Dubrovnik and the Dalmatian Coast 2017

Day 1

Local departure by coach or Door-to-Door service, then onwards to northern France for an overnight stay.

• Door-to-door available

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If you live within 20 miles of one of our free joining point, we’ll pick you up from your home and take you to meet your feeder coach, then return you back home at the end of your holiday. On European coach holidays of 7 days' or more, the cost of this is just £30 per booking each way (Up to 4 people per booking). For Single Traveller holidays, it’s free of charge.

If you live a little further afield, you can also take advantage of this convenient option for an additional charge

Please note: If you would like to take up the Door-to-Door service, you will need to call our reservations team as it is not possible to book this service online.

Day 2

Continue to northern Italy for an overnight stay.

• Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 3

To Ancona for the overnight ferry crossing to Split in Croatia. Accommodation is in two-berth, en suite inside cabins.

• Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 4 - Mostar

We disembark in Split this morning and head to Mostar en route to Dubrovnik for a four-night stay. During Turkish occupation, a bridge (Stari Most) was built across the river and this became a symbol of the city during the Croatia-Bosnia conflict in the early 1990s, when it was totally destroyed. Since then it has been painstakingly rebuilt. Our included, guided sightseeing tour includes entrance to the Turkish House and Muslim Mosque.

• Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 5 - Dubrovnik

Enjoy a day at leisure in the place described as the ‘Jewel in the Crown of the Adriatic’. With its ancient walls still intact, Dubrovnik has been called ‘the most perfectly preserved medieval town in the world’. Take a walk along the stone ramparts of the city for the best views, then venture inside to experience its many treasures. Our included, guided city tour will show the main highlights, including the Cathedral, Knezev Palace and Franciscan Monastery.

• Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 6 - Korcula

Enjoy an optional excursion by coach and boat to Korcula, an island rich in fascinating, historical influences from the Greeks, Venetians and Turks. Later, enjoy winetasting on the nearby peninsula of Peljesac.

• Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 7 - Montenegro

We offer a full-day, optional excursion to neighbouring Montenegro and the well-preserved city of Kotor. The entire city is criss-crossed with narrow streets and squares. Lord Byron described this part of the coast as ‘the most beautiful encounter between land and sea’. On our return to Dubrovnik we take the ferry from Lepatane to Kamenari.

• Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 8 - Split and Trogir

We leave Dubrovnik and head north along the coast to Split, where we include a guided tour of the city, exploring the charming old town. We continue to Trogir which enjoys a lovely setting on a small island just off the mainland, but is connected by a bridge. Overnight in the Sibenik region.

• Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 9 - Sibenik Guided Tour, Krka National Park and Zadar

Leaving Sibenik, we take an included, guided tour of the old fortified town, then continue to Krka National Park. Here, deep tree-covered canyons plunge into plateaus with impressive waterfall cascades. Next, we visit Zadar, built on a narrow peninsula extending into the Zadar Channel. A guided city tour is included. Overnight in the Zadar/Petrcane region.

• Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 10 - Plitvice Lakes National Park

We leave Zadar and enjoy a full-day, included excursion to Plitvice, the most beautiful and best known of Croatia’s national parks. The sixteen small lakes within the park are interconnected by waterfalls, dense forests of beech, fir and spruce trees and it is home to many species of animal, including the brown bear. Continue to Opatija, known as the ‘Croatian Nice’, for a two-night stay.

• Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 11 - Free day to relax in Opatija

Take a walk along the seaside Lungomare and visit the beautiful botanical garden.

• Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 12

Travel through Slovenia and into Austria for an overnight stay

• Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Day 13

Continue to Belgium for an overnight stay.

• Included meals: Breakfast

Day 14

Return home.

• Included meals: Breakfast