The Best of Western Balkans 9-days tour

The Best of Western Balkans 9-days tour

Looking for a holiday with a difference? With cultural mixture that includes city sightseeing, gastronomy experience, wine and olive oil tasting, as well places with untouched nature? Spend nine days exploring some of the most interesting places in ex-Yugoslavia (Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro). In nine days you will see, feel, taste and enjoy the cultural mixture that combines central European, Mediterranean and Ottoman influences. You will be on the frontier where West meets East. Idyllic setting and diverse heritage makes the tour very intriguing with truly special spirit. This tour is guided tour, so we will take care of all the details and provide you round-trip transportation and multiple stops during the tour.

Itinerary

Day 1: Zagreb

Pass By: Zagreb, Zagreb, Central Croatia
Welcome to Zagreb! Your tour starts from Croatian Capital where you will be picked up from airport, main railway station or any other place in the city of Zagreb. We will drive you to your hotel (3/4* hotels centrally located).

Day 1 is reserved for 2h walking tour in Zagreb, as well welcome dinner that includes traditional 3-course menu from Zagreb region.

Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: optional: 3/4* hotel in Zagreb (centrally located)

Day 2: Charming Bled Lake & Ljubljana

Pass By: Lake Bled, Gregorchicheva ulica 22, Bled 4260 Slovenia
Day 2 is reserved for a trip to Slovenia. After breakfast you will enjoy 2.5h scenic driving to the Bled Lake and Bled Castle (entrance fee included) from where you will enjoy in the panoramic view of surrounding landscape. Also, taking a cup of coffee and eating Bled Cake (Custard cake) is must-to-do thing there.

After visiting Bled Lake we are going to Slovenian capital - the city of Ljubljana. In Ljubljana we will do 1h walking tour, enjoying city architecture and interesting stories, as well there will be free time for a lunch and buying souvenirs. After Ljubljana, we will go back to the hotel in Zagreb.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: optional: 3/4* hotel in Zagreb (centrally located)

Day 3: Zagreb - Kutjevo vineyards - Sarajevo

Pass By: Kutjevacki podrum, Zdenka Turkovica 1, Kutjevo 34340 Croatia
Day 3 starts with breakfast in hotel and check-out. First, we will go to Slavonia region, where wine tasting and traditional slavonian 3-course lunch are waiting for you. During the visit of Kutjevo, you will enjoy tasting local wines and food, as well visiting wineyards and wine cellars.

After visiting Kutjevo, we are going to Bosnia & Herzegovina to Sarajevo.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: optional: 3/4* hotel in Sarajevo (centrally located)

Day 4: Sarajevo Tour

Pass By: Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Day 4. After breakfast, we are going to visit Sarajevo Tunnel (entrance fee included) and hear something about the longest siege in the modern times. Later, we are going to enjoy pure and untouched nature - the Spring of Bosna river (entrance fee included). After moring visit of these two spots, you are ready for 1.5h walking tour in Sarajevo, a city that in the best way describes expression - ''there the West meets East''. So-called little Jerusalem and Damask of the Nord, this multicultural city with indomitable spirit will make you feel truly special.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: optional: 3/4* hotel in Sarajevo (centrally located)

Day 5: Mostar & Blagaj

Pass By: Mostar, Mostar, Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Day 5 starts with breakfast and checking out from hotel in Sarajevo after we are going to Blagaj Tekke (entrance fee included) to meet the spirit of the history and Ottoman period. Later, we are going to Mostar where 1h waiting tour is waiting for you, as well traditional bosnian 3-course lunch. Free evening in Mostar.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: optional: 3/4* hotel in Mostar (centrally located)

Day 6: Međugorje & Kravice Falls

Pass By: Kravice Falls, Neretva valley, Studenci 88300 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Day 6. Breakfast & checking out from the hotel in Mostar. Driving to Medugorje, on of the best known sancturies in the region. After visiting Medugorje, we will go to beautifull Kravice Falls (entrance fee included) and enjoying in nature. After Kravice Falls, we are going to the hotel on the coast.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: optional: 3/4* hotel on the Adriatic coast (centrally located)

Day 7: Ston & Dubrovnik

Pass By: Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Dalmatia
Day 7 starts with breakfast and enjoying European Wall of China - Wall of Ston (entrance fee included), as well local family farm where you will enjoy in olive gardens, olive oil and other products made from olives. The visit to local family farm includes traditional 3-course lunch from the croatian coast.

Later, we are going to Dubrovnik where you will during the 1.5h walking tour enjoy this Adriatic Pearl. Free evening in Dubrovnik.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: optional: 3/4* hotel in Dubrovnik

Day 8: Montenegro Tour - Kotor Bay & Budva

Pass By: Bay of Kotor, Kotor, Kotor Municipality Montenegro
Day 8 starts with breakfast and driving to the Bay of Kotor. First, we will take a short boat ride from Perast to the picturesque island Our Lady of the Rocks. After Perast and island, trip continues to the one of the most beautiful cities in Montenegro - Kotor where we will enjoy walking tour (45 minutes) and enjoy inside Old Town.

Later, there will be time for a lunch and enjoning in the tastes of Montenegrin food (3-course montenegrin menu). After the lunch, there is other hidden gem waiting for you - the city of Budva. In late evening hours, driving back to Dubrovnik.



Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
Accommodation included: optional: 3/4* hotel in Dubrovnik

Day 9: Departure day

Pass By: Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Dalmatia
Day 9 means our amazing tour comes to the end :( After breakfast and cheking out from the hotel, we will drive you to Dubrovnik Airport (or to the one of the Airports back to Zagreb - Split, Zadar or Zagreb).

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.