You want to see the best of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Get to know thousand-year-old cities, enjoy the natural beauties, taste well-known Croatian and Bosnian specialties. Spend 15 unforgettable days in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and experience them in all their beauties.

A self-guided tour is a tour without the assistance of a guide. We will fully prepare and organize your adventure, book suitable accommodation and show you the most interesting locations. Yours is just to follow the tour plan.

Zagreb – Krapina – Opatija – Hum – Motovun – Rovinj – Pula – Rastoke – Plitvice National park – Zadar – Šibenik – Trogir – Split – Hvar – Ston – Dubrovnik – Mostar – Sarajevo

15 days, 14 overnights (3 overnights in Zagreb, 3 overnights in Opatija, 2 overnights in Zadar, 2 overnights in Split, 2 overnights in Dubrovnik, 2 overnights in Sarajevo)

THE TOUR PROGRAM:

DAY 1: Arrival to Zagreb
Arrival to Zagreb with your own car or you can take rent a car upon your arrival in Zagreb. Check-in in accommodation in the city center, free time for sightseeing the city on your own. Meet the latest European lighters who manually light the street lamps in the old town and take a photo in front of one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the world with its two unique bell towers, 105 m high. After sightseeing you will go for a welcoming dinner in a traditional restaurant in the old town which serves local food dishes. After the dinner you will drive back to the accommodation.
Accommodation: 4* Hotel
Meals: dinner in Zagreb at 19:00
Activity: easy city walk, cca. 1,5 hours, 2 kilometers in total

Day 2. Zagreb-Krapina-Zagreb
Breakfast and after that drive to Kumrovec. Arrival in Kumrovec and visit to Tito’s birthplace, which is part of the Staro selo (Old Village) Museum. In the museum you will be able to see how the old traditional villages from the beginning of the 20 century looked like. After seeing the museum the journey continues towards Krapina to the Krapina Neanderthal Museum. The largest site of Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis is situated in Krapina with over 900 human fossil bones and is about 125.000 years old. After sightseeing follows a short drive to a traditional restaurant where you are going to try local specialties and taste some local wines. After lunch free time for wine tasting and enjoying in charming panorama of the area. Later that day return to your accommodation for dinner and free time till tomorrow.
Accommodation: 4* Hotel
Meals: breakfast at 8:00
Activity: easy, 8 hours
Transport: 160 kilometers, 3 hours of driving in 4 times

DAY 3: Zagreb – Opatija
Breakfast in the accommodation and free time for exploring the city on your own. In the afternoon lunch in a restaurant in the old town. After that departure towards Istria, to the city of Opatija. Check-in for accommodation in Opatija and free time until tomorrow.
Accommodation: hotel 4*
Transport: 177 km, 2 hours in one direction

DAY 4: Opatija-Hum-Motovun-Opatija
After breakfast take the culture, food and wine route through the Istrian peninsula, where medieval towns are located on hills surrounded by forests and vineyards where you will taste some of the world’s top recognized and famous wines, which, combined with these fabulous locations and a bit of alcohol in your blood will create an unreal idyll. You will visit several fairytale cities, including the smallest city in the world, the city of Hum, where you will try medicinal mistletoe brandy made for centuries following the same recipe. After that you will heat towards rural household for a lunch. After lunch and wine tasting you will continue to Motovun. Upon arrival you will go sightseeing this charming town situated on a hill. Afterwards return back to Opatija and free time until tomorrow.
Accommodation: Hotel 4*
Meals: breakfast at 8:00
Activity: easy, 7 hours
Transport: 150 kilometers, approx. 3 hours of driving in 4 times

DAY 5: Opatija-Rovinj-Pula-Opatija
In the morning, after breakfast departure towards first stop, Rovinj. Rovinj is one of the most beautiful coastal cities in the world that seems to grow out of the sea. After Rovinj, you will have another special city, the city of Pula, whose Roman amphitheater with four stair towers is a rare example of unique technical and technological solutions. It is the 6th largest Roman amphitheater in the world and is the only one in the world whose all three Roman architectural orders are completely preserved. After sightseeing the amphitheater travel back to Opatija and hotel.
Accommodation: Hotel 4*
Meals: breakfast at 08:00
Activity: easy, 8 hours
Transport: 260 kilometers, cca 3,5 hours driving in 3 times

DAY 6: Opatija-Rastoke-Plitvice Lakes-Zadar
After breakfast check out from the accommodation free time for sightseeing Opatija, a popular tourist destination for many historical figures such as Wilhelm II, Francis Joseph, Empress Sissy, Gustav Mahler, Isadora Duncan and many others. Find out why Opatija was a popular destination for them, as it is for many of today’s visitors. After sightseeing of Opatija, continue your journey to the most beautiful and most visited national park in Croatia. Before arriving at National park Plitvice Lakes, you will visit another Croatian pearl, the small town of Rastoke. You will dine there as the river flows below your feet, surrounded by rivers, waterfalls, old mills and magical paths that take you through this aquatic world. After lunch we come to the N.P.Plitvice Lakes. The Plitvice Lakes are made up of 16 large and small turquoise lakes that flow from one to the other, creating many magnificent waterfalls and thus in a 5460 meter long aerial line. Because of its uniqueness, the Plitvice Lakes are called the land of falling lakes and the land where rocks grow. After sightseeing of Plitvice Lakes continue to Zadar for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Hotel 4 *
Meals: breakfast at 7:30
Activity: Medium, 13 hours
Transport: 320 kilometers, approx. 4:30 hrs. in 4 times

