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TRAVEL ITINERARY

DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN ZAGREB

PROCEED TO THE HOTEL CHECK IN. LATER TRANSFER FOR DINNER TO AN INDIAN RESTAURANT AND OVERNIGHT IN HOTEL.

OVERNIGHT STAY IN ZAGREB. MEALS: DINNER.

DAY 2 - ZAGREB CITY TOUR WITH FUNICULAR RIDE

AFTER A SUMPTUOUS BREAKFAST PROCEED FOR A GUIDED TOUR OF ZAGREB. TAKE A WALKING TOUR OF ZAGREB’S HISTORIC DISTRICT. VISIT THE UPPER TOWN OF GORNJI GRAD AND ST. STEPHEN’S CATHEDRAL. THEN SEE THE MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS. THE TOUR ENDS AT JELACIC SQUARE. RELAX AT A CAFE AND TRY THE DELICIOUS LOCAL CUISINE. FREE TIME FOR SHOPPING LATER ENJOY HOT INDIAN DINNER AND RETURN BACK TO THE HOTEL IN ZAGREB.

OVERNIGHT STAY IN ZAGREB. MEALS: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND DINNER.

DAY 3 – SPLIT

AFTER BREAKFAST, CHECK-OUT HOTEL OF YOUR HOTEL AND PROCEED TO THE PLITVICE LAKES NATIONAL PARK. AFTER YOU REACH PLITVICE LAKES, THE LOCAL GUIDE WILL SHOW YOU THE GEOLOGICAL AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL PHENOMENON OF KARST, WITH 16 BIGGER AND FEW SMALLER LAKES, GRADUALLY LINED UP, SEPARATED BY BARRIERS. THE CASCADING WATERFALLS, THE AQUAMARINE VIRGIN LAKES SURROUNDED BY DENSE, THICK FORESTS. PLITVICE LAKES ARE A NATURAL PHENOMENON OF A RARE AND UNIQUE BEAUTY. FEAST YOUR EYES ON ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN THE WORLD! UNESCO HAS DECLARED IT WITH ALL RIGHTS AS THE WORLD'S NATURAL INHERITANCE. PROCEED TO ZADAR FOR A WALKING GUIDED TOUR SEEING THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF MONUMENTS AND HIDDEN CORNERS TAKING YOU IN THE PAST MORE THAN 300 YEARS. EXPERIENCE THE MELODIOUS MUSIC OF THE SEA ORGAN. LATER DRIVE TO SPLIT ENJOY INDIAN DINNER AND CHECK IN THE HOTEL IN SPLIT.

OVERNIGHT STAY IN SPLIT. MEALS: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND DINNER.

DAY 4 - BLUE CAVES

AFTER A SUMPTUOUS BREAKFAST PROCEED TO THE BLUE CAVE. TAKE A SPEEDBOAT RIDE TO THE BISEVO ISLAND, WHOSE HIGHLIGHT IS THE BLUE CAVE. VISIT KOMIZA- FISHERMEN VILLAGE ON VIZ ISLAND. LATER VISIT HAVER TOWN – ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HARBOURS IN THE WORLD, AND A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE AS WELL. ITS SEVEN-CENTURY OLD WALLS STILL SURVIVE, AS WELL AS MANY 15TH-17THC VENETIAN ERA NOBLE HOUSES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. LATER RETURN BACK TO SPLIT ENJOY INDIAN DINNER AND CHECK IN HOTEL IN SPLIT. OVERNIGHT IN SPLIT.

OVERNIGHT STAY IN SPLIT. MEALS: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND DINNER.

