Dubrovnik & Jewels of the Dalmatian Coast
14 days from £1,369pp.
Visit: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Visit: Korcula, Croatia
Visit: Split, Croatia
Visit: Trogir, Croatia
Visit: Zadar, Croatia
Visit: Krka National Park, Croatia
About the Tour
Croatia’s stunning Dalmatian coast and the crystal clear blue waters of the Adriatic, provide the perfect backdrop to this picture perfect Leger Holidays tour. Enjoy the best of Dubrovnik with its ancient walls still intact, and travel to the delightful Plitvice Lakes, the most beautiful and best known of Croatia’s national parks. Take in the splendours of Split, Sibenik and Krka National Park and with opportunities to also visit neighbouring Montenegro, this holiday to the Dalmatian coast is one to be remembered. This holiday is part of our GRAND EXPLORER range.
Tour Includes
- 12 nights hotel with continental breakfast
- 10 evening meals
- Overnight ferry crossing in a two-berth, en suite inside cabin with continental breakfast and one evening meal
- Convenient local joining point
- Travel by Silver Service or upgrade to Luxuria
We offer flexible payment options
Once you have booked your tour either online, or by telephone ( 01709 787 463 ), you have the flexibility of how you pay off the remainder of your balance. You can:
- Use our balance payment facility online to make and track your card payments. You can pay as much as you want up until your final due date or pay it all, the choice is yours.
- Send payments via online banking.
- Send payments via cheque.
- Call us and make a card payment, either a small amount or as lump sum until your final due date.
Our contact and online banking payment details will be on your confirmation invoice to remind you of your choices.
Your Itinerary
Day 1
Local departure by coach or Door-to-Door service, then to northern France for an overnight stay.
Day 2
Continue to northern Italy for an overnight stay.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 3
To Ancona for the overnight ferry crossing to Split in Croatia.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 4
Mostar
Morning arrival in Split then head into Bosnia-Herzegovina to Mostar. During Turkish occupation, a bridge (Stari Most) was built across the river and this became a symbol of the city during the Croatia-Bosnia conflict in the early 1990s, when it was totally destroyed. Since then it has been painstakingly rebuilt. Our included, guided sightseeing tour takes in the Turkish House and Muslim Mosque. We head back into Croatia to Dubrovnik for a four-night stay.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 5
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik
Enjoy a day at leisure in the place described as the ‘Jewel in the Crown of the Adriatic’. With its ancient walls still intact, Dubrovnik has also been called ‘the most perfectly preserved medieval town in the world’. Take a walk along the stone ramparts of the city for the best views, then venture inside to experience its many treasures. Our included, guided city tour will show the main highlights, including the cathedral, Knezev Palace and Franciscan Monastery.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 6
Korcula
Korcula
Enjoy an optional excursion by coach and boat to Korcula, an island rich in fascinating, historical influences from the Greeks, Venetians and Turks. Later, enjoy winetasting on the nearby peninsula of Peljesac.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 7
Montenegro
Kotor
We offer a full-day, optional excursion to neighbouring Montenegro and the well-preserved city of Kotor. The entire city is criss-crossed with narrow streets and squares. Lord Byron described this part of the coast as ‘the most beautiful encounter between land and sea’. On our return to Dubrovnik we take the ferry from Lepatane to Kamenari.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 8
Split & Trogir
Split
We leave Dubrovnik and head north along the coast to Split, where we include a guided tour of the city, exploring the charming old town. We continue to Trogir which enjoys a lovely setting on a small island just off the mainland, which is connected by a bridge. Overnight in the Sibenik region.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 9
Sibenik Guided Tour, Krka National Park & Zadar
Sibenik
Leaving Sibenik, we take an included, guided tour of the old fortified town, before continuing to Krka National Park. Here, deep tree-covered canyons plunge into plateaus with impressive waterfall cascades. Next, we visit Zadar, built on a narrow peninsula extending into the Zadar Channel. A guided city tour is included. Overnight in the Zadar/Petrcane region.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 10
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Plitvice Lakes National Park
We leave Zadar/Petrcane and enjoy a full-day, included excursion to Plitvice, the most beautiful and best known of Croatia’s national parks. The sixteen small lakes within the park are interconnected by waterfalls, dense forests of beech, fir and spruce trees and it is home to many species of animal, including the brown bear. Continue to the Opatija area, known as the ‘Croatian Nice’, for a two-night stay.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 11
Day at Leisure
Opatija
Enjoy a free day to relax in Opatija. Perhaps take a walk along the seaside Lungomare and visit the beautiful botanical garden.
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 12
Travel through Slovenia and into Austria for an overnight stay
- Included meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 13
Continue to Belgium for an overnight stay.
- Included meals: Breakfast
Day 14
Return home.
- Included meals: Breakfast
Your Excursions
Included Excursions & Visits
- Mostar
- Dubrovnik
- Split & Trogir
- Sibenik Guided Tour, Krka National Park & Zadar
- Plitvice Lakes National Park
Optional Excursions & Visits
- Korcula
- Montenegro
Notes
Please note: there is a large amount of walking involved, as well as a large amount of steps to negotiate in the National Parks of Krka and Plitvice.
Travel Insurance from £38.00 (14 days). Single Room Supplement from £289.00 (14 days).
Frequently asked questions about our tours
Accommodation
You will stay for four nights in Dubrovnik at a minimum 3-star hotel such as the Valamar Club or Tirena on the Babin Kuk peninsula. You will then stay for one night at the 3-star Hotel Solaris Resort or similar in Sibenik, followed by one night at the 4-star Hotel Pinja, Petrcane or similar in the Zadar region and two nights at the 4-star Hotel Milenij Grand or similar in the Opatija area.
