Cruising the Adriatic: Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina (2012)

Zagreb • Zadar • Sibenik • Split • Hvar • Dubrovnik • Bay of Kotor • Korcula • Mostar • Neum
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Learn how to customize your adventure, or view standard air routing and travel times. The choice is yours with our True Choice program.

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With our True Choice Program, you can choose to stay longer before or after your trip on your own, or combine two adventures to maximize your value. Here are more ways to create the OAT adventure that’s right for you:

  • Choose our standard air routing, or work with us to select the airline and routing you prefer
  • Make your own international flight arrangements directly with the airline, applying frequent flyer miles if available
  • Stay overnight in a connecting city before or after your trip
  • Request to arrive a few days early to get a fresh start on your adventure
  • Choose to “break away” before or after your trip, spending additional days or weeks on your own
  • Extend your adventure with our optional pre- and post-trip extensions
  • Combine your choice of OAT adventures to maximize your value
  • Upgrade to business or premium economy class

The air options listed above will involve an additional fee of $100 per person for confirmed requests (as well as incremental airfare costs based on your specific choice). This service fee will be waived for Inner Circle/Sir Edmund Hillary Club members.

Or, when you make your reservation, you can choose our standard air routing, for which approximate travel times are shown below.

GATEWAY

TRAVEL TIME*

Atlanta, Baltimore, Houston, Orlando, San Francisco

15hrs

Boston, Miami, Minneapolis

13hrs

Denver

16hrs

Newark

11hrs

Washington, DC (Dulles)

14hrs

Chicago, New York (JFK), Philadelphia

12hrs

Los Angeles, Tucson

17hrs

Seattle

21hrs

* Estimated total time, including connection and layover. Actual travel time may vary.

The information above reflects approximate flight times from the gateway cities listed to Zagreb, Croatia. Routing is based on availability and subject to change. You will receive your final air itinerary approximately 14 days prior to departure.

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Post-Trip: Zagreb, Croatia

4 nights from $495
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Extend your trip with four nights to discover Croatia’s charm-filled capital. Relax at some of the city’s many street cafés, stroll the public gardens, and enjoy a guided tour of the centuries-old Upper Town, where the medieval religious village of Kaptol merged with the secular fortress town Gradec to form Zagreb in the mid-19th century. You can also join an optional tour to Varazdin, a beautiful Baroque city often compared to Vienna.

Single Supplement: FREE.

Please note: Available as a post-trip on Zagreb to Neum departures and as a pre-trip on Neum to Zagreb departures. Ask your Adventure Specialist for details.

It's Included

  • Accommodations for 4 nights in Zagreb
  • 4 breakfasts
  • 1 small group activity
  • Exclusive services of an OAT Hospitality Desk Representative
  • All transfers


Optional Tour

Baroque City of Varazdin ($100 per person);

Day 1
Zagreb/City tour

This morning after breakfast, your Hospitality Desk Representative will give you a brief orientation tour of the area around your hotel, followed by a Zagreb city tour. You have the expert assistance of OAT’s Hospitality Desk available throughout your extension to help you plan independent touring, dining, and other activities. Like many medieval cities, Zagreb includes an Upper and Lower Town. Your included city tour starts in the Lower Town (Donji Grad), where you’ll see many of the city’s civic and historic monuments. Once you reach Upper Town, the tour will focus on Zagreb’s medieval landmarks, such as its stone gates and St. Mark’s Church. Your walk ends at the Square of Ban Jelacic (Trg Bana Jelacic), the city’s hub.

The square where your tour ends offers many cafes to choose from for lunch on your own. Your afternoon is then free to continue independent exploration from this central location.

Dinner is on your own this evening.
Day 2
Zagreb/Optional Baroque City of Varazdin tour

Today, explore Zagreb and its environs on your own. You might enjoy lunch on your own at any of several cafes in the square.

Or, join us for an optional excursion to the lovely Baroque city of Varazdin. For centuries, this was the home of several aristocratic families, who built magnificent palaces and churches that continue to grace the city today. Varazdin’s centerpiece is its castle, surrounded by a moat and entered via drawbridge, which is now a museum featuring antique furniture from different eras. Begun in the twelfth century, the castle was still used as a seat of local government until 1925, and is set in a park with striking landscaping. The cost of this optional tour includes lunch.

You are free to enjoy dinner on your own this evening.
Day 3
Zagreb

Today is yours to enjoy at leisure in Zagreb, perhaps to visit the Croatian Museum of Natural Sciences, which has a unique exhibit displaying the most extensive remains of a Neanderthal Man ever found on one site. Or delve into regional history at the Croatian Historical Museum and the Museum of Arts and Crafts.
Day 4
Zagreb/At leisure

Another free day in Zagreb presents myriad opportunities for individual exploration. Something different might be a stroll through Mirogoj cemetery. This unusually attractive locale is home to many historic figures throughout Croatian history. Individual graves marked with a hammer and sickle, crescents, crosses, and Jewish stars speak to the cosmopolitan nature of what is considered one of the most beautiful cemetery parks in all of Europe.
Day 5
Return to U.S.

After breakfast, you are transferred to the airport for your flight back home.