Montenegro Tours & Vacations

Our trip to Montenegro was absolutely perfect. The local guides were professional, knowledgeable, and incredibly hospitable. Every detail was thoughtfully planned, and the hotels in Kotor and Bar were outstanding—comfortable, well-located, and full of charm.

Zicasso's tour operator was incredibly responsive throughout the planning process, offering thoughtful, personalized suggestions that made a big difference. For example, they noticed we had an early arrival on our first day and proactively adjusted our tour schedule to allow for extra rest.

A special thank you to our guide in Kotor—she was exceptional in every way and made our experience truly memorable.

The entire nine days of travel from Slovenia to Montenegro were seamless as far as being picked up at the arrival airport and departure as planned. Transportaion was on schedule, which was important to me in a foreign country and eliminated any stress. Each private guide and/or driver throughout our trip was courteous and spoke English, which avoided any misunderstanding about all the wonderful sites we saw.

Lake Bled was absolutely wonderful. The guide parked the van at this family home four blocks from the lake and introduced us to his mother and sister, who welcomed us, and we saw how they lived in this beautiful village. The walk of four blocks to the lake also gave us the opportunity to see more of this quaint place to live. Since the lake does not allow power boats, we and about 20 other people were rowed to the island, where an ancient church was located. We found out that this family, in the past, were the caretakers of the island and our tour guide had to row himself to the shore to go to school and, in the winter, skate to school every day.

Next, we were driven to the castle on top of a small mountain, which had a perfect, 360-degree view of the area. Beautiful!

The next day we went to Plitvice Lakes National Park, with too many waterfalls to count and water that looked as crystal clear as any natural water I have ever seen. The four-kilometer walk upstream was nothing like I've ever seen in the USA.

We spent the night in a wonderful mountain lodge, with individual lodges and an upper-end-style bed and breakfast theme.

Split was a city with parts dating back to the third century, with many Roman influences in its many buildings.

Mostar in Bosnia was very interesting and had a central arch-style bridge which seemed to be a central point for all to see. There was so much we saw that it is too much to describe here.

We also stopped at a wine tasting at the most modern winery I've ever been to. It even had 12 guest rooms, with a pool.

On our way to Dubrovnik, we stopped at Ston to have an unbelievable lunch. At the restaurant, we had an oyster tasting of fresh oysters being farmed several hundred yards from the restaurant. We were served oysters three ways, from raw to fried and baked, and they were the best I will ever eat in my life.

We next went to Dubrovnik, which was particularly interesting to me because it is where Game of Thrones was filmed. Our guide was excellent, as he worked as a "roadie" for the film company, helping set the scenes by taking down modern signs or anything modern, and putting them back after filming. He had large screen shots in a spiral binder and would take us to a cove and hold up the screen shot of the actual scene from the movie to show us the similarity. His behind-the-scenes knowledge of the actors and the reaction from the town and church was beyond expectations. My wife and I were fans of GOT and so excited that we are going to watch if all again one day.

Our last day was in Montenegro, which again was beautiful, and we spent the day next to the water there. We were ferried to a man-made island with an old church on it.

Overall, the Adriatic Sea along the coast of these countries was one of the most beautiful stretches of water you could imagine.

Our expectations of this tour were met and exceeded.

Zicasso's travel company was amazing in planning our honeymoon! We were able to see so many amazing places and our tour guides were extremely knowledgeable. It was a perfect balance of experiences with time for ourselves to relax. I am so happy with how our agent planned our trip!

We had a wonderful experience and a trip of a lifetime. Zicasso's tour agency seamlessly incorporated travel before, during, and after a 10-day cruise. From transfers to hotels and tours to cooking classes, everything was planned with great attention to detail and done exceptionally well. They were also very responsive and easy to reach when questions arose.

We had the most amazing time on this trip, largely because Zicasso’s tour planner did such an awesome job planning it with us. She truly listened to the things we enjoy doing, seeing, and learning, and she hooked us up with really exceptional guides, drivers, and experiences that were exactly what we were looking for. Everything ran so smoothly; we could just relax and simply enjoy this vacation, even though it was quite complicated, with three hotels and three countries, and multiple excursions in nine days/eight nights.  

Even when something unexpected happened (bad weather forced a boat excursion cancellation), she was immediately ready with a wonderful alternative activity that wound up being one of our favorites. She took the time to really understand us and what would make the best possible trip for us, and she was flexible, so likable, and easy to work with! I have never enjoyed planning vacations, but she made it really fun, and the end product was the favorite trip ever for all of our seven-person group, from the 20-somethings to the 60-somethings. Thank you to our agent!!!

This trip was absolutely flawless!

From the first call to meet and set up our itinerary, to the accommodations, every single moment went off without a single hitch. Zicasso’s trip planner was exceptional at not only listening to my desires, but guiding and recommending the absolute best excursions, events, and options. The local tours, the food recommendations, literally every single moment of this vacation, was perfection.

Hands down the absolute best vacation of my life, and all because of the planning by the travel company!