Day
1 Tuesday ZAGREB - Arrival
Upon arrival at Zagreb Airport, transfer to hotel
for dinner and overnight.
Day
2 Wednesday ZAGREB - PLITVICE 112 miles / 180
km
Morning city tour of Zagreb including the fortified
Upper Town, the city's historical center, St.
Mark's church with its multicoloured roof, the
Cathedral, the Croatian National Theatre and University.
Afternoon departure for Plitvice. Dinner and overnight
in Plitvice.
Day
3 Thursday PLITVICE
After breakfast, we tour the Plitvice Lakes National
Park classified as UNESCO`s World Natural Heritage
site. Sixteen lakes, each at the different level,
joined in a series of cascading waterfalls. Surrounded
by dense wood Plitvice Lakes are a natural phenomenon
of a rare and unique beauty. Dinner and overnight
in Plitvice.
Day
4 Friday PLITVICE - TROGIR - SPLIT 165 miles /
265 km
Morning departure for Trogir where we visit the
Cathedral of St. Lawrence. Continuation to Split;
city tour of Split including the Diocletian's
Palace on the UNESCO`s List of World Cultural
Heritage with Peristyle, Jupiter's Temple and
the Cathedral. Dinner and overnight in Split.
Day
5 Saturday SPLIT - DUBROVNIK 143 miles / 230 km
After breakfast, departure for Dubrovnik. Sightseeing
tour of Dubrovnik included on the UNESCO`s List
of World Cultural Heritage. You will visit the
Franciscan Monastery with Europe's third oldest
pharmacy, Rector's Palace and the Cathedral. Dinner
and overnight in Dubrovnik.
Day
6 Sunday DUBROVNIK
Day at leisure in Dubrovnik. Dinner and overnight.
Day
7 Monday DUBROVNIK - BUDVA / Montenegro - SHKODRA
/ Albania - TIRANA 211 miles / 340 km
Departure for Tirana; we drive inland to Budva
known for its Old city encircled by walls from
the Venetian period. Continuation to Shkodra,
once capital of Illyrian Kingdom (3rd century
B.C.). Dinner and overnight in Tirana.
Day
8 Tuesday TIRANA - OHRID / Macedonia 84 miles
/ 135 km
Morning sightseeing tour of Tirana, capital of
Albania, including Skenderbey square, Mosque of
Ethem Bey, and visit to the National Museum representing
the flow of Albanian History and housing the finds
from archeological sites across the country. Afternoon
departure for Ohrid driving via Elbasan and crossing
the Macedonian border at Cafasan. Overnight in
Ohrid.
Day
9 Wednesday OHRID 37 miles / 60 km
Full day in lakeside resort Ohrid classified as
UNESCO`s World Cultural Heritage site. Through
the activity of St. Clement and St. Naum of Ohrid,
the first pan-Slavic University in Europe , the
famous“ Ohrid Literary School” was founded here.
Morning sightseeing tour includes the church of
St Sofia (11.th century) the most eminent medieval
monument in Macedonia with magnificent Byzantine
fresco paintings and St. Clement Church with its
icon of Annunciation. Afternoon short drive to
St. Naum Monastery built on the shores of the
Ohrid Lake in 900 A.D. dedicated to the Slavic
missionary and educator St. Naum of Ohrid. Return
to hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day
10 Thursday OHRID - SKOPJE 112 miles / 180 km
Morning departure for Skopje. Sightseeing tour
of Skopje including the Kale Fortress, Church
of the Holy Savior with its iconostas, one of
the finest samples of traditional walnut woodcarving,
Old bazaar and Stone Bridge. We drive to the slopes
of the Vodno Mountain where we visit the Monastery
of St. Panteleimon with its 12 century iconostas
and frescoes ranking among the highest achievements
of Byzantine art of this period. Dinner and overnight
in Skopje.
Day
11 Friday SKOPJE - KOLAŠIN / Montenegro 186 miles
/ 300 km
Morning departure for Kolašin, driving via Peć
and Berane and along the impressive Morača River
Canyon. Afternoon arrival at Kolašin, the town
spreading on the left bank of the river Tara,
situated at 954 m altitude. The whole area is
surrounded by the thick pine forest of the Bjelasica
Mountain and is a popular skiing and air spa resort.
Dinner and overnight in Kolašin.
Day
12 Saturday KOLAŠIN - CETINJE - KOTOR - DUBROVNIK
165 miles / 265 km
Morning departure for Cetinje where we visit the
church of the Cetinje Monastery built in 1701,
once the spiritual and political center of Montenegro
and the King Nicholas Museum, once residence of
the Montenegrian King Nicholas I Petrović. Continuation
to Kotor, classified UNESCO`s World Cultural Heritage,
where we visit its Romanesque Cathedral dedicated
to St. Triphun, the city’s patron saint. We continue
to Dubrovnik driving along the picturesque Bay
of Kotor. Dinner and overnight in Dubrovnik.
Day
13 Sunday DUBROVNIK - Departure
Breakfast followed by departure transfer.
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