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...
Loving Zagreb for its lively downtown and beautiful parks
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,...
From Italy to Croatia and the Dalmatian coast
In Perugia, we had no idea that to reach the town centre we would have to take a series of escalators. The town is at the top of a steep hill and our hotel was well located but not in the centre of town.
Seeing the Giotto frescos in Assisi
From Zagreb to Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia
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...
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...
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...
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
