Italy-Croatia 2019: Announcing fab new tour for September
Today, I am delighted to announce details of my next garden/culture tour - a wonderful 15-day exclusive trip in September to Umbria, Italy, starting in Rome, and continuing with an exciting exploration of Croatia, from Dubrovnik to Zagreb, with time in Solvenia and Montenegro.
This one-of-a-kind, four-countries, customized tour is specifically designed...
10 reasons to come to Italy and Croatia in September
There are dozens of reasons for you to want to come to Italy and Croatia with us in September, but here are just 10 things that will make our 15-day exclusive tour together truly outstanding and trip of a lifetime.
Bernini's Apollo and Daphne in Borghese Gallery
Goodbye Split, hello Plitvice Lakes National Park
We left Split and headed north towards Zagreb, but we had planned to stop on the way at Plitvice Lakes National Park.
We had been told this is one of the great natural wonders and national treasures of Croatia and well worth a visit.
Walking along the wooden...
From Croatia into Montenegro and on to Split
Sunday we crossed the border into Montenegro to visit Perast where we took a boat to see the church of the Lady on the Rocks island.
Pauline Maughan in Perast
From there, we moved further along the picturesque fiord to the town of Kotor where we had lunch...
Back to Italy for my 10th time to see Umbria plus Dalmatian coast
This week, I plan to return to Italy, this time to lead a 15-day tour to Umbria and on to Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia.
It will be my 10th time in Italy and seventh time in Rome. Two other times I flew into Milan and once to Venice.
Into Villa Lante, the Sacro Bosco and Lugnano
To the sound of Claudio Villa singing Arrivederci Roma, we left the Eternal City in our maroon coloured coach and headed north to Umbria.
Villa Lante guide Iza with frescos
But first, we stopped on our way to visit the famous garden at Villa Lante in Bagnaia just...
Farewell to Ljubljana as our tour comes to a happy conclusion
In Ljubljana, we started the last day of our tour with a walk around the old town centre.
Colourful building outside our hotel in Ljubljana
We walked to the Tromostovje, the Triple Bridges, which connects the old town with its historic, medieval buildings on one side of...
Adventure into Italy and Croatia 2019
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Maya Angelou
Being close to beauty - fantastic, transcendent, eternal, saturating beauty - can put us into a dreamy state of bliss, that magical feeling of perfect peace and happiness. I believe all of us have experienced...
