Croatia in a Week — Seven Nights from Zagreb to Dubrovnik

You are transferred privately from Zagreb airport to your hotel, and a walking tour of Zagreb follows. The upper town with its cathedral and the lower town's squares sit close enough together that walking is the only sensible way to cover them. · Zagreb

No touring is scheduled and the day is yours. Zagreb is a capital best enjoyed slowly, and its markets and cafés are the point of it. A day trip across to Slovenia can be arranged locally on a shared basis — it requires a multiple-entry Schengen visa. · Zagreb

You travel south, visiting Plitvice Lakes National Park on the way — a chain of sixteen terraced lakes linked by waterfalls, crossed on boardwalks laid just above the water — and then continue on to Zadar on the coast. · Zadar

A walking tour of Zadar, whose old town sits on a small peninsula and can be crossed in twenty minutes. You then travel down the coast to Split by coach on a shared basis. · Split

A three-island boat day out of Split including the Blue Lagoon, where the water shallows over pale sand. A walking tour of Split follows, covering the old town built inside and around the walls of Diocletian's palace — a Roman imperial residence people never stopped living in. · Split

You travel on to Dubrovnik by coach on a shared basis, and a walking tour follows inside the walled old town. It is closed to traffic and small enough to learn in one circuit. A sunset dinner cruise with Dalmatian food can be arranged locally at a supplement. · Dubrovnik

A day trip across the border into Bosnia and Herzegovina on a shared basis. You will need your passport, and a Schengen visa that allows you to re-enter Croatia afterwards — the most important practical point on this itinerary. · Dubrovnik

Breakfast at the hotel, then check out and a private transfer from your hotel to Dubrovnik airport for your onward flight. Allow the check-in time your airline requires.