Mediterranean Travel Guide

Everything went as planned. All the details were handled well. The hotel choices were excellent. All the guides were very good. All the drivers were on time. Overall, a great experience.

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 company did a great job putting together our itinerary and listened carefully to all of our suggestions. They booked us into amazing hotels and restaurants. We especially loved the private tours we had and the guides were knowledgeable and friendly. All of the connections, including drivers, transfers, and train travel, were flawless. We felt they took care of us every step of the way. We highly recommend them because they made our 50th-anniversary trip so special and memorable.

Fantastic! Incredible trip. Both the pre-trip planning and the on-the-ground support made this trip one of the best yet. Thank you!

The trip was carefully curated for us and the attention given by Zicasso's travel specialist from the beginning of the process was spot-on! She listened and made it happen for us so that the experience was unforgettable. Their whole team was amazing and our driver throughout the trip was wonderful and very helpful. We hope to use this team again when coming back to Morocco.

Flawless, curated excellence from start to finish.

From our very first phone call, this Zicasso travel company completely understood our travel style and exactly what we wanted out of our two-week trip to Greece. Rather than just relying on text or email, that initial personal conversation set the tone for a truly bespoke experience. The team was extremely responsive and meticulously on top of every single detail before we left, during our travels, and all the way through until we landed safely back home. We felt perfectly pampered and individually catered to every step of the way.

The itinerary they curated struck the absolute perfect balance. We enjoyed privately guided tours, rich history, and exceptional food and wine, while still having plenty of free time to explore on our own. The accommodations were very good and I highly suggest taking the travel company's recommended hotel upgrade options. They have impeccable taste and truly understand what a premium boutique hotel should deliver.

Logistics and transitions in Greece can be inherently tough, but the team went above and beyond to make every transfer as smooth as possible, leaving us feeling completely taken care of. While they curated multiple amazing selections for us, the absolute highlight of our trip was a traditional village visit and cooking class in Kissamos. It was such an authentic, fun, and unique experience that allowed us to connect with a lovely Cretan family and see the real heart of the island.

I cannot recommend this travel company enough for anyone with high standards, little time to arrange things on their own, and a desire to have every detail handled with the utmost professionalism.