2 Week Family Trip
Croatia | Jul 28 - Aug 13, 2023

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Tracie N.
Canada | Reviewed on Sep 09, 2023

We went to Croatia for a 2 week family trip - we met our daughter there who had been travelling in Europe for 3 months. Robi was our travel specialist who helped us plan our trip. We had a few ideas about what we wanted to see and do, but he truly helped shape our trip to be very memorable. He was very patient with us as we changed our minds a few times as to what we wanted to see, and the length of time we wanted to spend in each location. We rented a car in Zagreb (which was brought to us!) and made our way to Plitvice Lakes, Kra National Park , and finally to Split. Robi suggested a number of towns along the way that we could stop and see, and provided some great backstory to those locations. We left our car in Split then took a catamaran to spend a few days on Hvar and Korcula. We had a private driver pick us up in Korcula and drive us through the Peljesac wine region where we visited a couple locally owned wineries, visited Ston and ended in Dubrovnik, where we spent 4 days. All our accomodations were extremely central, provided breakfast and were very pleasant. The KimKim approach is to provide the specific location details and additional info about restaurants the night before you reach your new destination. I was apprehensive about this approach but it worked really well! Robi was in contact with us every day of our trip and available to help if we needed. Croatia is a beautiful country with an incredibly interesting history, great food and people. We will go back - thank you Robi for making our first time visit to your beautiful country so memorable.

Hotel Reviews
Hotel Marul
Split

Very clean - the staff went out of their way to accomodate us. They even walked me to the closest place so we could get our laundry done. The next day we had a cooking class booked, so one of the staff offered to get our laundry for us! the Breakfast was very good - you could order a fresh made omelet if you liked. Great location - we could walk everywhere from Hotel Marul.

Authenticity & Character
Location
close to Diocletian's palace and central. Our room had access to a small roof top patio that had chairs and a table to enjoy the outdoors privately.
Staff
always available, extremely friendly and they picked up our laundry for us!!
Cleanliness & Comfort
Devecchi rooms
Hvar

We stayed 2 nights in the very quaint B&B. Its very much a boutique - character furniture in the dining area. Our room was at the top, we had a private balcony with chairs and a table where we could look out over the harbour and enjoy some quite time away from the crowds (we were there in August). Lovely hostess and good breakfast

Authenticity & Character
Location
central and easy to find from the catamaran
Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
Almayer Art & Heritage Hotel
Zadar

We stayed one night - the rooms are unique and the breakfast is absolutely outstanding. Great location for us to walk everywhere we needed to. Comfortable beds and very clean

Authenticity & Character
was more unique/ boutique. Loved that they had art and crafted jewellry on display in the halls that you could buy
Location
central
Staff
Cleanliness & Comfort
beds were comfy
Hotel Degenija
Rakovica

we spent one night here on our way to plitvice lakes park. Once we got here i wanted to stay for a few more days!! The accomodations were very clean, comfortable rooms. I loved the pool! We borrowed the bicycles and did a small tour around the area (they have numerous bike paths) and then enjoyed the afternoon at the pool. We had dinner at the neighbouring hotel that evening which was very good and we had a good selection for breakfast the next day. The location to the parks is fantastic - it only took us 15 minutes to drive to the park entrance from here.

Authenticity & Character
Location
Close to Plitvice Lakes park, easy to find
Staff
very friendly and accomodating
Cleanliness & Comfort
Activity Reviews
Leaving Zagreb -Rastoke  visit- Plitvice lakes overnight
Leaving Zagreb -Rastoke visit- Plitvice lakes overnight
Croatia

this was our travel day to get to the Plitvice Lakes area Robi suggested we stop in Rastoke. We didn't know much about the town and just thought it would be a quick stop. The town area is extremely enchanting - it was our first introduction to the beauty of the Croatian waterfalls. We ended up staying for much longer that anticipated because it was such a fascinating area.

Zagreb visit
Zagreb visit
Croatia

We had a private tour of the city one day, which we highly recommend . Not only did our tour guide provide so much information about the history of Zagreb, she made the morning very pleasant showing us all the interesting areas of Zagreb.

Quality of Experience
Guides, Drivers and Staff
vey knowledgeable - and personable
Explore Plitvice Lakes National Park
Explore Plitvice Lakes National Park
Croatia

This is the most beautiful national park I have yet to see. We are from Canada, near the Banff National Park which I consider to be extremely beautiful - now it has a rival! This area is so well taken care of - the water is pristine and the boardwalks protect the area. We absolutely loved this park

Quality of Experience
one way direction around the lakes -- such a great idea. Natural beauty is breath taking
Local specialist: Robert Pinčević
Robert
Robert Pinčević
Local specialist in Croatia | Replied on Sep 09, 2023

Hi Tracie,

thank you for your feedback, much appreciated.
I am very happy to hear you had a good time and that I was able to contribute to your experience in Croatia!
Hope you left with lots of good memories!
Thank you.
Many regards from Croatia!
Best
Robi