| Fully Escorted Tour
Grand Balkan Tour 13 days
CROATIA, MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA, MACEDONIA
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| Day 1 Tuesday ZAGREB- Arrival |
 
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| Upon arrival at Zagreb Airport, transfer to hotel for dinner and overnight. |
| Day 2 Wednesday ZAGREB –
PLITVICE |
| Morning city tour of Zagreb including the fortified Upper Town, the city’s historical center, St Mark’s church with its multicolored roof, the Cathedral, the Croatian National Theater and University. Afternoon departure to Plitvice. Dinner and overnight in Plitvice. |
| Day 3 Thursday PLITVICE |
| After breakfast, we tour the Plitvice Lakes National Park classified as UNESCO`s World Natural Heritage site. Sixteen lakes, each at the different level, joined in a series of cascading waterfalls. Surrounded by dense wood Plitvice Lakes are a natural phenomenon of a rare and unique beauty. Dinner and overnight in Plitvice. |
| Day 4 Friday PLITVICE – TROGIR - SPLIT |
| Morning departure to Trogir where we visit the Cathedral of St Lawrence. Continuation to Split ; city tour of Split including the Diocletian’s Palace on UNESCO`s List of World Cultural Heritage with Peristyle, Jupiter’s Temple and the Cathedral. Dinner and overnight in Split. |
| Day 5 Saturday SPLIT –
DUBROVNIK |
| After breakfast , departure to Dubrovnik. Sightseeing tour of Dubrovnik included on UNESCO`s List of World Cultural Heritage. You will visit the Franciscan Monastery with Europe’s third oldest pharmacy, Rector’s palace and the Cathedral. Dinner and overnight in Dubrovnik. |
| Day 6 Sunday DUBROVNIK |
| Day at leisure in Dubrovnik. Dinner and overnight. |
| Day 7 Monday DUBROVNIK – BUDVA /Montenegro - SHKODRA /Albania – TIRANA |
| Departure to Tirana; we drive inland to Budva known for its Old city encircled by walls from the Venetian period. Continuation to Shkodra ,once capital of Illyrian Kingdom (3rd century B.C.). Dinner and overnight in Tirana. |
| Day 8 Tuesday TIRANA –
OHRID/ Macedonia |
 Morning sightseeing tour of Tirana , capital of Albania, including Skenderbey square, Mosque of Ethem Bey, and visit to the National Museum representing the flow of Albanian History and housing the finds from archeological sites across the country. Afternoon departure to Ohrid driving via Elbasan and crossing the Macedonian border at Cafasan. Overnight in Ohrid. |
| Day9 Wednesday OHRID |
| Full day in lakeside resort Ohrid classified as UNESCO`s World Cultural Heritage site . Through the activity of St. Clement and St Naum of Ohrid, the first pan-Slavic University in Europe ,the famous“ Ohrid Literary School” was founded here. Morning sightseeing tour includes the church of St Sofia(11.th century) the most eminent medieval monument in Macedonia with magnificent Byzantine fresco paintings and St Clement Church with its icon of Annunciation. Afternoon short drive to St Naum Monastery built on the shores of the Ohrid Lake in 900 A.D. dedicated to the Slavic missionary and educator St. Naum of Ohrid. Return to hotel, dinner and overnight. |
| Day 10 Thursday OHRID -
SKOPJE |
| Morning departure to Skopje. Sightseeing tour of Skopje including the Kale Fortress, Church of the Holy Savior with its iconostas, one of the finest samples of traditional walnut woodcarving, Old bazaar and Stone Bridge. We drive to the slopes of the Vodno Mountain where we visit the Monastery of St Panteleimon with its 12 century iconostas and frescoes ranking among the highest achievements of Byzantine art of this period. Dinner and overnight in Skopje. |
| Day 11 Friday SKOPJE -
KOLASIN /Montenegro |
| Morning departure to Kolasin , driving via Pec and Berane and along the impressive Moraca River Canyon. Afternoon arrival at Kolasin ,the town spreading on the left bank of the river Tara, situated at 954 m altitude. The whole area is surrounded by the thick pine forest of the Bjelasica Mountain and is a popular skiing and air spa resort . Dinner and overnight in Kolasin. |
| Day12 Saturday KOLASIN – CETINJE – KOTOR – DUBROVNIK |
| Morning departure to Cetinje where we visit the church of the Cetinje Monastery built in 1701 , once the spiritual and political center of Montenegro and the King Nicholas Museum, once residence of the Montenegrian King Nicholas I Petrovic. Continuation to Kotor, classified UNESCO`s World Cultural Heritage, where we visit its Romanesque Cathedral dedicated to St Triphun, the city’s patron saint. We continue to Dubrovnik driving along the picturesque Bay of Kotor. Dinner and overnight in Dubrovnik. |
| Day 13 Sunday
DUBROVNIK – Departure |
| Breakfast followed by departure transfer. |
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