DAY 5 – DUBROVNIK

AFTER A SUMPTUOUS BREAKFAST CHECK OUT OF THE HOTEL AND PROCEED FOR A GUIDED SPLIT WALKING TOUR WHICH INCLUDES THE ROMAN PART OF TOWN (DIOCLETIAN PALACE) AND OLD PART OF TOWN (CITY HALL, PROMENADE, FISH MARKET..) THE RUINS OF THE PALACE, CAN BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE CATHEDRAL LOCALLY KNOWN AS ST. DUJE CHURCH WAS BUILT IN THE MIDDLE AGES, REUSING MATERIALS FROM THE ANCIENT MAUSOLEUM. TWELFTH- AND 13TH-CENTURY ROMANESQUE CHURCHES, MEDIEVAL FORTIFICATIONS, 15TH-CENTURY GOTHIC PALACES AND OTHER PALACES IN RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE STYLE MAKE UP THE REST OF THE PROTECTED AREA. PROCEED TO MOSTAR A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE LISTED OLD TOWN FOR A GUIDED WALKING TOUR AND ADMIRE THE CITIES MEDIEVAL BUILDINGS AND HISTORIC MONUMENTS. LATER TRAVEL TO DUBROVNIK ENJOY INDIAN DINNER AND CHECK IN HOTEL IN DUBROVNIK

OVERNIGHT STAY IN DUBROVNIK. MEALS: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND DINNER.

DAY 6 - DUBROVNIK WALKING TOUR WITH CABLE CAR RIDE

AFTER SUMPTUOUS BREAKFAST PROCEED FOR THE GUIDED CITY TOUR OF DUBROVNIK A WALKING TOUR OF “OLD DUBROVNIK”; THE RECTOR’S PALACE, THE BELL TOWER CLOCK, ORLANDO’S COLUMN AND THE SPONZA PALACE. YOU WILL ALSO VISIT THE DOMINICAN MONASTERY AND FRANCISCAN MONASTERY WITH ITS OWN PHARMACY, ONE OF THE OLDEST IN THE WORLD.

THE ROUTE TAKES YOU AROUND THE OLD TOWN VIA ONOFRIO'S FOUNTAIN AND UP PRIJEKO STREET TO THE OLD PORT - THE KEY TO DUBROVNIK'S TRADING AND MARITIME SUCCESS. ALONG THE WAY YOU WILL PAY A VISIT TO ST. SAVIOUR'S, THE GRANDIOSE FRANCISCAN AND DOMINICAN CHURCH, AND SEE WINE-PRODUCING VINES BELIEVED TO BE MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD.

LATER ASCEND UP THE CRAGGY MT SR? IN THE SPACIOUS COMFORTABLE CABLE CAR AFFORDING INCREDIBLE VIEWS OF DUBROVNIK AND THE ADRIATIC. LATER HAVE DELICIOUS INDIAN DINNER AND RETURN BACK TO THE HOTEL IN DUBROVNIK.

OVERNIGHT STAY IN DUBROVNIK. MEALS: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND DINNER.

DAY 7 - LEISURE OR OPTIONAL DAY TRIP TO MONTENEGRO

DAY 8 - DEPARTURE

AFTER BREAKFAST YOU WILL BE DROPPED TO THE AIRPORT TO FLY BACK HOME WITH HAPPY MEMORIES.

MEALS: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST.

TOUR ENDS!!

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TOUR

ZAGREB

·       GORNJI GRAD, ST. STEPHEN’S CATHEDRAL, MUSEUM OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS AND JELACIC SQUARE

PLITVICE LAKE NATIONAL PARK

·       16 CASCADING LAKES AND 90 WATERFALLS, PROŠ?ANSKO AND KOZJAK, 12 UPPER LAKES AND 4 LOWER LAKES

ZADAR

·       SEA ORGAN

SPLIT

·       GEOLOGICAL AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL PHENOMENON OF KARST AND THE CASCADING WATERFALLS

MOSTAR

·       MEDIEVAL BUILDINGS AND HISTORIC MONUMENTS

DUBROVNIK

·       DIOCLETIAN PALACE, CITY HALL, PROMENADE, FISH MARKET, ST. DUJE CHURCH, THE RECTOR’S PALACE, THE BELL TOWER CLOCK, ORLANDO’S COLUMN, SPONZA PALACE, ONOFRIO'S FOUNTAIN, PRIJEKO STREET, ST. SAVIOUR'S, THE GRANDIOSE FRANCISCAN AND DOMINICAN CHURCH

HOTEL ENVISAGED

ZAGREB : HOTEL ARISTOS / HOTEL GARDEN OR SIMILAR

SPLIT : HOTEL BELLEVUE OR SIMILAR

DUBROVNIK : HOTEL LERO OR SIMILAR