The trip, in order
Follow the route day by day. Times and prices can change, so check official information before you travel.
Zagreb Centre
Zagreb
- 1
Ban Jelačić Square
Zagreb’s central meeting point, linking the Lower Town, market streets and the historic uphill routes. The square developed into the modern civic centre during the nineteenth century and is named after Ban Josip Jelačić.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
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- 2
Dolac Market
A lively produce market above the main square, known for red parasols, local ingredients and everyday city life. Dolac opened in 1930 as Zagreb’s principal organised market, bringing traders from surrounding regions into the city centre.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
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- 3
St Mark’s Church and Square
A compact Upper Town square centred on the church’s colourful tiled roof and surrounded by important civic buildings. The church has medieval origins, while its heraldic tiled roof and much of the surrounding civic character took shape in the nineteenth century.
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- 60 minutes suggested
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Zagreb Museums and Parks
Zagreb
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Museum of Broken Relationships
An original museum built around personal objects and anonymous stories about relationships, separation and memory. The project began as a travelling exhibition created by Zagreb artists before finding a permanent home in the Upper Town.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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- 2
Mirogoj Cemetery
A monumental cemetery known for its arcades, domes, sculpture and peaceful landscaped setting. Designed in the late nineteenth century by architect Hermann Bollé, Mirogoj became a shared resting place for people of different faiths and backgrounds.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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- 3
Medvednica Nature Park and Sljeme
The forested mountain immediately north of Zagreb, offering marked trails, viewpoints and a cooler escape from the city. Medvednica has long served as Zagreb’s recreational mountain; its forests, medieval remains and summit facilities are protected as a nature park.
- Duration
- 240 minutes suggested
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Varaždin
Varaždin
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Varaždin Old Town Castle
A white-walled Renaissance fortress surrounded by earthworks and parkland at the edge of Varaždin’s historic centre. The former medieval stronghold was remodelled into a Renaissance residence and now houses the city museum.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
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- 2
Varaždin Baroque Old Town
A compact historic centre of colourful palaces, churches, courtyards and pedestrian streets. Varaždin flourished as Croatia’s capital for a brief period in the eighteenth century, leaving a rich Baroque urban ensemble.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
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- 3
Varaždin Cemetery
An unusually landscaped cemetery shaped by clipped hedges, formal avenues and sculptural monuments. Herman Haller transformed the cemetery in the early twentieth century into a carefully designed garden of remembrance.
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- 75 minutes suggested
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Osijek
Osijek
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Osijek Tvrđa
Osijek’s preserved Baroque fortress quarter, arranged around Holy Trinity Square beside the Drava. The Habsburg military complex took shape in the eighteenth century after Ottoman rule and became the historic core of modern Osijek.
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- 150 minutes suggested
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- 2
Museum of Slavonia
A major regional museum with archaeological, historical and cultural collections inside the Tvrđa fortress quarter. Founded in the nineteenth century, the museum preserves evidence from prehistoric settlement through Roman Mursa and modern Slavonia.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
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- 3
Osijek Drava Promenade and Pedestrian Bridge
A long urban riverfront used for walking and cycling, with views across the Drava and easy links to the city centre. The promenade reflects Osijek’s close relationship with the Drava, while the pedestrian bridge became a modern city landmark.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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Baranja and Vukovar
Vukovar
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Kopački Rit Nature Park
One of Europe’s major Danube wetland systems, explored through boardwalks, observation points and regulated boat programmes. The floodplain between the Danube and Drava has long supported exceptional birdlife, fish and seasonal water landscapes.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
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- 2
Vukovar Water Tower
A war-damaged water tower preserved as a symbol of Vukovar, with exhibitions and a high viewing platform. Repeatedly struck during the 1991 siege, the tower was conserved with visible damage as a memorial and opened as a visitor site.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
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- 3
Vukovar Municipal Museum at Eltz Manor
A restored Baroque manor housing exhibitions on Vukovar, archaeology, art and life along the Danube. The Eltz family developed the estate in the eighteenth century; the building was badly damaged in 1991 and later restored.
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- 120 minutes suggested
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Karlovac and Rastoke
Karlovac
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Karlovac Star and Old Town
The star-shaped historic core of Karlovac, laid out as a Renaissance military town between four rivers. Karlovac was founded in 1579 as a planned Habsburg fortress against Ottoman expansion.
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- 120 minutes suggested
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- 2
Dubovac Castle
A restored medieval castle on a hill above Karlovac, with a compact courtyard and views over the Kupa valley. The fortress predates the planned city and was held by several noble families before restoration in the modern era.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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- 3
Rastoke Watermill Village
A picturesque settlement where the Slunjčica divides into cascades and channels among historic watermills before meeting the Korana. Rastoke’s mills used the power of the river for centuries, creating a distinctive inhabited waterfall landscape.
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- 120 minutes suggested
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Pula
Pula
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Pula Arena
One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres, standing close to Pula’s harbour with its complete outer wall. Built during the first century, the arena hosted spectacles for Roman Pola and later served varied civic and cultural uses.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
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- 2
Temple of Augustus
A finely preserved Roman temple on Pula’s Forum, now displaying a small collection of ancient sculpture. Dedicated during the early Roman imperial period, the temple survived through later reuse and post-war reconstruction.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
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- 3
Arch of the Sergii
An ornate Roman triumphal arch marking the entrance to Pula’s pedestrian old town. The Sergii family commissioned the arch in the late first century BCE beside a city gate that no longer survives.
