The trip, in order
Follow the route day by day. Times and prices can change, so check official information before you travel.
Zagreb Centre
Zagreb
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Ban Jelačić Square
Zagreb’s central meeting point, linking the Lower Town, market streets and the historic uphill routes. The square developed into the modern civic centre during the nineteenth century and is named after Ban Josip Jelačić.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
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- 2
Dolac Market
A lively produce market above the main square, known for red parasols, local ingredients and everyday city life. Dolac opened in 1930 as Zagreb’s principal organised market, bringing traders from surrounding regions into the city centre.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
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- 3
St Mark’s Church and Square
A compact Upper Town square centred on the church’s colourful tiled roof and surrounded by important civic buildings. The church has medieval origins, while its heraldic tiled roof and much of the surrounding civic character took shape in the nineteenth century.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
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- 4
Museum of Broken Relationships
An original museum built around personal objects and anonymous stories about relationships, separation and memory. The project began as a travelling exhibition created by Zagreb artists before finding a permanent home in the Upper Town.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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Plitvice Lakes
Plitvička Jezera
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Plitvice Lakes National Park
Croatia’s celebrated system of forested lakes and waterfalls, connected by regulated boardwalk and boat routes. The lakes form through ongoing tufa deposition; the area became Croatia’s first national park and entered the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.
- Duration
- 360 minutes suggested
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Zadar Old Town
Zadar
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Church of St Donatus
A monumental circular pre-Romanesque church that has become the architectural symbol of Zadar. Built around the ninth century, the church reused Roman stone from the neighbouring forum and later served varied civic uses.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
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- 2
Zadar Roman Forum
Open remains of the ancient civic centre spread beside St Donatus and the cathedral in the heart of the old peninsula. Roman Iader developed an orthogonal street plan and forum from the early imperial period.
- Duration
- 45 minutes suggested
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- 3
Zadar Sea Organ
A waterfront installation that turns wave movement into resonant sounds through pipes beneath the marble steps. Architect Nikola Bašić created the Sea Organ during the reconstruction of Zadar’s western waterfront in the early 2000s.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
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- 4
Greeting to the Sun
A circular solar-powered light installation beside the Sea Organ, most effective after dark. The installation was designed as a companion to the Sea Organ, linking solar energy, public space and the rhythm of the waterfront.
- Duration
- 45 minutes suggested
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Šibenik
Šibenik
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Šibenik Cathedral of St James
A UNESCO-listed cathedral built entirely in stone, celebrated for its sculpted human heads and innovative dome construction. The cathedral was created across the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by masters including Juraj Dalmatinac and Nikola Firentinac.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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- 2
Šibenik Old Town
A steep network of stone lanes, stairways, churches and small squares climbing from the waterfront. Šibenik developed as a Croatian-founded medieval city and later prospered under Venetian administration.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
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- 3
St Michael’s Fortress
A restored hilltop fortress above the old town, combining city history with an open-air performance venue. The fortress occupies Šibenik’s earliest defended hill and was repeatedly adapted as regional powers contested the Adriatic coast.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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Krka
Skradin
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Krka National Park – Skradinski Buk
A broad series of travertine cascades crossed by boardwalks and surrounded by historic mills and river vegetation. Krka’s waterfalls formed through continuing tufa deposition, while water power supported mills and early hydroelectric development.
- Duration
- 240 minutes suggested
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Split Palace
Split
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Diocletian’s Palace
A living Roman palace complex whose streets, houses, shops and churches form the historic core of Split. Emperor Diocletian built the palace around the turn of the fourth century; medieval residents later transformed it into a dense city quarter.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
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- 2
Cathedral of Saint Domnius and Bell Tower
A cathedral created inside Diocletian’s former mausoleum, with a landmark bell tower above the Peristyle. The ancient mausoleum was converted to Christian use in the early medieval period and dedicated to Split’s patron saint.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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- 3
Split Riva Promenade
Split’s palm-lined waterfront living room, set directly against the south façade of Diocletian’s Palace. The modern promenade took shape through nineteenth-century waterfront works, while the palace edge preserves Roman and later fabric.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
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Trogir and Klis
Trogir
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Trogir Historic Centre
A UNESCO-listed island old town containing an exceptional concentration of Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque buildings. Trogir’s street plan grew from ancient Tragurion, while centuries of Adriatic trade and Venetian rule shaped its preserved monuments.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
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- 2
Cathedral of St Lawrence and Radovan Portal
Trogir’s principal cathedral, famed for Master Radovan’s richly carved thirteenth-century portal. Construction began in the medieval period and continued for centuries, producing a layered Romanesque and Gothic monument.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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- 3
Klis Fortress
A long defensive fortress commanding the pass between Split and the Dalmatian hinterland. Klis served Croatian rulers, Ottoman forces and Venetian and Habsburg defenders because of its strategic position.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
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Makarska Riviera
Makarska
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Makarska Waterfront and Old Town
A lively harbour promenade backed by the steep wall of Biokovo and linked to a compact historic centre. Makarska developed as a maritime and trading town between mountain and sea, with Baroque rebuilding shaping its central squares.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
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- 2
Brela Punta Rata Beach
A pine-edged pebble beach known for clear water and the small offshore Brela Stone. Brela developed along a chain of coves beneath Biokovo, with the beach landscape becoming central to the Riviera’s identity.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
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Dubrovnik Old Town
Dubrovnik
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Stradun and Dubrovnik Old Town
The polished limestone main street and surrounding lanes of the UNESCO-listed former Republic of Ragusa. Dubrovnik rebuilt much of its centre after the 1667 earthquake while preserving a highly ordered civic and mercantile identity.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
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- 2
Rector’s Palace
The former seat of the Ragusan rector, now a cultural-history museum with elegant courtyards and state rooms. The palace was repeatedly rebuilt after explosions and earthquakes, combining Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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- 3
Franciscan Monastery and Old Pharmacy
A monastery complex with a Romanesque cloister and a pharmacy tradition dating to the medieval Republic. The Franciscan community established a pharmacy in the fourteenth century; the complex survived and was rebuilt after earthquakes and war.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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Walls and Srđ
Dubrovnik
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Dubrovnik City Walls
A complete circuit of monumental walls offering close views of Dubrovnik’s roofs, forts and the Adriatic. The walls were developed and strengthened over centuries by the Republic of Ragusa as the core of its defensive system.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
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- 2
Mount Srđ Cable Car and Imperial Fort
A high viewpoint above Dubrovnik reached by cable car or road, with an exhibition on the city’s 1991 defence in the Imperial Fort. The French built the fort in the Napoleonic period; the position later became crucial during the siege of Dubrovnik.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
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