Vienna and the Dalmatian Coast — Nine Nights from Austria to Dubrovnik

You are transferred privately from Vienna airport to your hotel. Vienna is a city built for walking and its historic centre is dense enough that a first evening on foot covers a surprising amount. The rest of the day is free. · Vienna

A city tour of Vienna on a shared basis, including Schönbrunn Palace — the Habsburg summer residence on the edge of the city, with formal gardens running up the hill behind it. The rest of the day is free. · Vienna

You travel from Vienna to Zagreb by coach on a shared basis, crossing from Austria into Croatia. It is a long transfer day and the country changes character as you go south. The rest of the day is free once you have checked in. · Zagreb

A walking tour of Zagreb on a shared basis. The upper town with its cathedral and the squares of the lower town sit close enough together to cover on foot, and the markets are the part most visitors remember. The rest of the day is free. · Zagreb

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

Walking tours of Zadar and of Split, with the coach leg between the two on a shared basis. Zadar's old town sits on a small peninsula; Split's is built inside and around the walls of Diocletian's palace, a Roman imperial residence people never stopped living in. · Split

A boat day out of Split to three islands including the Blue Lagoon, where the water shallows over pale sand and turns the colour the name suggests. The tour runs on a shared basis, with an upgrade available locally. · Split

You are transferred on to Dubrovnik by coach on a shared basis, and a walking tour follows inside the walled old town — closed to traffic, compact enough to learn in a single circuit, and defined by the walls themselves. · 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 permits 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 the airport for your onward flight. Allow the check-in time your airline requires.