On overnight sailings, accommodation will be in two-berth, en suite cabins.
Overnight stays in northern France, northern Italy and Belgium will be in city-style hotels. Your hotel in Austria will be a minimum 3-star hotel.
Sonnschein
A warm welcome awaits you at the family-run Hotel Sonnschein. Situated in its own gardens and parkland, the hotel is located on the edge of the quiet village of Niederau in the Wildschonau Valley. Gill Thaler provides a typically Tyrolean welcome – even though your hostess is actually originally from Birmingham! All bedrooms are beautifully furnished with en-suite facilities, television and hairdryer. The spacious restaurant, bar and sun terrace provide the ideal meeting place to relax. Leisure facilities include both indoor and outdoor swimming pools (subject to season), table tennis, mini-golf (small charge), sauna, steam bath and whirlpool.
- Swimming Pool
- English Speaking Staff
- Bureau de Change
- Guest Lounge
- Bar
- Restaurant
- Lift
- WiFi Available
- TV
- Hairdryer
- Bath and/or Shower
- Telephone
Frequently asked questions about accommodation
If you prefer, then you can join the tour at the hotel. To do this, we will require a copy of your passport for identification purposes and you must advise us at the time of booking.
No reduction will be given if you should choose to do this.
We are unable to guarantee that the hotel will be able to meet your dietary requirements. We find that the majority of European countries do not generally cater for vegetarians and that the meal supplied may well be what everyone else is having minus the meat.
We will of course endeavour to arrange for a vegetarian meal at the hotel. We do however suggest that you advise us of your dietary requests at the time of booking and recommend that you speak to the receptionist on arrival with regard to your request.
Travel Information
- Travel Options
- Extra Services
Silver Service coach
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Luxuria coach
Find out moreSilver Service
On most of our holidays you can upgrade to Silver Service, luxury coach travel, for comfort and style across Europe.
Relax and have a chat in the spacious rear lounge.
Servery on board offering a range of refreshments.
Enjoy the perfect temperature onboard with climate control.
Luxuria
Setting the standard in Luxury travel across Europe, our new and innovative Luxuria coach
Luxuria Coach Features
Deluxe armchair-style seats with leather exterior, central arm rests with cup holders and retractable calf rests give you a more comfortable journey.
Every seat has its own, fully interactive, touch screen T.V. offering a wide choice of entertainment so you can control what you want to watch and when.
4 seats face-to-face with tables. And with a total of 5 single seats available, these are ideal for passengers travelling independently.
Plug sockets and USB points at each seat mean you can keep your devices fully charged throughout your journey.
Stay overnight near Dover
Find out moreWhy not go the night before your holiday for a relaxing start? You can park for FREE for up to nine days at the Holiday Inn Ashford North and enjoy an overnight stay with English breakfast from just £38 per person. This offer is subject to availability and based on two sharing a twin/double room on a B&B basis. We’ll then collect you from the hotel on the day of departure and return you there at the end of your holiday.
To book this package, please call the hotel on 01233 713333, quoting ‘Leger Holidays’ and your booking reference. If your holiday is longer than nine days you can pay for additional days’ parking. Ask one of our friendly reservations team for more details when you book your holiday.
Single supplements and terms and conditions apply.
Our Door-to-Door service
Find out moreOn Single Traveller holidays and coach holidays of 7 days’ duration or more, you don’t even have to think about getting to your local joining point. If you live within 20 miles of one of our free joining points we’ll pick you up from your home and take you to meet your transfer vehicle, then return you back home at the end of your holiday. The cost is from £35 per booking each way for up to four people per booking.
If you live a little further afield, you can also take advantage of this convenient option for an additional charge – please enquire at the time of booking.
Join coach at Interchange
Find out moreOn most holidays if you’d prefer to join your tour coach at Stop 24 services, you can park your car in the car park which is accredited by the Park Mark safer parking scheme and is monitored 24 hours a day by CCTV. Payment for the parking is made on arrival using the self-service machines.
Excludes holidays to Ireland and the U.K. and tours travelling via Brittany Ferries.
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*Please note pickups are subject to availability.
Frequently asked questions about travel options
Front row seats can be reserved for £14pp (up to 6 days' duration), £22pp (7 & 8 days' duration) and £25pp (9 days' duration and over) on all European tours. This offer is only available for bookings of two or four persons on the front row and is subject to availability. In addition to this, seats on the second row can be reserved for £7pp (up to 6 days duration), £14pp (7 & 8 days duration) and £17pp (9 days duration and over). Guaranteed front/second row seats cannot be reserved on transfer journeys to/from the interchange. Children under 15 years cannot occupy a front row seat due to French Law. Central view seats are free.
Please note: On some coaches the legroom on front seats may be slightly less than that available on other seats due to the presence of a modesty board in front.
If your tour is cancelled for any reason and front/second row seats are not available on your new tour, you will be refunded the supplement. No other compensation will be payable.
Alternatively, we can take seating requests on your booking. However, requests are not guaranteed. All seat numbers are confirmed on travel documents approximately 7-10 days prior to departure.
Transfer coaches are routed approximately 2-3 weeks before departure. The route taken depends on where paassengers are booked to travel from on any particular date as to which route is taken. If you require further detailed information regarding the route to the port you can contact our Customer Service Department on 01709 830333 two weeks before you are due to travel.
With regard to the route taken by the main tour coach, this is determined by the driver.
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Call our reservations team on:
01709 787 463
To book this tour, just give our friendly team a call on 01709 787 463 or book online at www.leger.co.uk