Venice & the Croatian Coast - A Women Only Tour - 2022

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Small Group Tour
Explore the beauty of Venice at your leisure before discovering the glorious Dalmatian Coast on this guided tour. Designed for women with a focus on sustainable travel, fully immerse yourself with the guidance of Local Experts as you wander the cobbled streets of Istria and walk the Old Town of Dubrovnik before enjoying a sunset cruise around the bay. In Hvar...

Overview

Trip type
Small Group Tour
Lodging level
Standard - 3 star
Physical level
Wheelchair Accessible
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

    • Choose between two carefully selected activities
    • Split: Join a Local Expert of the Domine organization to uncover the stories of the women who helped shape Split’s history and who often go unnoticed in the pages of history books. Learn about the important work the organization does to empower women and advocate equality across society, through workshops, research, training and networking opportunities. All profits from the HerSplit sightseeing tours go back to fund the counselling services that the organization offers to victims of violence.This experience advances UN Sustainable DevelopmentGoal 5: Gender Equality.
    • Split: Join a Local Expert and discover Diocletian’s Palace as you walk through its well-preserved Cellars. See the Temple of Jupiter, St Duje’s Bell Tower and the Golden Gate. Continue through the labyrinthine streets and arcaded squares of the Old Town.
    • Choose between two carefully selected activities
    • Hvar: Meet Ivana Carić and join her for a wine tasting at her family’s wine cellar. Special grape varieties ideal for the local microclimate grow in their vineyards that are bordered by the original Greek dry walls.
    • Hvar: Join Fedra, the founder of the Faria women’s co-op. Learn how they use indigenous island ingredients to create delicacies and cosmetics, including tasty chocolates! All empowering local women to maintain the strong cultural heritage of the island. By re-inventing the traditional recipes and know-how of their grandmothers, they are bringing their heritage back the heart of the island life and community. The co-operation also works with young students in mentoring them to use their knowledge and skills in setting up their own business cooperatives.This experience advances UN Sustainable DevelopmentGoal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption and UN Sustainable DevelopmentGoal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.Alternatively, join Ivana Carić for a wine tasting at her family’s wine cellar.
    • Choose between two carefully selected activities
    • Korčula: Take time to connect with yourself and your beautiful surroundings with a yoga class. Enjoy sea views, fresh air and peaceful calm.
    • Korčula: Connect with nature on a gentle hike with a Local Expert. Enjoy a peaceful stroll through the healing nature surrounding Korčula Town, taking in the fresh sea air and beautiful scenery.
    • : Our Well-Being Directors take a proactive approach to your welfare ensuring all well-being regulations are met (available on tours with 21 or more guests).

What's this trip about?

    Explore the beauty of Venice at your leisure before discovering the glorious Dalmatian Coast on this guided tour. Designed for women with a focus on sustainable travel, fully immerse yourself with the guidance of Local Experts as you wander the cobbled streets of Istria and walk the Old Town of Dubrovnik before enjoying a sunset cruise around the bay. In Hvar, learn about and taste delectable local wines at a family-run vineyard, enjoy a farm -to-table lunch in Barban, and devour a fresh seafood meal while marveling at the stunning seafront in Piran. Learn the art of silk and embroidery traditions in Konavle, discover the fish conservation work at a family fish farm in Slovenia and sip beer at Croatia’s first women co-op brewery. While in Korcula, stretch your legs and hike through the healing wilderness outside of Korcula Town and partake in a yoga class with the perfect sea view.

Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizePrivate - your group only
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal transport included (including local flights)
Start CityVenice
End CityDubrovnik

Destinations

Trip includes

    • Personal radio headsets give you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights, without missing any of your Local Expert's fascinating commentary.
    • We carry your bags for you and promptly deliver them to your hotel door.
    • All port taxes are included. Insight hotel in Trogir includes all taxes and porterage charges.
    • Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi (where available).
    • From time to time, your Travel Director will delight you with an Insight Flourish, which is a local specialty representing the destination.

