The trip, in order
Follow the route day by day. Times and prices can change, so check official information before you travel.
Euphrasian Poreč
Poreč
- 1
Euphrasian Basilica
A UNESCO-listed episcopal complex celebrated for its luminous sixth-century Byzantine mosaics. Bishop Euphrasius created the present basilica in the sixth century on the site of earlier Christian buildings.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
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- 2
Poreč Old Town and Decumanus Street
A compact peninsula town whose main street follows the Roman Decumanus through layers of Venetian and later architecture. Roman Parentium established the street grid still visible today, while medieval and Venetian buildings reshaped the urban fabric.
- Duration
- 120 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 Heritage
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
Cathedral of St Anastasia
Dalmatia’s largest cathedral, with a Romanesque façade and a bell tower overlooking Zadar’s peninsula. The cathedral developed over an early Christian site and was rebuilt and enlarged through medieval periods after warfare and destruction.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
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Šibenik Cathedral
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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Trogir Historic Centre
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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Diocletian’s Palace
Split
- 1
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
Palace Cellars
Vast vaulted substructures beneath the palace that preserve the footprint of the emperor’s residential apartments. The cellars survived because they supported the palace above and later accumulated material that protected ancient masonry.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
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Stari Grad Plain
Stari Grad
- 1
Stari Grad Old Town and Tvrdalj Castle
One of Croatia’s oldest towns, with stone lanes and the fortified Renaissance residence of poet Petar Hektorović. Greek settlers founded Pharos in 384 BCE; later layers include Hektorović’s sixteenth-century Tvrdalj and fishpond.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
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- 2
Stari Grad Plain
A UNESCO-listed agricultural landscape preserving the field divisions laid out by Greek colonists in the fourth century BCE. Ancient stone boundaries and paths remained in use through centuries of farming, creating an exceptional living cultural landscape.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
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Ston Transit and Walls
Ston
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Ston Walls
A long medieval defensive system climbing the ridge between Ston and Mali Ston above salt pans and oyster waters. The Republic of Ragusa built and expanded the walls to protect the Pelješac isthmus and its valuable saltworks.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
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- 2
Ston Saltworks
Historic salt pans still using a grid of shallow basins beside the fortified town. Salt production was a major source of Ragusan wealth and helped explain the scale of Ston’s medieval defences.
- Duration
- 90 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
Dubrovnik Cathedral and Treasury
A Baroque cathedral whose treasury preserves important reliquaries and works connected with Dubrovnik’s patron saint. The present church replaced an earlier cathedral damaged in the 1667 earthquake, on a site with deeper medieval origins.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
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Dubrovnik Fortifications
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
Fort Lovrijenac
A powerful detached fortress rising above the sea outside the western gate of Dubrovnik. Lovrijenac guarded the approaches to the city and became a symbol of Ragusan independence, later serving as a theatre venue.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
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