Itinerary
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✈️ Overnight flight · Board overnight flight to Dubrovnik
🎫 Included in tour
Board overnight flight to Dubrovnik
No optional stops — guided or transit day
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Dubrovnik · Arrival + welcome dinner
🍽 Welcome dinner
🍽 Welcome dinner
Valamar Lacroma Resort
+385 20 449 100
🎫 Included in tour
Arrive in Dubrovnik — transfer to hotel
Welcome dinner with beer or wine; meet Tour Director & groupmates
No optional stops — guided or transit day
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Dubrovnik · Open afternoon/evening after morning tour
🍽 Breakfast
🍽 Breakfast
Valamar Lacroma Resort
+385 20 449 100
🎫 Included in tour
Guided walking tour of Dubrovnik Old Town (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Panoramic viewpoint over the Old Town, Adriatic coast, and Lokrum Island
Franciscan Church & Monastery — library of 20,000+ books, manuscripts & incunabula
Optional: Scenic Dubrovnik Coast Cruise & Dinner ($99)
Free time — optional stops
Sponza Palace & Dubrovnik State Archives
Houses the archives of the Republic of Ragusa — one of the most significant document collections in the Adriatic.
⏱ 30–60 min
Rector's Palace / Cultural History Museum
Gothic-Renaissance palace; rector's apartment, library, courtroom, and jail rooms preserved.
⏱ 1–1.5 hr
Maritime Museum at Fort St. John
Dubrovnik's seafaring history back to Antiquity, 5,000+ objects.
⏱ 1 hr
Ethnographic Museum Rupe
Inside the old grain silos cut into bedrock; folk costumes and customs of the Dubrovnik region.
⏱ 45 min
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Dubrovnik · Full free day (optional Montenegro excursion $125)
🍽 Breakfast
🍽 Breakfast
Valamar Lacroma Resort
+385 20 449 100
🎫 Included in tour
Free day — walk the medieval city walls around the Old Town
Sveti Jakov or Banje beaches available
Optional: Montenegro & Bay of Kotor day trip ($125)
Free time — optional stops
Lokrum Island
Short ferry from the Old Port. Benedictine monastery ruins, botanical garden, peacocks, swimming spots.
⏱ Half-day
Dubrovnik Scientific Library (Znanstvena knjižnica)
Heritage collections of manuscripts, incunabula, and the Ragusina collection.
⏱ 1 hr
War Photo Limited
Conflict photography museum; serious contemporary-history counterweight to the medieval focus.
⏱ 1–1.5 hr
Cavtat
less likely
Built atop ancient Greek Epidaurus; Račić Mausoleum by Ivan Meštrović. ~45 min by bus 10.
⏱ Half-day
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Split · Travel day with Mostar guided stop
🍽 Breakfast
🍽 Breakfast
Hotel Amphora
+385 21 308 500
🎫 Included in tour
Guided walk through Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Centuries-old mosque — interior, minaret view
Traditional Ottoman house — glimpse into historic daily life
Stari Most (Old Bridge) — UNESCO World Heritage arched bridge over the Neretva River
No optional stops — guided or transit day
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Split · Open afternoon between tour and group dinner
🍽 Breakfast, Dinner
🍽 Breakfast, Dinner
Hotel Amphora
+385 21 308 500
🎫 Included in tour
Guided tour of Split Old Town with local guide
Diocletian's Palace — sprawling Roman imperial residence comprising ~half the Old Town
Egyptian sphinx brought to Split by Diocletian in the 3rd century
Meštrović Gallery — drawings, paintings & sculptures; museum building designed by the artist
Group dinner with beer or wine
Free time — optional stops
Cathedral of St. Domnius / Diocletian's Mausoleum
Likely covered on morning tour; if not, the bell-tower climb is worth it.
⏱ 30–45 min
Marjan Hill Hermitages
Medieval hermit chapels carved into rock above the city; combines walk with history.
⏱ 2 hr
Salona (Solin) Roman Ruins
less likely
Capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia, ~40,000 people at peak. Largest archaeological site on the Adriatic. ~20 min from Split.
⏱ Half-day
Klis Fortress
less likely
~12 km from Split. Illyrian → Roman → medieval fortress; Game of Thrones filming location. Bus 22 every 90 min.
⏱ 2–3 hr
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Plitvice · Travel day with Trogir + Zadar stops. Trogir's Radovan Portal and Zadar's Roman Forum + Sea Organ included.
🍽 Breakfast
🍽 Breakfast
Hotel Jezero
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🎫 Included in tour
Trogir (UNESCO) — Tour Director–led walk through Romanesque & Renaissance streets
Radovan's Portal at Trogir Cathedral — intricate medieval stone carvings
Zadar — local guide through Roman ruins on modern promenades
Ancient Roman Forum in Zadar
The Sea Organ — marble steps that produce wind-powered tones from the Adriatic waves
Guided / transit day — no optional stops
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Plitvice · Full guided park day — no margin
🍽 Breakfast, Dinner
🍽 Breakfast, Dinner
Hotel Jezero
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🎫 Included in tour
Guided tour of Plitvice Lakes National Park (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Upper lakes — local guide, boardwalks through emerald forest, waterfalls into turquoise pools
Lower lakes with Tour Director — dramatic cliffs, crystal-clear water
Veliki Slap — Croatia's tallest waterfall
Group dinner with beer or wine
Guided / transit day — no optional stops
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Zagreb · Open afternoon/evening after morning tour
🍽 Breakfast
🍽 Breakfast
Hotel Zonar
+385 52 808 400
🎫 Included in tour
Guided tour of Zagreb with local guide
Neoclassical Meštrović Pavilion & Zrinjevac Park promenade
Lotrščak Tower (Upper Town) — midday cannon fire
Croatian Museum of Naive Art
Free time — optional stops
Mirogoj Cemetery
Bus 106 from Kaptol (~7 min). Hermann Bollé's neo-Renaissance arcaded cemetery; multi-faith.