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Itinerary

Day 1: Welcome to Venice

Welcome to the Queen of the Adriatic, where grand waterfront palazzi and long-standing traditions echo the city’s medieval grace and glory. Transfers depart from Venice Airport at 11:00 and 13:00 to your hotel. As you start off your women’s-only tour, meet your Travel...

Day 2: The Magic of La Serenissima Relaxed Start

This morning join your Travel Director to see the sights of Venice, including the Byzantine basilica in St Mark’s Square, Doge’s Palace and the iconic Bridge of Sighs. Continue to the island of Murano and join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience to witness the ancient sk...

Day 3: Through Slovenia onto Croatia

Travel to Slovenia and meet Irena Fonda, a passionate and awarded biologist who is carrying out important conservation work in the Gulf of Piran. Join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience as you accompany her on a short boat ride to see her family’s fish farm. Make your w...

Day 4: Discover the Jewels of Istria

The Istria Peninsula is dotted with coastal towns, rocky bays and hilltop rustic villages. Join a Local Expert to learn about the various influences that shaped its present image. Enjoy a mouth-watering Farm-to-Table lunch in Barban hosted by three generations of wom...

Day 5: Pristine Plitvice National Park

Join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience at Plitvice Lakes National Park as you walk along the forest paths among 16 interconnecting lakes with a Local Expert. Be amazed by this unique landscape and learn how the site actively carries out research to monitor the natural ...

Day 6: The Dalmatian Coast to Split

In the morning join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience and meet the industrious women of the Tara Community Center. Learn how they are producing handicrafts, and enabling employment and engagement in the community. Your journey then takes you to Zadar, the ancient capit...

Day 7: Island Hopping to Hvar

Explore Split with Insight Choice. Choose to discover Diocletian’s Palace and the labyrinthine streets of the Old Town with a Local Expert. Or alternatively join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience and go on a walk with the local Domine organisation to uncover the storie...

Day 8: Exploring the island of Hvar Relaxed Start

Hvar is often called the Lavender Island but aromatic herbs, citrus fruits, olive trees and grapes also flourish in the warm Mediterranean climate. The Faria Women’s Co-op is doing a remarkable job in using the indigenous island ingredients to create delicacies and co...

Day 9: Onto Korčula

Your journey takes you back to the mainland. Pass the fertile and colourful fields of the Neretva Delta before you briefly enter Bosnia & Herzegovina. Continue to the island of Korčula and delight in Croatian fare at a local restaurant.

Hotel Liburna, Korcula. , Hotel Marko Polo, Korčula.

Breakfast, Dinner with Wine

Day 10: Captivating Korčula Relaxed Start

Get active this morning and start your day with Insight Choice. Choose to immerse yourself in nature as you join a Local Expert for a gentle hike in the area surrounding Korčula Town. Alternatively, grab a sea-view spot and connect with your inner peace as you take pa...

Day 11: Dubrovnik, the Pearl of the Adriatic

This morning, should weather permit, cruise the tranquil waters of the bay of Mali Ston. Meet Tomislav, a local oyster farmer and taste fresh shellfish direct from the sea, accompanied with a glass of wine.  Continue along the coast and arrive to Dubrovnik and its pe...

Day 12: A Dazzling Finale Relaxed Start

Travel into the heart of the nearby Konavle region and join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience as you meet Antonia Rusković Radonić, a dedicated artist working to preserve the local silk and embroidery traditions originating in the 15thcentury. Learn how silkworms becam...

Day 13: Depart Dubrovnik

Your travels draw to a close after breakfast. Departure transfers arrive at Dubrovnik airport at 05:00, 09:30 and 11:30.

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Price per day$339
Last Updated: 5/15/2024

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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.

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Oct 2022

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Venice & the Croatian Coast

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Accommodation

  • Hotel Continental Venice.
  • Hotel Astoria, Opatija.
  • Hotel Lyra, Ličko Petrovo Selo.
  • Hotel President Solin, Split.
  • Amfora, Hvar Grand Beach Resort.
  • Hotel Liburna, Korcula. , Hotel Marko Polo, Korčula.
  • Hotel Dubrovnik Palace.
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