Cultural Croatia holiday
While this price reflects the suggested itinerary, this private trip is 100% tailor-made, & a specialist can help you select the options best suited to your tastes and budget.
Description of Cultural Croatia holiday
Exploring a rich mix of cultural experiences, this cultural Croatia holiday combines history and heritage with traditional foods, crafts and beliefs in a wide-ranging tour that also briefly takes in the nearby countries of Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Begin with a guided walk through Dubrovnik's walled city; you’ll get to delve further into Croatian culture with time in the traditional Konavle Valley, where lace making and water mills showcase a history dating several thousand years.
From Split, make a trip to see Mostar’s historic bridge and its unique blend of Ottoman and Slavic tradition. Take in the sights of Sinj and learn about the Alka Festival, which has earned its status as a site of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Continuing north you'll take in the Venetian influenced Sibenik, as well as Krka and Plitvice Lakes National Parks, including stops at the less-visited monastery on Visovac Island and the village of Rastoke.
The last stop on the trip will be Croatia's capital city of Zagreb. Exploring the cultural hub of the Balkans you'll see an interesting blend of Italian, German, Austrian and Hungarian influence. A day trip to Ljubljana will give you a glimpse of life in Slovenia, including the iconic island church on Lake Bled.
Your private tours throughout will be led by local guides who will bring to life the history and cultural importance of each place but also provide a unique local touch, pointing out cafes, restaurants and places of interest you won't find in any guidebook or website.
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While this price reflects the suggested itinerary, this private trip is 100% tailor-made, & a specialist can help you select the options best suited to your tastes and budget.
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Planet
Our Croatia trip is designed to be enjoyed by foot wherever possible, both to reduce the environmental impact but also as a way to take advantage of the historic setup of the medieval cities, where cobblestone streets and stone plazas have cleared of vehicles and restored to their full grandeur. Leisure time can be spent exploring further by bicycle, kayak or using public transportation with the locals, including water taxis and ferries.In addition to limiting our physical imprint from travel, we also look to work with our local supplier to find the most suitable experiences which take sustainable tourism practices into account. We are constantly working to find ways to limit disposable goods used during our trips, be it refillable water bottles, avoiding single serving utensils and plastic bags of any kind. We also promote working with organic food producers who avoid chemicals when possible and prefer hand farmed products to machine run operations. By promoting and encouraging these businesses we hope to reward them for their conscientious environmental choices.
People
We are always keeping in mind the importance of supporting the local communities for all the destinations we offer. In a general sense, we focus on finding locally owned, environmentally, socially responsible suppliers and hotels wherever possible.For Croatia we’ve included a stop at a local family’s farm in the Konavle Valley for a traditional peka meal. In addition to seeing their non-industrial farm setup, you’ll be indulging in a meal that also protects the unique heritage found in this part of Europe.
Outside Split, you’ll witness another source of cultural pride with a cooking demonstration of soparnik, a flat bread dish that predates the pizza. There are very specific processes and ingredients which must be used for the dish to qualify as a soparnik, and our local guide is one of few who still prepares the meal in this traditional way.
Your stop at the Vizzulin winery will again take you into a family run business, where love of the land and exceptional quality takes priority over volume and yield. Meeting the family and tasting their wines and foods you’ll understand their desire to keep things on a local scale.
Throughout the trip we’ll also provide recommendations for restaurants, shops and activities where we know your business is providing sustainable income for the communities you’re visiting.
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