⏱ 1.5–2 hr
Zagreb City Museum
Roman finds through medieval Zagreb, in a former convent. Check closing time.
⏱ 1.5 hr
Meštrović Atelier
less likely
The sculptor's Upper Town home and studio. Natural pairing with the Split gallery.
⏱ 1 hr
Archaeological Museum Zagreb
less likely
Includes the Vučedol Dove and the Zagreb Mummy with the longest preserved Etruscan text.
⏱ 1.5 hr
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Ljubljana · Travel + arrival tour fills the day
🍽 Breakfast
🍽 Breakfast
Hotel Lev
+386 1 433 21 55
🎫 Included in tour
Guided tour of Ljubljana with local guide
Prešeren Square — monument to Slovenia's Romantic poet France Prešeren
Triple Bridge — Jože Plečnik's signature trio of footbridges
Town Hall & Robba Fountain (Fountain of Three Rivers)
Ljubljana Cathedral — twin towers, gilded interior, frescoes by Matevž Langus
Dragon Bridge — mythical tale of Jason and the Argonauts
Open-air market — local coffee, Carniolan sausage, fresh herbs & flowers
Guided / transit day — no optional stops
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Ljubljana · Free day until farewell dinner (optional Postojna/Predjama $155)
🍽 Breakfast, Farewell dinner
🍽 Breakfast, Farewell dinner
Hotel Lev
+386 1 433 21 55
🎫 Included in tour
Free day in Ljubljana — Tivoli Park recommended (gardens, tree-lined paths)
Optional: Postojna Cave & Predjama Castle ($155)
Farewell dinner with groupmates (beer or wine)
Free time — optional stops
Plečnik House
The architect's preserved home in Trnovo. Open Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00; guided tour on the hour.
⏱ 1.5 hr
Roman Emona Walls & Early Christian Centre
Roman ruins scattered around Mirje and Slovenska. Free, walkable.
⏱ 1 hr
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Ljubljana · Prime library day — full free day (optional Piran $145)
🍽 Breakfast
🍽 Breakfast
Hotel Lev
+386 1 433 21 55
🎫 Included in tour
Full free day in Ljubljana — rest, shopping, or exploring plazas
Optional: Piran — Slovenia's Adriatic Gem day trip ($145)
Free time — optional stops
National and University Library (NUK) ⭐
TOP PRIORITY. Plečnik's 1936–1941 masterpiece; UNESCO World Heritage. Weekdays 10:00–18:00. Reading Room visits need prior arrangement — email dogodki@nuk.uni-lj.si.
⏱ 45 min–1.5 hr
Slovenian National Museum
less likely
Roman-era and prehistoric finds, including the Divje Babe flute (~60,000 years old).
⏱ 1.5 hr
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Lake Bled · Full guided day — Bled Castle, Bohinj drive, Ribčev Laz lunch
🍽 Breakfast
🍽 Breakfast
Bled Rose Hotel
+386 4 579 60 00
🎫 Included in tour
Circle the emerald waters of Lake Bled
Bled Castle — perched above the lake; sweeping views & Slovenian history
Drive through scenic mountain roads to Lake Bohinj (Triglav National Park)
Lunch in Ribčev Laz — lakeside village with views of the Julian Alps
Guided / transit day — no optional stops
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Lake Bled · Free day until evening farewell drink (optional Julian Alps $135)
🍽 Breakfast
🍽 Breakfast
Bled Rose Hotel
+386 4 579 60 00
🎫 Included in tour
Free day in Lake Bled region — ask Tour Director for recommendations
Optional: Julian Alps / Triglav National Park — Kranjska Gora, highest mountain pass, Soča River walk, Bovec WWI trenches ($135)
Evening farewell drink with fellow group members
Free time — optional stops
Radovljica Medieval Old Town
~6 km from Bled. 14th-century market town on a promontory. Includes the Museum of Apiculture in the Baroque Radovljica Mansion — uniquely Slovenian.
⏱ Half-day
Škofja Loka
~35 min drive from Bled. Slovenia's oldest preserved medieval town; National Cultural Monument since 1987. Castle museum + Old Town.
⏱ Half-day
Vintgar Gorge
less likely
Famed wooden boardwalks through the Radovna gorge. Natural rather than historical, but boardwalks date to 1893.
⏱ 2 hr
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✈️ Ljubljana Airport · Transfer to Ljubljana airport
🍽 Breakfast (if not early)
🍽 Breakfast (if not early)
🎫 Included in tour
Transfer to Ljubljana airport for flight home
Guided / transit day — no optional stops