Dalmatian Sunshine - 2008

-          First class hotels, rooms with private facilities

-          Breakfast daily and 5 dinners

-          Arrival and departure transfers

-          Touring by modern air-conditioned motor- coach

-          Professional Tour Director throughout

-          Luggage handling

-          Service charges and hotel taxes

Day 1: DUBROVNIK
At the airport, you will be met by your host and escorted to your hotel for check-in and overnight stay. The rest of the day is free for your own leisure and relaxation.

Day 2: DUBROVNIK
Your day will commence with breakfast and sightseeing: a walking tour of "Old Dubrovnik", the Rector’s Palace, Bell Tower clock, Orlando’s Column and the Sponza Palace. Later, you will visit both the Dominican Monastery and Franciscan Monastery, featuring the “Old Pharmacy”, the third largest operating pharmacy in all of Europe. The rest of the day is free for your leisure and relaxation.

Day 3: SPLIT
The morning will commence with breakfast and departure. You will travel north along the spectacular Adriatic coast. While en route to Dubrovnik, you will see old fishing villages mingled with new resorts, a most interesting contrast. Upon arrival, you will certainly enjoy a city tour of this historic inner city; constructed around Roman Emperor Diocletian’s Palace, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site contains remnants of renaissance and gothic structures from Split’s Roman heritage. Later, you will visit Jupiter’s Temple, the Peristyle and the Cathedral. Your day will conclude with a return to your hotel and overnight stay.

Day 4: TROGIR
Your day will commence with breakfast and departure. You will journey to Trogir, the center of the arts; then continue inland towards beautiful Plitvice Lakes National Park. Upon arrival you will take a walking tour, visiting several terraced lakes: 16 natural wonders surrounded by thickly wooded mountains, lush with vegetation, such breathtaking scenery indeed. Your day will conclude with a return back to your hotel for rest, relaxation and overnight stay

Day 05: OPATIJA – POSTOJNA - BLED
Your day will commence with breakfast and departure. You will once again travel along the coast to the beautiful bay of Kvarner, visiting the ever popular Opatija resort. Later, you will be driven north to Postojna, home of one of the largest caves in Europe for a surreal, subterranean world tour via miniature electric train. Upon conclusion, continue onward to Bled, beautifully situated in the Julian Alps.

Day 6: BLED
Your day will commence with a breakfast and sightseeing tour throughout the town of Bled. You will visit the lake-shore, touring the Bled Castle, perched on a cliff high above the Bled Lake. The rest of the day is free for your leisure or optional activities: admire rare collections of religious art at the old church, situated on a quaint island in the middle of the lake. Your day will conclude with a return to your hotel for an overnight stay.

Day 7: LJUBLJANA - ZAGREB
Your day will commence with breakfast and departure. You will journey to Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia for an enjoyable day of sightseeing. There are several significant sights at the old city centre: the open-air Central Market and the Three Bridges, both brilliant works of a famous 20th-century architect, Joze Plecnik. Later, you will see the Baroque Town Hall and Robba's Fountain. Upon conclusion of this day’s sightseeing, you will soon be en route to Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia.

Day 8: ZAGREB
The morning will commence with breakfast and sightseeing. You will certainly enjoy the Zagreb City Tour that will take you along the historic Upper Town. You will see St. Mark’s Church, St. Catherine’s Church, the Cathedral, the Parliament and the Government Palace. The rest of the day is free for your own leisure, relaxation or your own exploration through winding streets of the old town. In addition, there will also be an optional excursion throughout the picturesque countryside where you may enjoy dinner.

Day 9: ZAGREB
Your day will commence with breakfast and airport departure for your journey home.

Estimated prices per person: $1595 (double) and $2155 (single)