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 Destination Highlights

 Dalmatia

On this tour you'll visit the "Pearl of Adriatic" Dubrovnik, the city of a unique political and cultural history . It's hiding in the shell of the surrounding mountains and you'll have plenty of time to explore its treasures. Also visiting Cavtat, Split, Zadar, Trogir and Plitvice National Park.

 Day 1: Dubrovnik

Transfer to hotel upon arrival.

Overnight at hotel in Dubrovnik.

 Day 2: Dubrovnik / Cavtat

Breakfast.

Dubrovnik - the city of a unique political and cultural history (the Dubrovnik Republic, the Statute from 1272), of world-famous cultural heritage and beauty (inscribed on the List of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO) - is one of the most attractive and famous cities of the Mediterranean. Apart from its outstanding natural beauties and well-preserved cultural and historical heritage, Dubrovnik also offers high-quality visitor opportunities.

Dubrovnik is the city of the highest historical and cultural value and of an outstanding artistic importance. The town fortifications, ramparts and towers outside the walls were built, reinforced and reconstructed in the period from the 12th to the second half of the 17th century. An independent, merchant republic for 700 years (abolished by Napoleon in 1806); it traded with Turkey and India in the East (with a consul in Goa, India) and had trade representatives in Africa (Cape Verde Islands). It even had diplomatic relations with the English court in the middle ages.

"Those who seek paradise on Earth should come to Dubrovnik and see Dubrovnik" - Bernard Shaw once wrote.

Originally it was a Greek settlement called Epidaurum. Around 228 BC it was under the Romans and later became a Roman colony. The name Cavtat originates from Civitas vetus, as the fugitives in the newly established Dubrovnik used to call their first habitation. Archaeological finds from those times include the remains of a Roman theatre (?), as well as tombs and the remains of a Roman road above the present town. The ancient town was destroyed at the beginning of the 7th century, during the invasions of the Avars and the Slavs. - The remains of town ramparts toward the mainland and the Renaissance-style Duke's Palace, a work by local masters, have been preserved from the 15th/16th century. The Baroque parish church features wooden altars. The parsonage houses an art gallery.

The Gothic-Renaissance Franciscan church keeps a polyptych (beginning of the 16th c.) by Vicko Lovrin, while the monastery safeguards an art collection. The collection of Baltazar Bogisic contains numerous graphics by domestic and -foreign artists, ethnographical objects and a small archaeological collection of stone monuments and fragments. The large library keeps also several extremely valuable books. The house of Vlaho Bukovac keeps a collection of his paintings and mementoes. On the cemetery is the mausoleum of the Racic family, a work by Ivan Mestrovic (1920-1930) and in the town the monument of Baltazar Bogisic.

Overnight at hotel in Dubrovnik.

 Day 3: Dubrovnik

Breakfast.

Day at leisure.

Overnight at hotel in Dubrovnik.

 Day 4: Dubrovnik / Split

Breakfast.

A city with a 1700-year old tradition, a variety of archaeological, historical and cultural monuments, among which the well-known Palace of Diocletian, inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List, certainly occupies a special position, and the warmth and offer of a modern Mediterranean city. The oldest nucleus of Split is located within the walls of Diocletian's Palace.

According to its dimensions and level of preservation, the Palace represents the most valuable example of Roman architecture on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It was constructed around AD 300 and has a rectangular ground plan. Its form and arrangement of the buildings within the Palace represent a transitional style of an imperial villa, Hellenistic town and Roman camp.
 

Overnight in the hotel in Split.

 Day 5: Split / National Park Plitvice

Breakfast.

16 interlinked lakes between Mala Kapela Mountain and Pljesevica Mountain in the region of Lika are inscribed on the List of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. The upper lakes, surrounded by thick forests and interlinked by numerous waterfalls, lie in a dolomite valley, while the lower lakes, smaller and shallower, surrounded only by sparse underbrush, lie on the limestone bedrock. The Lakes receive most of their water from the rivers called Bijela and Crna Rijeka (White and Black Rivers), which are joined into one course south of Proscansko Lake. The upper lakes separated by dolomite barriers, which grow with the formation of travertine, forming thus travertine barriers. Travertine is mostly formed on the spots where water falls from an elevation, by the incrustation of algae and moss with calcium carbonate. The lower lakes were formed by crumbling and caving-in of the vaults above subterranean cavities through which water of the upper lakes disappeared. Due to their natural beauty and significance, the Plitvice Lakes and a large forest complex around it were set aside as a national park in 1949.

Overnight at hotel in Plitvice.

 Day 6: National Park Plitvice / Zadar

Breakfast.

For centuries the capital city of Dalmatia and today the centre of the region. A city with a rich heritage of world importance, visible at every step. The Roman Forum from the 1st century, St. Donatus Church from the 9th century is the most famous medieval basilica and trademark of the city. The reconstructed Romanesque St. Grisigono's Church from the 12th century and the St. Mary's bell tower from the year 1105; the St. Anastasia's Cathedral from the 13th century; the People's Square with the City's Lodge and Guardhouse from the 16th century, as well as the mighty fortification walls with first class Sea (farer's) and Land gates from the 16th century followed by the Three and Five Wells Squares and many palaces, villas and other historic monuments.

Its attractiveness is due greatly to its fantastic natural position in the very middle of the Adriatic coast, and to the four National Parks surrounding it: Plitvice Lakes, Paklenica mountain, the unique Rivera Krka waterfalls and a string of wondrous islands called Kornati. No less attractive are the nature Parks of Telascica, the canyon of the Zrmanja River and the largest natural lake in Croatia –Lake Vrana in the vicinity of Biograd.

Overnight at hotel in Zadar.

 Day 7: Zadar / Trogir

Breakfast.

Trogir is a town - museum in the very meaning of the word. Lovers of cultural and historical monuments, art, original architecture and nice alleys are given the opportunity in Trogir to learn about the manifold and complex heritage - from the Romanesque yard to the modern interiors. The unique historical core, Radovan's portal, the art collections which have been arousing excitement among visitors and travelers for centuries offer a tourist beauty, personified in the relief of Kairos as an appropriate souvenir. The wider surroundings of Trogir (Trogir - Seget - Ciovo Riviera) is characterized by lavish green vegetation, numerous islands and islets, rocky and pebble beaches. The old core is situated on a small island between the island of Ciovo and the mainland; connected with the mainland by a small stone bridge, and with the island of Ciovo by a drawbridge. The town spreads to the northern coast of Ciovo, opposite the small island.

Overnight at hotel in Trogir.

 Day 8: Trogir

Breakfast.

Tour ends with transfers to the airport.

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