Croatia Vacation Review: Split Street Market & Winery, Dubrovnik Oyster Farm & Game of Thrones Tour, Hvar Island & Beaches

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Pei-Li W.

8.2.2019

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Which Country (Countries) did you visit on this trip?

Croatia

Your overall comments on the trip and the travel company:

Well-organized. Every tour was on schedule and went without a hitch. Having our travel planner available for an App for questions during the trip itself was priceless and he was very prompt and extremely helpful! Initially I planned the trip with a travel specialist but then she was a little in absentia and two planners as well as some others stepped in. There was one hotel discrepancy that we resolved far before the trip.
I would have preferred to have done the initial planning by email rather than phone bc I didn't have much time to talk on the phone during the workday, plus I would have a record of activity options that I could research and get back to the travel agent, rather than answer questions on the spot about what I wanted to do.

What were the most enjoyable or memorable parts of your trip?

SPLIT
The B& B accommodations. The hosts were so friendly and considerate. Location was the best. Check in was lovely with a very informative yet succinct introduction with map to Split and a glass of liqueur. Our room was on the first floor with gorgeous glass doors that opened right to their pool as if it was our own private pool - best ever after some really hot days. The restaurant they recommended was the wonderful. Street market tour with fresh fish that was cooked for lunch was unbelievable. Food at a local Winery was the best I've ever had - wish I could do it again! Took advantage of summer music festival.
HVAR - again the Hotel was great. Glad we got a spacious room and not the "small ones" everyone kept talking about on TripAdvisor. Breakfast with mimosa bar was great with lots of healthy options. Boat crew on our Hvar boat ride was loads of fun. We rented a scooter to see the rest of the island and hidden beaches.
DUBROVNIK
Walking the city walls is a must. Oyster farm and wine tour was amazing. Took advantage of summer music festival going on.
Hats off to tour guides in Split, our wine guy in Dubrovnik, and the Hvar boat team. Our guide with our Game of Thrones tour was great - wished we saw more specific filming sites like the fort and hotel belvedere, but great stories about the filming and life and history of Dubrovnik.

If you could take your trip again, what would you do differently?

Bring water shoes for the rocky beaches - flip flops failed.
Krka falls was pretty but we have waterfalls at home so less astounding.
The Dubrovnik hotel near Lapad Peninsula was nice but felt very corporate and aloof. Might have been nice to be walking distance into town, but then we would have missed opportunity to take the bus with the locals, or hike a lovely path we found outside of the hotel along the cliffs and water or swim in the Adriatic our last day in Croatia. In the city might have been too noisy with less beach access, so probably Lapad was better.

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