Northern Dalmatia for senior groups: Zadar, Nin, Šibenik and the Krka waterfalls (9 days)

Day 1: Departure and stopover in southern Germany

• Morning departure from the place of your choice.
• Regular breaks along the way: our drivers drive for 3 hours at most, then take a 30-minute break.
• Coffee break on the way and lunch at your own pace at a service area.
• Late-afternoon arrival at the stopover hotel in southern Germany, dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Over the Alps to Zagreb

• Breakfast, then onward journey with regular breaks.
• Crossing Austria and Slovenia through the Alps.
• Late-afternoon arrival at the stopover hotel in the Zagreb area, dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Arrival in Zadar

• