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, city's historical centre, St Mark's Church
with its multicoloured roof, the Cathedral, the Croatian
National Theatre and the University. Afternoon departure
for Plitvice.
Dinner and overnight in Plitvice.
Day
3 Thursday PLITVICE
After breakfast, we tour the Plitvice Lakes National
Park on the UNESCO’s List of World Natural Heritage.
Sixteen lakes, each at a different level, are connected
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 the Peristyle,
the 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, the 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 the capital of
the 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, the capital of Albania,
including Skender Bey Square, the Mosque of Ethem Bey,
and a visit to the National Museum representing the
flow of Albanian history, also 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 the lakeside resort of Ohrid, classified
as UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage site. Through theactivity
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 (11th century), the most eminent
mediaeval monument in Macedonia with magnificent Byzantine
fresco paintingsand St. Clement Church with its icon
of Annunciation.Afternoon short drive to St. Naum Monastery,
built on the shores of Ohrid Lake in 900 A.D. and 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 12th 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 Pec and Berane
and along the impressive Moraca River Canyon. Afternoon
arrival at Kolašin, the town spreading on the left bank
of the river Tara, situated at the altitude of 954m.
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 King Nikola
Museum, once the residence of the Montenegrin King Nikola
I Petrovic. Continuation to Kotor, classified as UNESCO's
World Cultural Heritage site, 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 to Dubrovnik
Airport.
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