3-Day Croatia Highlights Tour from Zagreb to Dubrovnik via Mostar

Start the tour with pickup at your accommodation in Zagreb and a pleasant drive south.

After exiting the highway, notice an open-air museum of army collections from the Croatian Homeland War. It is a rather small area, but it is attractive to have a look at, and children will absolutely love it.

Have a short break at Rastoke village in the city of Slunj. This historic watermill village of extraordinary natural beauty and tradition is built where the river Slunjčica flows into the Korana River, forming several waterfalls and lakes. Most of the traditional architecture you will see suffered destruction during the Homeland War. Locals have been encouraged to preserve and renovate the buildings because of their ambient and ethnological value.

After a half-hour drive from Slunj lies the oldest and most visited Croatian national park, stretching over 300 square kilometres: Plitvice Lakes National Park. With its outstanding beauty, the park was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its geological and ecological values in 1979.

You will have a walk to see the complex of 16 terraced lakes joined by waterfalls, a boat ride across the lake, and a scenic train ride.

Finish the day with check-in at your accommodation in Split. You will have a free evening for a walk or dinner.

In the morning, your Croatian tour guide will pick you up at your accommodation and take you to the Old Town to meet your private local guide for a walking tour of Split.

While roaming the labyrinth of streets in Split Old Town and enjoying its successive layers of historic architecture, you will see the historical complex of Split with Diocletian's Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, the Main Square, the Promenade, and much more. Your local guide will tell you a story of history, art, and local life.

After the walking tour, you will have some free time for lunch in one of the local restaurants serving fresh traditional food.

In the early afternoon, your guide will take you on a trip to Trogir, a medieval city situated on a tiny island 27 kilometres northwest of Split. Trogir is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a remarkable example of urban continuity, visible in its preserved orthogonal street plan dating back to the Hellenistic period, outstanding Romanesque churches, and beautiful Renaissance and Baroque buildings. Narrow cobbled streets with minimal modern intervention reveal beautiful noble palaces with architectural features from different historical periods, along with some of the best examples of sacred architecture in Croatia.

On the third day of your tour, leave Split behind and drive towards Bosnia & Herzegovina to Mostar. Mostar is a city in southern Bosnia and Herzegovina best known for the iconic Ottoman-style Old Bridge (Stari Most).

Here, witness a unique blend of diverse cultural, ethnic, and religious communities. Walking through the cobbled streets of Mostar, you will discover pre-Ottoman, eastern Ottoman, Mediterranean, and western European architectural features.

The best things to do in Mostar include visiting a colourful bazaar, drinking Turkish coffee in riverside cafes, and tasting the local speciality called ćevapi.

In the afternoon, reach Dubrovnik, a town famous for its untouched walled city, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.