Cavtat tour takes you to the most beautiful town in Croatia. Built on the foundations of ancient Epidaurum Cavtat is appealing to the eye and the soul. While taking a stroll on its picturesque seaside promenade you will learn of the attractions and its many stories.
Cavtat tour is a half day tour and it lasts up to six hours of Dubrovnik excitement. The tour starts of by coming to Pile or alternatively Ploce for the tour of the the Old City where you will be introduced to the rich history and beautiful architecture of Dubrovnik Old City. The tour of the City will include a visit up to two museums of your choice.
Afterwards, the tour will bring you onwards to a panorama trip to a wonderful vista point offering an incredible picture postcard view of the City, Lokrum island, and open sea. From the vista point you will enjoy the view many others found irresistibly breath taking. We will then take you to Cavtat and introduce you to this appealing exceptionally beautiful town which is a well known tourist resort and a popular weekend holiday area. In Cavtat you will learn of its history, hear of its many anecdotes and legends dating back even to the Roman times.
You will also learn of the work of Vlaho Bukovac, a famous Dubrovnik painter from Cavtat and of Baltazar Bogisic, a lawyer, just another Cavtat celebrity. One of the Cavtat attractions is the Baltazar Bogisic's collection. Most prominent Cavtat attractions include the Mausoleum of the Racic family by the greatest Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic and the native house of Vlaho Bukovac.
While in Cavtat you will be able to take a walk around this simple town, its historical streets and alleys and enjoy the visit to its many shops and boutiques. Sunny seaside promenade is the place where you will be able to take a sit and rest, maybe for a cup of coffee, after a long and exhausting day and simply enjoy the view of many yachts and sailing vessels tied up by along the promenade.
Cavtat tour will overwhelm you and on the end of the day you will really have Cavtat in your heart.
Konavle Tour introduces you to simple beauty of country life in Konavle. You will have a chance to enjoy the countryside, experience the atmosphere of an old mill and even have a chance to taste the various delicacies that Konavle has to offer.
Konavle tour is a full day tour and lasts up to eight hours. The tour starts of on Pile for a guided tour of Dubrovnik Old City. The tour will include a visit of up to two museums.
After the guided tour of Dubrovnik, our Konavle tour will continue to its first stop on a wonderful vista point for an unforgettable panorama view of Dubrovnik. The second stop is the town of Cavtat and a guided tour of this amazing town where you will learn all about Cavtat and history of Konavle country life tradition.
We will visit an old mill set in a wonderful setting of flowing fresh water and the beautiful lush woods. There you will be able to enjoy excellent ham, smoked cheese kept in oil, young lamb and veal baked under the iron bell or the grilled trout from the river nearby. Among all the delicacies this elite restaurant Konavoski Dvori has to offer you will love the home-baked bread in the way of our grandmothers.
Alternative arrangement for a cheaper budget is the similar setting nearby and the excellent domestic food of a tourist farmhouse.
Arboretum Tour brings you to Trsteno, a town of many famous Dubrovnik sea-captains, where you will indulge in beauty of a five century old garden, its architecture and collection of exotic and decorative trees and shrubs.
This half day tour lasts up to six hours. The tour will start on Pile for a tour of Old City Dubrovnik and a visit of up to two museums. After the Old City tour we move onwards to a panorama trip to a wonderful vista point overlooking the City where you will be able to see the entire Dubrovnik panorama.
We continue the tour by taking you to another vista point on the Dubrovnik bridge from where you can see the whole port of Dubrovnik with big passenger ships berthed alongside, Lapad peninsula with its many orange roofs, and beyond the green Elaphite Islands.
We continue our trip by driving along the Adriatic coast overlooking the Elaphite Islands and we arrive to Trsteno. Trsteno is a beautiful medieval town located 29 km (20 miles) from Dubrovnik. Trsteno is best known for the wonderful botanical beauty of its Arboretum, a Gothic-Renaissance garden of family Gucetic-Gozze located around the summer residence from 1494. The first stop of the guided tour of Trsteno is visit to the main chapel of St. Jeronimo. Then we continue by making a tour of the Villa and and we make a short stop in the pavilion with a breath-taking view of the Elaphite islands. By continuing the tour you will enjoy the sight of the amazing architecture of Neptun's fountain and the old Trsteno Aqueduct.
The tour ends by a guided tour of the whole botanical garden.
Dubrovnik Riviera Tour shows you intriguing townships along the Dubrovnik Riviera. This Tour combines the elements from the Cavtat and Konavle tours and is flexible in content depending on the interests.
In this full day tour you can expect up to eight hours of exciting Dubrovnik Riviera experience. We will start our Riviera tour by a panorama trip for a wonderful view of Dubrovnik. We will continue by visiting Cavtat and introducing you to this beautiful town, its history and its many attractions.
After the guided tour of Cavtat we will take you on a ride through the countryside to the most southern part of Croatia, peninsula Prevlaka and the point Ostro. There you will enjoy a tour of the Park Prevlaka. We will take a motor train ride through the park to the southern tip and the biggest attraction of the peninsula, the old Austro-Hungarian fort from 1850 that has an unbeatable panorama view of the whole Kotor bay.
