Croatia Tours and Trips

The itinerary was great. We saw lots of beautiful places and learned so much about culture and history of Croatia. Our tour guide, Nicole Tanner was one of the best tour director we have ever had. The only thing I would share is that nothing we read about this trip gave us a glimpse of how tough the walking and steps were. We did all the optional excursions, and most of them involved a walk up a very steep hill to a home or restaurant. Nicole made arrangements for a car to deliver us from where the bus could park to the destination. I was also quite disappointed that I had to opt out of the Plitvice Park waterfall walk. No where in the itinerary information (that I read) said it was not suitable for mobility impaired (vertigo). I have no problem walking--many days I walked 15,000-16,000 steps,-- but steps I have to do slowly, and narrow wooden walkways over water were not recommended for someone with vertigo. I loved this trip, but I think it should be promoted as a tougher experience for mobility impaired so wise choices can be made. I was thankful for Nicole's insight and advice about what was involved in some of the choices I had to make. Overall, it was a great experience. Hotels were in good locations where we could get out and have a nice walking experience. It would be nice to have the choice of a walk-in shower instead of a fancy soaking tub with no hand bars. I know that many people in our group had walk-in showers when we had a soaking tub that was not safe for me to use. It was a wonderful trip--interesting and varied itinerary, a great tour director (Nicole) and driver (Peter), a very diverse and fun travel group, some of the best local guides we have had, good food, and great times. I just share these concerns--not to complain, but to help you consider some things that make it tougher for some travelers.

We combined this tour with the Walks and Coastal Town of Croatia trip which contained walks in some of Croatia's beautiful National Parks and complemented the more relaxed pace of this trip. Split and Dubrovnik Old Towns were highlights but crowded, even early season in May. We preferred the Island of Korcula to Brac and the lunch the agro-tourism farm and the wine tasting were both excellent. Tomislav, who lead both tours was an excellent guide. He was friendly, knowledgeable, had a good sense of humour and went out of his way to ensure we all had a great experience.

The itinerary was excellent starting and ending on the "big name" places of Kotor and Dubrovnik that everyone knows about, but in between we saw many facets of the Balkans and experienced wonderful scenery at almost every turn and learned a bit about the history of the area too. Most of us were however unaware that we spent over half the trip at 1000m+ in the mountains of Montenegro and Serbia and weren't quite as prepared as we might have been so a little more advice on that (especially for shoulder season itineraries) would have been of benefit. I'd also definitely recommend you spend a couple more days in Dubrovnik if you have the time as the walking tour was great but more time to properly explore is needed. Danielija our tour leader was excellent, thoughtul, helpful and great company. Her suggestions for dinner restaurants were always spot on and the guides she found for us were all first rate.

Excellent trip. Very well organised with a fantastic group leader in Davide. Good variety of cycle trips with some days more challenging than others. A fun week with great company.

Perfect balance of included tours given what are unique activities in Croatia and Slovenia. Same for optional activities. Outstanding tour director (Ric Simons), who was extremely knowledgeable, super organized, and he interacted with every member of the tour. All included and optional meals were great. I (80 years old) should have been in better physical shape; nothing stopped me from enjoying everything; slept well at night! Croatia and Slovenia are beautiful countries. Would recommend the tour to anyone.

From the beginning of my trip I was very impressed. Our tour guide was the best of whichvI have had the pleasure with which to travel. So knowledgeable and caring. Our bus driver was also exceptional.