9-Day Croatia Highlights Tour from Zagreb to Dubrovnik via Plitvice

• After you arrive in Zagreb, connect with your tour representative and transfer to the hotel with a private vehicle. 
• Spend a free day for rest and leisure. 
• Explore the city on your own, try some local food and drinks, meet your hosts, spend time on the beach, go shopping or pursue your own interests.

• Have breakfast and proceed for a sustainable tour of Zagreb, including the city's most important cultural and historical monuments. 
• Tour across the Jelačić square, the Cathedral, St. Mark square, old town (accessible with the shortest funicular in the World) and more tourist sites.
  A special addition to this tour will be a witch walk. Take a walk with our costumed guide/historian and learn about the history of witchcraft and superstition in old Zagreb.
• Experience the hidden history of the city. Many surprises and small gift awaits you.

• After breakfast, visit the UNESCO-listed Plitvice Lakes National Park. Travel by an air-conditioned (mini)bus, pickup in Zagreb hotel, and drop off in a Split hotel. 
• On the way to/from NP Plitvice Lakes, make some stops to take advantage of excellent viewpoints. 
• Upon arrival to NP Plitvice Lakes, visit the best of the park's area with its 16 lakes connected by waterfalls and cascades (boat ride and tram included). 
• After the tour, your tour guide will be glad to give you recommendations regarding restaurants and traditional dishes you might want to taste.

All included except meal.

• Eat breakfast and continue an exciting journey through the ancient history of one of the most significant original structures of late ancient architecture, a Roman imperial palace that was enlisted in UNESCO's World Heritage and that is today a 'living museum'.
• Visit the Peristil square and Vestibul, sacred Roman temples and the Cathedral of St Dujam (the oldest cathedral building in the world), the famous Golden Gate, Romanesque churches, Renaissance, Gothic and Baroque palaces.
• Capture memorable pictures and soak up the atmosphere of this lively, excitable city. Listen to your guide giving you many helpful tips about local life, suggestions regarding restaurants and shops to make this trip a memorable one.
• Spend the evening enjoying yourself in a beautiful city and beautiful beaches. A game named "Picigin "is very popular, and beach Bačvice is the most famous world site for that game – players can be found even on the coldest winter days.

• Have breakfast and enjoy a free day for rest and leisure. 
• Explore the city on your own, try some local food and drinks, meet your hosts, spend time on the beach, go shopping or pursue your own interests.

*Suggestion: The Blue Cave and islands excursion

• After breakfast, transfer from Split to Dubrovnik.
• Take a halt to sightsee the Fortress Klis (worldly known as the town of Meeren from Game of Thrones) and the Walls of Ston (built in the 15th century, the Walls of Ston were once 7 kilometres long, featuring three fortresses and over 40 towers. Ston's walls are the longest fortress system in Europe and only second in the world after China. With a modern infrastructure, profitable land, and a well-fortified system, Ston was a hidden gem).

Entrances not included, around 7€ each

• After breakfast, get ready to get an overview of the entire history of Dubrovnik, from the 7th century onwards, and all of its administrations. 
• Transfer from your hotel to tour through the walls, over the entire Old City of Dubrovnik to see all of the historical sites as well as some areas significant to the locals. 
• Afterwards, return to the hotel on your own and spend the rest of the evening free.

• Have breakfast and spend some free time. 
• Explore the city, meet your hosts, try some local food and drinks, go shopping, go to the beach, take a rest or pursue your own interests. 
• Visit the capital city of Seven Kingdoms (Game of Thrones) as it has so much to offer.

*Options/suggestions: Pelješac wine tasting or islands exploration

• Eat breakfast and transfer to Dubrovnik airport for your return flight.