Croatia Travel Guide

We are a couple in our upper seventies who recently returned from a fabulous 10-day private tour of Croatia. Of the many places we have visited around the globe, Croatia is among our favorites. The country offers extraordinary national parks, a gorgeous, dramatic coastline, warm, friendly people, great food, and a cosmopolitan culture with a rich history. The weather was splendid in late May.

Zicasso's travel specialist worked closely with us to put together an itinerary that was truly perfect in terms of the pace and the types of activities we like to do. She is a great listener and truly understood our concerns as senior travelers. We were very pleased to meet her for breakfast at the end of our trip. Although we had not been directly in touch earlier during the tour, we had the sense that she was checking in with our guides along the way, just to make sure every detail was attended to. When the Meštrović Museum in Split was closed while we were there, she arranged for us to have a private tour, just one example of her thoughtfulness.

At every phase of the tour, we had wonderful drivers and guides. All were extraordinarily interesting individuals, willing to share their personal experiences and opinions about the complicated and painful history of recent decades. We feel we learned a great deal and came to admire the resilience of these remarkable people. Despite great hardship, they remain positive and optimistic, and are very proud to introduce their culture to visitors.

We visited Zagreb, Zadar, Split, Hvar, Dubrovnik, and Mostar, and had walking tours of each. Truly every place we visited offered highlights. Among our favorites: Plitvice Lakes and Krka National Parks (the two are quite different and both are worth seeing); the Meštrović Museum in Split; walking the walls of Dubrovnik; an incredible Middle Eastern lunch following a trek to the historic bridge in Mostar; the Sea Organ and Greeting to the Sun in Zadar; lunch featuring prawns buzara at a harborside restaurant on a glistening day in the Elaphiti Islands. Indeed, too many fine restaurants to mention!

In sum, Zicasso's travel company created a superlative tour for us, for which we thank our travel specialist and her marvelous team.

Zicasso’s travel specialist was very attentive to our personal preferences in planning an unforgettable honeymoon. Her knowledge of the area allowed us to have a diverse itinerary, which included city and hiking tours with personable local guides, a flexible skipper trip with options to snorkel and visit islands and caves, and a chef's table to sample local cuisine with a personal chef. We had the opportunity to stay in Dubrovnik, Hvar, and Split at high-quality hotels in convenient locations.

She was very responsive and connected us with drivers, our skipper, and guides to assist with coordination. Overall, the trip was made stress-free thanks to the personalized itinerary, recommendations, bookings, and ferry/park tickets provided ahead of time.

It was a great vacation. It was our first trip to Europe and I was nervous to plan a trip on my own. Seeing how easy and stress-free Zicasso's travel company made everything, I will always use a travel company for our big trips. Our consultants were always accessible, attentive, and really paid attention to detail.

The trip aligned perfectly with what we had told the Zicasso travel company we wanted to experience. Communication was prompt throughout; our questions were always answered quickly and the follow-up was thorough.

There were a couple of minor issues, including one technical glitch with their application not updating information, which caused a minor scheduling misstep, but throughout the entire trip, they were always available to help and quick to resolve the issues.

Zicasso's travel specialist planned a trip that was exactly what we discussed. She continued to support us during the trip, checking in with us frequently and answering all of our questions. We felt that we had a travel specialist who was committed to making our trip seamless, and it was! Her choice of guides and drivers was great!

Our family of five absolutely adored our trip to Croatia and attribute so much of our positive experience to the amazing planning and responsiveness of Zicasso's travel specialist and the people she lined up.

Not only were our scheduled activities seamless, but whenever we experienced any hiccups, she dealt with every one of them to alleviate any extra stress.

After missing our connecting flight, she was great about staying in contact with our hotel and having everything ready when we rolled in at midnight. When she learned of our interest in Croatian water polo, she contacted the club to get access and they had a gift bag waiting for us.

Every tour was fantastic. The tour guides the travel specialist works with were so knowledgeable and adaptable to varying attention spans and ages. Our drivers were also full of knowledge and taught us so much about the geography, history, and culture of Croatia. We highly recommend this company.