at the hotel and a meeting with your driver for a private excursion to Krka National Park and Šibenik
- A visit to the Krka National Park, a boat ride to Visovac island, educational trails, and ethno presentations
- After the visit to the park, drive to Šibenik for a unique wine pairing late lunch / early dinner experience in a local restaurant
- Return to Split
- Time at leisure and an overnight
Day 8: Split
Departure day!
Private transfer from your hotel to the airport.
This package includes:
- All English speaking drivers and guides
- All VAT and Taxes
- 24-hour concierge services while in Croatia
- Private transfer from Dubrovnik Airport to Dubrovnik upon arrival in a modern, air-conditioned car
- 4 nights in Split Hotel 4*, deluxe double room, balcony, BB basis
- Private round transfer from Split to Trogir in a modern, air-conditioned car
- Cooking Class with a local chef in Trogir with grocery shopping, actual cooking, and a lunch
- Private walking tour of Old Town Split
- Wine sampling and Croatian style tapas at a local wine bar (3 tier platters to share with a selection of Croatian white and red)
- Private excursion from Split to Krka National Park and Šibenik in a modern, air-conditioned car
- Self-guided excursion to Krka National Park, entrance fees to the Krka National Park (visit on your own)
- Culinary wine pairing during lunch/dinner in a local restaurant in Šibenik
- Private transfer from Dubrovnik to Split with en-route stop in Pelješac, in a modern, air-conditioned car
- Professional tour manager
- Visitors’ tax & port fees
- Luggage handling
- Daily cabin service and towel change
- Linen change during the week
- Complimentary Wi-Fi onboard
- Guided walking tours of towns Zadar, Hvar and Split
- National Park Kornati and National Park Brijuni entrance fees
- Museum of Apoxyomenos entrance fee + glass of sparkling wine
- Hvar Island excursion with lunch
- The Cellars of Diocletian’s Palace entrance fee
The program does not include:
- Meals and drinks not mentioned above
- Airfare
- Travel Insurance
- Additional excursions and / or services not mentioned in the program
- Stop in Mali Ston or Hodilje for an oyster harvesting experience and a traditional lunch prepared with local mussels and shells
- 3 nights in Dubrovnik Hotel 5* in Dubrovnik, double room, sea view, BB basis (Romantic setting includes scented salts, petals, cookies, and a seasonal fruit basket / Sparkling wine in the room upon arrival)
- Private round-trip transfer from your hotel to Ploče Gate (Old Town Dubrovnik) in a modern, air-conditioned car
- English speaking guide for a walking city tour of Dubrovnik (entrance tickets to Rector’s Palace, Dominican Monastery, and City Walls included)
- Sea kayaking tour (kayaking & snorkeling gear, waterproof barrels for personal things, instructors/guides, sandwiches & water, insurance)
- Four-course dinner at the hotel restaurant
- Private transfer from Split to Split Airport upon departure in a modern, air-conditioned car
Dates and Pricing
PRICES FROM
Prices are based on number of passengers traveling and dates of travel
TRAVEL BETWEEN
May – October
AVAILABLE DATES UPON REQUEST
Double Occupancy Cabins
Solo traveler with supplement
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