We recommend that you take your swimwear for this tour as you will be able to enjoy the wonderful Adriatic on one of many beaches in the park. Picnic in the park will include meat, fish and vegetarian dishes from the grill. Wine, grappa and figs offered are a domestic produce from the Konavle area. Even the bread is homemade in the fashion of our grandmothers.
If there is still time left after an overwhelming experience on Prevlaka our Dubrovnik Riviera tour will visit the towns of Srebreno and Mlini for an interesting seaside walk.
Elaphite Islands Tour takes you on a journey to the three islands in the Elaphite archipelago. These calmingly green islands are the natures finest. The islands are filled with medieval summer mansions, small churches and Roman ruins.
Elaphite Islands Tour can be also named a cruise as you take a boat ride which takes you to the three largest islands in the Elaphite archipelago: Kolocep, Sipan and Lopud. This is a full day tour and lasts for eight hours.
These islands are the natures finest and ruins of former patrician summer residences are scattered along the wooded slopes of these islands.
We make a short stop on the island of Kolocep before we continue our trip to Lopud where we will visit the Franciscan monastery and the church of St. Mary from the 15th-century. After short sightseeing tour of Lopud, we will continue our trip to Sudjuradj port on the island of Sipan where we will also make a short sightseeing round and have ourselves a lunch. The lunch will include grilled fish and Dalmatian wine while a local group entertains you with typical Dalmatian music.
After lunch we will return to Lopud for swimming and leisure time. Lopud will offer you plenty of time for swimming and relaxing on its lovely sandy beaches, especially impressive is the famous Sunj beach. After leisure time we will return home.
Korcula Tour is a trip to the outskirts of the region, to the island of Korcula where you will learn all about Town of Korcula and the history and culture of this magnificent island, home of the quality olive oil and the birthplace of Marco Polo.
Korcula Island Tour is a full day tour (up to 8 hours). Driving alongside the Adriatic coast, always with a view of the Elaphite Islands we first come to "little Dubrovnik", a nickname of Ston. Town of Ston is best known for its mighty defensive walls, much like the Great Wall of China. We will make a sightseeing tour of the town where you will learn of Ston, its history and the old salt works, still producing salt in the traditional way, the way of our forefathers.
Our journey continues through the beautiful landscape of peninsula Peljesac, the region of vineyards, quality wine and real tasty sea-shells. We will make a small stop for a taste of fresh Oysters and a glass of famous Peljesac wine.
After that we continue our voyage to Orebic, where we catch a ferry for Korcula. Guided tour of Town of Korcula will explain you the history, architecture, and culture of this medieval town and island. Among many attractions in Korcula some of the most prominent are the cathedral of St. Mark and Museum of Icons.
On the return voyage we will stop again on Peljesac for another opportunity to taste superb Peljesac wine.
Peljesac Tour guides you through the scenery of peninsula Peljesac, its vineyards and towns. You will experience medieval Ston, famous for its unique defensive walls and have a chance to enjoy a treat to quality wine from Peljesac wine cellars.
Peljesac Tour is a half day tour (up to 6 hours). Drive along the Adriatic coast road takes us to medieval town of Ston built on the ideal of Dubrovnik. Guided tour of Ston will reveal to you all the beauty of this ancient town. The things that will amaze you the most about Ston are its defensive walls 5 kilometres long (about 3 miles) in the shape of a pentagon. Ston wall is the second longest wall in all of Europe, surpassed only by Hadrian's Wall between Scotland and England. The town was strategically positioned to guard its century's old salt pans which are still being worked today.
Our journey continues through the beautiful landscape of peninsula Peljesac. Peljesac is a region of vineyards, quality wine and real tasty sea-shells. We will make a small stop for a taste of fresh Oysters and a glass of famous Peljesac wine. Of course you will be welcome to stock-up on mussels and especially oysters for which they say are the nature's aphrodisiac.
Before returning to Dubrovnik we will make a visit to one of the Peljesac wine cellars for an opportunity of wine tasting authentic Peljesac wines.
Island Mljet is the featured destination of Mljet tour in which you will explore this endemic island. You will visit the National park Mljet and be amazed by its lush green forests, abundant clear blue lakes and soothingly fresh air.
Mljet Tour is a full day tour (up to 8 hours) that takes you on the Croatia's most magical island. Some say that Mljet is enchanted island of Ogigia that Homer described with regard to hero Ulysses and the nymph Calypso. Part of Mljet is a national park and feature's two endemic salt water lakes.
A boat ride from the lakes will lead you on a visit to the islet of Melita located amidst the Big lake and the Benedictine monastery of St. Mary dating from the 12th century. This tour will show you the best of Mljet and you will have plenty of time to be able to enjoy sunshine, easy walk under the shades of the pine and oak woods, and even a bathe in the clear blue lakes.
Swimwear and casual clothes are recommended for this tour.
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