Croatia: Dubrovnik, Karanac, Zagreb, Plitvice Lakes, Opatija | Montenegro: Kotor | Bosnia & Herzegovina: Mostar, Sarajevo | Slovenia: Ljubljana, Lake Bled
Includes airfare
During your trip, you will have the opportunity to join optional tours to further your discoveries—all of which are noted below. Most of these tours can only be reserved onsite with your Trip Experience Leader, however due to limited space and other special requirements, some optional tours must be reserved before your departure from the U.S. If this trip has optional tours that need to be purchased in advance, they will be noted with a disclaimer below.
Day 14 | $140 per person
Day 14 | $140 per person
Our full-day Hill Towns of Istria tour journeys along a scenic stretch of road through vineyards and fields to visit hilltop villages and towns, some of which were originally occupied by Illyrian tribes when they first settled here almost 3,000 years ago. We’ll visit Motovun, one of the region’s 136 medieval towns, and head to the town’s hilltop, where we can enjoy scenic views of the Mirna Valley and surrounding countryside. The area around Motovun is especially rich in truffles, and during the fall and winter there are said to be some 12,000 dogs wandering the Istrian forests sniffing around for this expensive delicacy—one of which was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest truffle ever found.
We then travel to the medieval town of Hum, where we’ll enjoy lunch at a local restaurant (included in the cost of the optional tour). We’ll also see the sights of the town, on a guided tour with our Trip Experience Leader, such as St. Jerome’s Chapel, whose interior contains a series of original medieval frescoes that date back as far as the twelfth century.