- Duration
- 30 minutes suggested
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Rovinj and Poreč
Rovinj
- 1
Rovinj Old Town and St Euphemia Church
A dense hilltop old town of stone lanes crowned by the Church of St Euphemia above the Adriatic. Rovinj developed on an island later joined to the mainland, with Venetian rule shaping its tall houses and campanile.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
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- 2
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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Inland Istria
Motovun
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Motovun Old Town
A fortified hill town above the Mirna valley, known for stone lanes, walls and expansive inland-Istrian views. Motovun grew as a medieval stronghold and later formed part of the Venetian defensive and administrative network.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
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- 2
Grožnjan Artists’ Town
A small stone hill town revived as a centre for galleries, studios, music and summer cultural events. After depopulation in the twentieth century, artists and cultural organisations helped restore Grožnjan’s historic fabric.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
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Rijeka and Opatija
Opatija
- 1
Rijeka Korzo
Rijeka’s main pedestrian street, lined with cafés, civic buildings and the City Clock Tower. The Korzo evolved from the filled-in waterfront and became the public spine of the Habsburg-era port city.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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- 2
Trsat Castle
A hilltop fortress above Rijeka with a courtyard, cultural events and wide views across Kvarner Bay. The stronghold occupies a strategic site associated with the Frankopan family and was remodelled in the nineteenth century.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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- 3
Opatija Lungomare
A long coastal promenade linking Opatija’s villas, parks, coves and neighbouring seaside settlements. The walkway developed with Opatija’s rise as an Austro-Hungarian health resort from the late nineteenth century.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
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Plitvice
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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Paklenica
Starigrad
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Paklenica National Park
A dramatic Velebit park of limestone canyons, pine forest, climbing walls and routes toward high mountain shelters. Paklenica became a national park in 1949 to protect the canyons and forested southern Velebit landscape.
- Duration
- 300 minutes suggested
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Zadar
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.
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- 60 minutes suggested
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- 2
Museum of Ancient Glass
A specialist museum displaying Roman glass vessels and demonstrating traditional glassmaking techniques. The collection draws heavily on rich archaeological finds from ancient Zadar and the surrounding region.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
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- 3
Zadar Sea Organ
A waterfront installation that turns wave movement into resonant sounds through pipes beneath the marble steps. Architect Nikola Bašić created the Sea Organ during the reconstruction of Zadar’s western waterfront in the early 2000s.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
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- 4
Greeting to the Sun
A circular solar-powered light installation beside the Sea Organ, most effective after dark. The installation was designed as a companion to the Sea Organ, linking solar energy, public space and the rhythm of the waterfront.
- Duration
- 45 minutes suggested
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Šibenik and Krka
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
St Michael’s Fortress
A restored hilltop fortress above the old town, combining city history with an open-air performance venue. The fortress occupies Šibenik’s earliest defended hill and was repeatedly adapted as regional powers contested the Adriatic coast.
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- 90 minutes suggested
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- 3
Krka National Park – Skradinski Buk
A broad series of travertine cascades crossed by boardwalks and surrounded by historic mills and river vegetation. Krka’s waterfalls formed through continuing tufa deposition, while water power supported mills and early hydroelectric development.
- Duration
- 240 minutes suggested
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Split
Split
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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.
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- 90 minutes suggested
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- 3
Marjan Forest Park
A wooded peninsula immediately west of central Split, with viewpoints, chapels, beaches and recreational trails. Marjan has long served as Split’s communal green refuge and preserves small churches, hermitages and cultural landscapes.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
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Trogir and Klis
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.
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- 90 minutes suggested
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- 3
Klis Fortress
A long defensive fortress commanding the pass between Split and the Dalmatian hinterland. Klis served Croatian rulers, Ottoman forces and Venetian and Habsburg defenders because of its strategic position.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
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Hvar
Hvar
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Hvar Town and St Stephen’s Square
A polished historic harbour town centred on a broad stone square, cathedral and Venetian civic buildings. Hvar prospered as a strategic Venetian naval station and trading port, while its communal institutions supported early public theatre.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
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Fortica Fortress
A hilltop fortress above Hvar Town with commanding views over the harbour and Pakleni islands. The present fortress largely reflects Venetian rebuilding after earlier medieval defences, protecting the town and naval station.
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- 90 minutes suggested
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Stari Grad
Stari Grad
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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.
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- 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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Makarska and Ston
Ston
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Makarska Waterfront and Old Town
A lively harbour promenade backed by the steep wall of Biokovo and linked to a compact historic centre. Makarska developed as a maritime and trading town between mountain and sea, with Baroque rebuilding shaping its central squares.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
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- 2
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.
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- 150 minutes suggested
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- 3
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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 90 minutes suggested
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- 3
Franciscan Monastery and Old Pharmacy
A monastery complex with a Romanesque cloister and a pharmacy tradition dating to the medieval Republic. The Franciscan community established a pharmacy in the fourteenth century; the complex survived and was rebuilt after earthquakes and war.
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- 90 minutes suggested
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Dubrovnik Walls and Srđ
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.
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- 75 minutes suggested
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- 3
Mount Srđ Cable Car and Imperial Fort
A high viewpoint above Dubrovnik reached by cable car or road, with an exhibition on the city’s 1991 defence in the Imperial Fort. The French built the fort in the Napoleonic period; the position later became crucial during the siege of Dubrovnik.
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- 150 minutes suggested
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