Italy-Croatia 2019

Our journey to Zagreb was easy and relaxing and not too long and we arrived just in time for lunch and to check into our hotel, Hilton Canopy, which is in a great location, close to downtown. Funky lobby of our hotel, Hilton Canopy, in Zagreb After lunch,...

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...

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...

It took just about 90 minutes to get there out of Split, but the time passed very quickly as the scenery on the way is quite nice.  Krka National Park, outside Split, Croatia Once inside the park, we started to walk along the wooden planks of a ...

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...

On our last day in Zagreb, we walked from our hotel to the botanic garden. Inside Zagreb botanical garden Inside we found an impressive collection of specimen trees and shrubs, many of which are spring-flowering and therefore at their peak in April-May. But there...

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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.