DAY 7: Zadar
After breakfast free time until lunch. Explore Zadar on your own. Visit museums, city market and try famous Pag cheese and other delicacies of this area. Take a walk along the city walls and enjoy amazing view of the city harbor. Head to the nearby royal towns of Nin or Biograd and enjoy a walk by the sea. After lunch in the afternoon follows guided walking tour – Virtual reality of Zadar’s history. Zadar is a city that was added to the UNESCO’s list in 2017. Discover unique worldwide famous attraction of the Sea Organ near which is another modern attraction The Greeting to the Sun. Visit famous locations, discover rich but bloody medieval history of the city of Zadar, one of the most fortified and beautiful medieval cities in the world. Sitting on the beautiful waterfront of Zadar, enjoy, as Alfred Hitchcock said, the most beautiful sunset in the world. After virtual reality tour, dinner will be served at a local tavern with delicacies of the area. After dinner return to hotel for overnight stay.
Accommodation: Hotel 4 *
Meals: breakfast at 8:00
Activity: Easy, 2 hours

DAY 8: Zadar-Šibenik-Trogir-Split
After breakfast, check out from the hotel in Zadar and continue traveling to another UNESCO attraction, the city of Šibenik. Šibenik has two of its popular buildings inscribed on the UNESCO list, the St. James Cathedral and the Fortress of St. Nikola. Tour the city on your own, visit the Cathedral of St. James and the center of this charmning town made in stone. After 2 hours of free time in Šibenik, you will head to Trogir. You can have lunch at the Boraja restaurant, famous for its spit-roasting lamb. This restaurant is a popular among locals who stop there precisely because of the famous lamb. After lunch you will continue your trip to the city of Trogir that was proclaimed by National Geographic as the most beautiful island city in the world. The entire city of Trogir is on the UNESCO list of immovable cultural heritage. Meet its narrow cobblestone streets, and once you enter the city you feel like you have walked through a time gate and returned to the early Middle Ages. After a short break, you will continue your journey towards another UNESCO and Croatian pearl, the city of Split. By arriving in Split, check-in to the hotel and free time to visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Diocletian’s Palace. The Diocletian’s Palace is bigger than some cities in Croatia and the center of all cultural and tourist events of the city. Because of its size and the wealth it used to build, it was probably one of the triggers for the recent dissolution of the Roman Empire. The Western Roman Empire was also extinguished at Diocletian’s Palace by the murder of the last renowned Roman emperor Julius Nepot. After a sightseeing the city, dinner return to a hotel for an overnight.
Accommodation: Hotel 4 *
Meals: breakfast at 8:00
Activity: 9 hours, easy
Transport: 160 kilometers, approximately 3 hours drive in 4 times

DAY 9:  Split-island Hvar-Split
After an early breakfast, departure at 08:30 from the ferry port to the island of Hvar, one of the first inhabited islands in these areas, which is also on the UNESCO list with its unique Greek system of parcelization of the Old Town field, which has not changed 2400 years since the beginning of Greek colonization of the island of Hvar. All later subdivisions of the land (Roman, medieval, and modern) always took place within the basic Greek particles, and were physically characterized always in the same way – by the erection of larger or smaller stone walls built in dry stone technique. The Old Town field is the largest and most fertile field on the Adriatic islands. Even today, as well as throughout its history, it has retained its agricultural purpose, without major modern construction that would compromise the original image. Even agricultural crops – olives and vines are permanent. In recent times, lavender also decorates this UNESCO treasure.
Walking through this unique locality through olive trees and vineyards we will taste the benefits of this historic area. After tasting the best Hvar wines and olive oil, we continue our journey to the town of Hvar on the island of Hvar. Lunch at a local restaurant with local delicacies. After lunch, sightseeing and leisure time. After the break, return by ferry to Split at 7:30 pm. Short walk through town and dinner. After dinner return to the hotel.
Accommodation: Hotel 4 *
Meals: breakfast at 7:30
Activity: light, 13 hours
Transport: 95 kilometers, boat ride approximately 2:40 hours in 2 times, 40 kilometers by car approximately 40 minutes in 2 times

DAY 10: Split-Ston-Dubrovnik
After breakfast check out from the hotel and drive through the town of Omiš and its magnificent canyon on the mouth of the river Cetina. Short side stops for unforgettable panoramas and to make some photos. We continue our trip to the small historic town of Ston surrounded by the longest defensive walls in Europe. Sightseeing of Ston and lunch at a local tavern where we will immediately taste some of the finest wines of the area. After lunch, we continue our trip to Dubrovnik. By arriving in Dubrovnik, check-in to the hotel and a short break. Transport from the hotel to the nearby old town and at 6:00 pm, by passing through the wooden bridge and the huge ramparts, you enter the Middle Ages. Walking through history you will see why this is one of the most beautiful medieval cities that has been on the UNESCO list since 1979. After a short tour of the city, dinner at a local restaurant. After dinner a short drive to the hotel for overnight.
Accommodation: Hotel 4 *
Meals: breakfast at 7:30
Activity: light, 13 hours
Transport: 250 kilometers, approx. 4 hours drive in 3 times

