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- Explore!
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- Fully Guided
- An experienced guide will be with you for the entire tour
- Guided in English
- Group Size 7 - 18
- Age range 16 to 85
Places You’ll See
Highlights
- See many of the nations of Former Yugoslavia
- Visit seven cities and discover their varying history
- Ride one of the most stunning train rides in Europe
- Admire the scenery, waterfalls and lakes of Plitvice
Itinerary
- Introduction
- Day 1 Join trip in Ljubljana
- Day 2 Ljubljana walking tour, visit Lake Bled
- Day 3 Free morning in Ljubljana, afternoon train to Zagreb (Croatia). Walking tour of Zagreb on arrival.
- Day 4 Visit Plitvice National Park
- Day 5 Travel to Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Day 6 Walking tour of Sarajevo, chance to visit Tunnel Museum
- Day 7 Scenic rail trip to Mostar and walking tour of the city
- Day 8 Visit Old Town Dubrovnik (Croatia), travel to Tivat (Montenegro)
- Day 9 Visit Kotor en route to Bar, board the overnight sleeper train to Belgrade (Serbia)
- Day 10 Walking tour of Belgrade; free afternoon to explore
- Day 11 Optional train excursion to Novi Sad, traditional Serbian barbeque dinner
- Day 12 Local train to Nis; free afternoon to explore further.
- Day 13 Orientation tour of Skopje (North Macedonia) , included traditional Macedonian dinner
- Day 14 Journey to Ohrid with afternoon boat ride on the lake
- Day 15 Visit to Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery and Mavrovo National Park en route to Pristina (Kosovo). Included farwell dinner.
- Day 16 Trip ends in Pristina
What's Included
- Accommodation
- Guide
- Meals
- Additional Services
- Transport
- Optional Extras
What's Not Included
- Additional Services
Where You'll Stay
Hotel Park
HotelDays 1, 2Hotel Manda Heritage
HotelDays 3, 4Hotel Hecco
HotelDays 5, 6Hotel Vila Fortuna
Hotelday 7Hotel Kerber
Hotelday 8Hotel Prag
HotelDays 9, 10Hotel Centar
HotelDays 11, 12Hotel Sumski Feneri
Hotelday 13Aleksandrija Hotel
Hotelday 14Hotel Begolli
Hotelday 15
Operated by
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Number of tours
454
Age Range
16 to 85 years old
Response time
within 1 day
Response rate
96%
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Customer Reviews
- Overall RatingExcellent
- ItineraryExcellent
- GuideExcellent
- TransportExcellent
- AccommodationGood
- FoodGood
- ALouise· May 24th, 2023No major highlights but all very interesting, made all the more so by excellent , well chosen and knowledgable city guides and our own tour guideTrip date: May 2023Review collected by Explore!
- ASteve· June 6th, 2023Holiday Inn in Sarajevo though not the best hotel glad we stayed there due to the history. Like stepping back to 1984. This city was one of my highlights.Trip date: May 2023Review collected by Explore!
- ATess· June 6th, 2023Plitvic lakes was wonderful, very beautiful. Sarajevo and Mostar were lovely places with lovely people. Ljubljana a beautiful city with a friendly population.Trip date: May 2023Review collected by Explore!
- AAndy· June 20th, 2023Mostar was a highlight Enjoyed the variety of different train journeysTrip date: June 2023Review collected by Explore!
- ALouise· June 22nd, 2023Scenery - visiting countries with so much history.Trip date: June 2023Review collected by Explore!
- APhilip· July 2nd, 2023Old town Mostar Belgrade was amazing Plitviče lakes SarajevoTrip date: June 2023Review collected by Explore!
- ARobert· July 3rd, 2023The train journey from Podgorica to Prijepolje was amazing. Also Belgrade and Skopje.Trip date: June 2023Review collected by Explore!
- ASusan· August 28th, 2023A chance to see the lakes, national parks and places I would not have got to if I had been travelling independentlyTrip date: August 2023Review collected by Explore!
- ADeborah· August 30th, 2023I don't have a highlight of the tour. It was an interesting tour, the guides were very knowledgeable and passionate about their country. Interesting to see each guides take on the history of their country.Trip date: August 2023Review collected by Explore!
- AJon· August 31st, 2023The journey from Bitola to Ochrid and the lakes.Trip date: August 2023Review collected by Explore!
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