PREMIUM 12D9N ADVENTURE TO BALKANS TOUR CODE: EEBALW Gain a deeper understanding of the tumultuous pasts of Croatia, Slovenia, and , and admire their wealth of ancient treasures which serve as a testament to their history under oppressive rule.

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SPLIT, CROATIA HIGHLIGHTS Flight path HUNGARY CROATIA Traverse by coach Featured destinations ZAGREB PLITVICE LAKES SLOVENIA • King Tomislav NATIONAL PARK Overnight stays 1 2 Square • Electric Boat Ride Bled Ljubljana

• Stone Gate • Great Waterfall Postojna • St. Mark’s Square 2 • Church of St. Mark 1 Zagreb BOSNIA AND Venice SERBIA • Strossmayer HERZEGOVINA ITALY 1 Promenade • Zagreb Cathedral • Emperor’s Mosque Plitvice Lakes • Ban Jelačić Square • Sarajevo War Tunnel National Park 1 • Dolac Market • Eternal Flame Sarajevo 1 Zadar 1 Split MOSTAR Mostar DUBROVNIK • Old Bridge CROATIA Neum 2 • Pile Gate • Old Bazaar • Stadrun Street Dubrovnik • Onofrio Fountain SLOVENIA BOSNIA AND • Sponza Palace LAKE BLED HERZEGOVINA • Bell Tower • Orlando’s Column • Bled Castle

• Church of St Blaise POSTOJNA CAVE • Electric Train Ride SPLIT • Dioclean's Palace LJUBLJANA DAY 1 city spanning a deep valley of the Neretva • Perisl Square • Old Town HOME ZAGREB River. Follow a tour guide and amble along • Trogir • Central Market Meals on Board the magnificent Old Bridge for an • Town Hall extraordinary panorama over the river. Bask Assemble at the airport for your flight to ZADAR • Robba’s Fountain in the lively atmosphere of the Old Bazaar. Zagreb – the capital of Bosnia and • Western Quay • Triple Bridge Continue to Dubrovnik, which is renowned Herzegovina. • Sea Organ • Dragon Bridge for its picturesque setting on the stunning • Monument to the Sun Adriatic coast. DAY 2 • St. Donatus Church ITALY • Roman Forum ZAGREB • St. Anastasia’s VENICE Meals on Board/Dinner-Roasted Duck DAY 5 Cathedral • Noventa Upon arrival, start of with a guided walking DUBROVNIK • St. Mary’s Church Breakfast McArthurGlen tour of the Upper and Lower Town – catch • Lion’s Gate Enjoy a free day of leisure for some Designer Outlet a glimpse of top attractions like the King shopping or sightseeing at your pleasure Tomislav Square, Stone Gate, St. Mark’s the in Dubrovnik. You may wish to embark on DELICACIES Square and the Church of St.Mark, the an excursion to the Montenegro Blue half Strossmayer Promenade, Zagreb Cathedral, day tour - Surrounded by high mountains Ban Jelačić Square and Dolac Market. Enjoy reflected in the blue waters, a ford-shaped Meal Plan the rest of the day free at leisure to do some Bay of Kotor is one of the most spectacular 8 Breakfasts, 8 Lunches, 7 Dinners souvenir shopping or simply bask in the landscapes on the Mediterranean. Drive lively street atmosphere of the city. along the bay past Risan and picturesque Specialiࢼes Perast to reach the UNESCO World • Roasted Lamb under the Bell DAY 3 Heritage Site. • Tradional Bosnian Beef Sahan ZAGREB SARAJEVO • Croaan Black & White Risoo Breakfast/Lunch- Beef Sahan/Dinner DAY 6 • Roasted Pork Under the Bell Journey to Bosnia, Herzegovina and head DUBROVNIK SPLIT • Roasted Duck for its capital-Sarajevo. Enjoy a walking tour Breakfast/Lunch/Chinese Dinner • Roasted Pork Ribs & Bled Cream Cake of the city’s old town, past Emperor’s Starting from Pile gate, walk along the at Bled Castle Mosque ‘largest mosque in the Balkans’, elegant Stadrun Street and soak up the highlights. Pass Onofrio Fountain see the the Eternal Flame and the Sarajevo Roses Franciscan monastery with its that are dotted across the city. 4-5★ HOTELS Romanesque-Gothic architecture. Continue walking down the limestone-clad Stradun, ZAGREB Sheraton DAY 4 one of the widest and straightest streets in Old Town, until you reach the SARAJEVO Hills SARAJEVO MOSTAR DUBROVNIK Renaissance-era Sponza Palace, which is DUBROVNIK Ariston today the home of the state archives. Other Breakfast/Lunch- Roasted Lamb Under The Bell/ SPLIT Le Meridien Lav highlights you’ll hit along the way include Dinner the city’s Bell tower, Orlando’s Column, the ZADAR Kolovare Visit the , which is also LJUBLJANA Radisson Plaza Church of St. Blaise, dedicated to the patron known as Tunnel of Hope. It was an saint of Dubrovnik. Spend the rest of the day VENICE Anthony Palace underground tunnel constructed during at your leisure in the town or you may the in the midst of the consider joining an excursion to climb up *Note: Hotels are subject to final confirmaon. Bosnian War. Travel to Mostar, a picturesque Should there be any changes, customers will be the city walls. Spend the night at Split. offered similar accommodaons as stated in this list.