DAY 11: Dubrovnik
After breakfast, a tour in the old town of Dubrovnik that is surrounded by its high walls and towers, within are located: Stradun main street, Rector’s Palace, Cathedral, Church of St. Blaise, three monasteries, the Customs building and the City Hall. After a tour through the city with a local guide, we continue with a boat tour around the walls that are rising from the sea. After seeing the walls and the island of Lokrum from the sea, return to the old town for lunch and free time to visit the city along the city walls, for those looking for walks with unique views. After free time, departure by cable car towards Srđ Hill, located on a mountain that offers an unforgettable panorama of the old town. There is also a fort on the hill that houses the Museum of Homeland War. In the museum you can see videos and pictures of the destruction of the old town and its surroundings, as well as the weapons used by the small population to defend themselves from the third world force in that time, the Yugoslav People’s Army. After sightseeing, return to the old town and free time until tomorrow.
Accommodation: Hotel 4 *
Meals: breakfast at 8:00
Activity: 8 hours, light
Transport: 20 kilometers, approximately 1 hour drive in 4 times

DAY 12: Dubrovnik-Mostar-Sarajevo
After breakfast, check out from the hotel and we continue the trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina where UNESCO’s bloody pearl with not exactly a beautiful past is located. Find out why the Old Bridge in Mostar was demolished. Find out how yesterday’s partners in the war, Croats and Bosniaks, that fight against the Yugoslav People’s Army and rebel Serbs from Bosnia, raised their arms at each other and at their disgrace demolished this magnificent bridge built by Sulejman the Magnificent in 1566. Walk across the rebuilt bridge to find out what happened and who demolished the bridge. Lunch at a local restaurant with local delicacy ćevapi in flat bread and other meat dishes. After lunch, departure to the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Arriving in Sarajevo, check in to the hotel and take a short break. After the break we take a short tour in the old town center, Baščaršija, known for its old crafts and handmade items. After sightseeing, dinner at the famous restaurant in Baščaršija. After dinner, return to the hotel for overnight.
Accommodation: Hotel 4 *
Meals: breakfast at 7:30
Activity: 12 hours, light
Transport: 260 kilometers, approx. 4:30 hrs in 2 times

DAY 13: Sarajevo
After breakfast in the restaurant free time to explore the city on your own. Sarajevo is of one of the most beautiful cities in the Balkans, which was inhabited in the early Stone Age, and in the 15th century became the Ottoman capital in Europe. Take a walk through the old town and the colorful stands on Bačaršija, take pictures in front of the wooden fountain Sebilj or visit the largest mosque in Sarajevo, the mosque of King Fahd. Sarajevo has a rich history, including several museums that you can visit to learn more about the powerful Ottoman Empire and the recent wars. Discover where the Latin Bridge is and find out how World War I began. Avaz Tower is the tallest building in Sarajevo, and you can visit the cafe on the 36th floor and enjoy the panoramic view of Sarajevo. Have lunch at a restaurant in the city and while you are in Sarajevo, be sure to try čevapi, a pie consisting of layers of crispy dough stuffed with cheese, meat, spinach or potatoes, and finally treat yourself with sweet baklava.
After lunch free time and return to the hotel in the evening.
Accommodation: Hotel 4 *
Meals: breakfast at 8:00

DAY 14: Sarajevo- Zagreb
After breakfast check out from the accommodation and departure to Zagreb. Once in Zagreb, check in and free time until tomorrow.
Accommodation: Hotel 4 *
Meals: breakfast at 8:00
Activity: Easy, 6 hours
Transportation: 410 kilometers, approx. 5:30 hrs with 2 breaks

DAY 15: Zagreb- Zagreb Airport
After breakfast, check out from the accommodation and return the rental car vehicle to the airport or depart Zagreb with your own car.
Meals: breakfast at 8:00

PRICE:

INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:

• 14 nights with breakfast in a 4 * hotel in a double room (3 overnights in Zagreb, 3 overnights in Opatija, 2 overnights in Zadar, 2 overnights in Split, 2 overnights in Dubrovnik, 2 overnights in Sarajevo)
• Welcome dinner
• Tickets for N.P.Plitvice Lakes
• Tickets for Rastoke Village
• Ferry to the Island Hvar
• Sojourn tax
• Insolvency insurance
• Travel organization
• VAT

NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE:

• Flight to and from Zagreb
• Meals: Lunch / Dinner 27 meals
• Boat trip around Dubrovnik
• Wine, liquer and olive oil tastings (Hum, Motovun, Hvar)
• Tasting in local taverns / restaurants after lunch / dinner
• Tickets (churches, museums, fortresses, walls)
• Travel health insurance