Upon your arrival at Zagreb airport, you are met and transferred directly to your accommodation. After settling in, you have time to relax and freshen up before heading out to explore the city on your own. Zagreb offers a blend of Baroque charm in the Upper Town, a lively open market, green parks, and scenic promenades. You can discover the city’s culinary scene and experience its nightlife. The city combines the atmosphere of a Central European metropolis with the relaxed pace of the Mediterranean.

Zagreb is home to some of Croatia’s most significant museums and galleries, reflecting its rich cultural heritage.

Accommodation:

• High End Accommodation: DoubleTree by Hilton Zagreb or similar

Begin your day with a buffet breakfast at the hotel. After checking out, you pick up your rental car and drive to Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park features a network of sixteen turquoise lakes connected by cascading waterfalls, set among wooded mountains. You explore the park on a walking tour that includes a boat ride, allowing you to experience the lakes, waterfalls, caves, springs, and meadows, as well as the area’s diverse flora and fauna. Lunch is served at a local restaurant within the park, featuring local specialties.

After lunch and your visit to Plitvice, you continue your drive toward Split. Upon arrival in Split, you return the rental car and settle into your accommodation for the night.

Plitvice Lakes National Park is Croatia’s oldest and largest national park, established in 1949 and recognized for its exceptional natural beauty.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

• High End Accommodation: Heritage Hotel Fermai Split MGallery or similar

After breakfast, you meet your guide at the designated location in Split for a full-day excursion to Brač Island. The ferry ride from Split to Brač offers views of the surrounding mountains, Split, and Brač itself. During the crossing, there is a chance you may spot Adriatic dolphins.

On Brač, you explore with a local guide in a vintage Land Rover, ideal for navigating the island’s rugged terrain. Your first stop is the olive oil museum in the village of Skript, where you learn about traditional and modern olive oil production and sample local products. The tour continues to a local stone quarry, showcasing Brač’s famous white stone, which was used in Diocletian’s Palace, the White House, and Liverpool Cathedral’s high altar.

Lunch is served in a vineyard near Bol, followed by a visit to Zlatni Rat beach, also known as the Golden Horn, one of Croatia’s most photographed beaches. Here, you have the opportunity to swim. Later, you travel to Vidova Gora, the highest point on the island, to take in panoramic views across the Adriatic Sea toward Hvar Island.

The day concludes with a drive through Brač’s fishing villages as you return to Supetar for the ferry back to Split.

Brač’s limestone has been prized since Roman times, contributing to iconic structures both in Croatia and abroad.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation:

• High End Accommodation: Heritage Hotel Fermai Split MGallery or similar

After a relaxed morning in Split, you take the ferry to Hvar Island and check in to your hotel. Hvar, located in the Adriatic Sea, is known for its scenic beauty, mild climate, and the historic port town of Hvar. The town features 13th-century walls, a hilltop fortress, and a main square anchored by a Renaissance-era cathedral.

You can walk up to the 16th-century Španjola Fortress for panoramic views of Hvar Town and the Pakleni Islands. If you prefer an active afternoon, you may join a kayaking tour to explore secluded coves along the coastline. Alternatively, cycling or hiking tours are available for those interested in seeing lavender fields, olive groves, vineyards, and pine forests, with the option to include wine tasting. Renting a scooter is another way to explore the island’s varied landscape at your own pace.

As the day winds down, you can enjoy a drink in Hvar’s main piazza, surrounded by Venetian architecture, ancient fortification walls, and the oldest municipal theater in Europe. You stay overnight in Hvar.

Hvar’s strategic location has made it a center of trade and culture in the Adriatic since the Middle Ages.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• High End Accommodation: Amfora Hvar Grand Beach Resort or similar

You begin the day by meeting your guides at a designated location for a full-day speedboat excursion from Hvar. The first stop is the Blue Cave, where sunlight creates a striking silvery-blue effect inside the cavern. Next, you cruise to Stiniva Bay, notable for its narrow entrance framed by high rocky cliffs and a pebble beach that opens up like a stone amphitheater.

The tour continues to the Green Cave, where you have the opportunity to swim. Afterward, you visit the small island of Budikovac, which features a pebble beach, a sheltered bay, and a lagoon ideal for swimming and relaxing. On the return journey from Vis Island toward Hvar, you stop at Palmižana on the Pakleni Islands.

In the evening, you take the ferry from Hvar to Korčula, where you spend the night.

The Blue Cave on Biševo Island is one of Croatia’s most famous natural attractions, known for its unique lighting effects caused by sunlight reflecting through an underwater opening.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast at your hotel, you meet your guide for a half-day buggy adventure on Korčula. The journey begins with a drive to Medvidnjak, then uphill to a viewpoint overlooking the town of Korčula and the Pelješac-Korčula channel, where you pause for photos and to enjoy the scenery. You continue to the sandy beach of Pržina in Lumbarda, spending about 45 minutes swimming and relaxing.

The route takes you through Lumbarda village, passing small vineyards where the local “Grk” grape variety is grown, as well as other regional grapes. You drive along the coast for about 3 kilometers before turning into the forested hills and heading toward the village of Žrnovo. After passing through Žrnovo, you arrive at Žrnovska Banja and visit a family estate. Here, you can sample homemade liquors and wines prepared according to traditional recipes without artificial additives, concluding your buggy safari.

In the afternoon, you have the option to relax or use public transportation to return to Lumbarda and visit its sandy beaches, with the opportunity to try local Grk white wine. In the evening, you take the ferry to Dubrovnik and check into your hotel.

Korčula is often referred to as “Little Dubrovnik” due to its medieval architecture and fortified old town.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• High End Accommodation: Hotel Korsal or similar

In the morning, you join a Game of Thrones-themed walking tour in Dubrovnik’s Old Town. The tour takes you to filming locations from the series, including the Pile Gate, Lovrijenac Fort, and the site of the Battle of Blackwater. Your guide provides commentary, scene descriptions, and shows you still images from the episodes filmed at each location.

If you prefer a different experience, you can arrange an alternative sightseeing tour of Dubrovnik according to your interests. You also have the option to take a boat ride to the nearby islet of Lokrum, which is suitable for swimming and offers a variety of historical legends to discover.

You spend the night in Dubrovnik.

Dubrovnik’s city walls, completed in the 16th century, are among the best-preserved fortification systems in Europe and encircle the entire Old Town.

Guide: Included for the day

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation:

• High End Accommodation: Hotel Kompas Dubrovnik or similar

After breakfast at your hotel, you have free time before your transfer to Dubrovnik airport. If your schedule allows, you can shop for unique souvenirs such as arancini (candied orange peel), sugared almonds, or Konavle-style embroidered tablecloths to take home as gifts or keepsakes.

Dubrovnik has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, recognized for its outstanding medieval architecture and historic significance.

Meals: Breakfast