Split to Split

Embark at any time after 2:00 PM. Over a welcome drink and a snack, meet your Cruise Director and get acquainted with the rules and safety measures.

Today is the day for enjoying the highlights of the central Dalmatian coast. After breakfast, choose to explore Split on your own or join an optional walking tour of Split's famous Diocletian Palace. Built to house the Roman Emperor, the Palace has grown into a city after Slavs the nearby Roman town of Salona. With our local guide, discover the secrets of the past in what is today the vibrant core of Dalmatia's largest city. Then, Hvar, hoping to find the island of Hvar, known for the purple of its lavender, the red of its wines and the Venetian hot spot of Hvar.

Your captain will choose a secluded bay to hop in the sea and start the day. Surrounded in deep green forests which earned Korčula its name and fame, meditate upon the sound of crickets and silence as you yourself in the essence of this region: the crystal blue sea. Then continue to another green island, this time Mljet. The national park on the island is the home of two salty lakes connected to the sea via a narrow canal. Nature lovers wants to get a kick out of the way, or even to take a dip in the center of the lake, with its charming 12th-century Monastery of St.

In the vicinity of Slano, the petite town of Ston claims its fame for many things gourmand: strong wines, ancient salt production and succulent oysters and mussels. Our tour of the Taste of Dalmatia highlights all these treasures, but you can just relax in Slano before sailing out to Dubrovnik. Midway, a dip in Lopud Island gets you up and ready to join an optional guided tour of Dubrovnik Old Town. Surrounded in immense city walls, as if in a universe of its own, the world-famous facades line up as you walk the same street like the cast and crews of the Game of Thrones, Star Wars and Robin Hood.

In the morning, venture east. Past the serene valley of Konavle, cross the border with Montenegro. The scenery turns more dramatic, with snowcapped mountains looming over the turquoise Adriatic Sea. Driving around Boka bay, its beauty entices, with settlements as early as the Illyrian and Roman times charmingly dotting the shorelines. Discover the picturesque Perast with its quaint seafront and Our Lady of the Rocks church on a manmade island facing the town.

The far south of Croatia holds many gems. Scattered between Dubrovnik and Korcula, the Elaphite archipelago is alluring for its pristine islands which were once again at sea for local seamen to build their ships and to build their estates. Today, the Elaphites are praised for their quaint ambiance. Stop at one of the three inhabited ones for a stroll and a swim before a lunch on the road to Korcula. You'll know Korčula what a Venetian stronghold as soon as you lay your eyes on the many lion statues which lurk at you from the town's facades and gates, intertwined with some of the most outstanding stonework you will get anywhere on the Adriatic coast.

Breakfast is served over the stunning views of the archipelago archipelago of Korcula, and then sailed through the Pelješac Peninsula and Hvar Island, perhaps even a refreshing dip along the way. Stop to visit the homeland of 'the Croatian marble', the island of Brač. You've probably seen this ultra-quality limestone already, perhaps on the front of the White House in Washington DC or Bundestag in Berlin, but the optional tour to the stonemasonry school in Pučišća brings a chance to learn more about shaping this stone for eternity.