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DAY 7 species. Savour the riveting beauty of nature continue on foot across the Russian Bridge SPLIT TROGIR ZADAR from a diferent perspective on the waters into the caves comprising of the Spaghetti Breakfast/Lunch – Black and White Risotto/Dinner as you join an Electric Boat Ride. Then we Hall, the White Hall and the Red Hall. Press head to the capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana. Wander through the Croatian countryside to on further to view the renowned stalagmites **Remark: In the event of bad weather and the boat ride in the Brilliant Passage and get a look at the wind up in Split, a town on Croatia’s unable to operate, there will be no replacement ride.** Dalmatian Coast that was founded by the Vivarium Proteus, otherwise known as the human fish. After lunch, make a pit stop at Emperor Diocletian in AD 305 to construct DAY 9 his retirement palace. Have a ball of a time the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet for some touring this seaside city with a guide, who will LJUBLJANA BLED LJUBLJANA last minute shopping before proceeding to Breakfast /Lunch-Roast Pork Ribs & Venice for the night. bring you to enter the massive Diocletian’s Cream Cake/Chinese Dinner Palace and explore all its nooks and crannies, Today, you will take a scenic drive through including the remains of the original palace, DAY 11 the Slovenian countryside to Lake Bled. and the Peristil Square. Continue to Trogir - a VENICE HOME This Alpine lake with the only island in historic town and harbour on the Adriatic Breakfast/Meal On Board Slovenia that is noted to be a coast in Split -Dalmatia County. Then Enjoy the rest of the day at leisure till it is world-renowned paradise for centuries. continue on to Zadar, a city built in the centre time to transfer to the airport for your flight Visit Bled Castle and enjoy the lunch with of the Croatian Adriatic with three thousand home. We recommend a half day Venice the most beautiful view from the castle Tour to visit some of the famous and years of tumultuous history. Embark on a towering over the lake. Try the famous important buildings in this fabulous city. guided promenade about the city and visit bled cream cake before heading back to the Western Quay for an up-close look at the Ljubljana. You may wish to join an excursion Sea Organ and the Monument to the Sun, DAY 12 to visit Bohinj, the largest glacial lake in follow by St. Donatus Church, the Roman Slovenia. Transfer back to Ljubljana and HOME SWEET HOME Forum, St. Anastasia’s Cathedral, St. Mary’s embark on a guided tour to the Old Town We hope you have had enjoyed your trip Church and the Lion’s Gate. with our company. We look forward in for some of the best-preserved medieval seeing you again for your next trip. houses, visit the open-air Central Market, DAY 8 the baroque Town Hall, the beautiful ZADAR PLITVICE LAKES Robba Fountain, the grandiose Triple Suggested Excursions: Bridge and Dragon Bridge. Addiࢼonal acࢼviࢼes that complement your holidays LJUBLJANA will be at your own discreࢼon and is enࢼrely opࢼonal. Breakfast/Lunch-Roasted Pork Under The Bell/ *minimum group size may apply Dinner DAY 10 • Montenegro- Kotor Half Day Tour : €70 Drive through the Croatian highlands. Savour • Dubrovnik City Walls & Hill Srdj Panorama Tour: €50 the riveting beauty of nature from a diferent LJUBLJANA POSTOJNA CAVE • Lake Bohinj & Vogel Cable Car: € 50 perspective and witness the splendid alpine VENICE • Lake Bled Pletna Boat ride: € 20 scenery as you arrive in one of Europe’s Breakfast/Lunch-Trout Fish • Venice Half Day Tour: €85 most impressive national parks – the Plitvice Journey to the town of Postojna, and Tipping Guideline: (based on 12D9N) Lakes National Park. Take pleasure in a embark on a unique cave tour of the • €84 per person guided tour of the beautiful landscapes renowned Postojna Cave – one of the NOTE: within the UNESCO National Heritage park, world’s largest karst monuments. Board the • The sequence of the inerary, flight schedules and hotels are adorned with sixteen lakes that are subject to change without prior noce in the event of unforeseen interconnected by a series of waterfalls and unique cave Electric Train for an exciting circumstances. adventure through dark passages to the • Acvies are subject to weather condions. deep woodland populated • During major events and fesvals, accommodaon may be re- 123RF/ELENA SOLODOVNIKOVA by deer, bears, wolves, boars and rare bird Great Mountain, where you disembark and located outside of the city or in another city without prior noce. PHOTO: PHOTO:

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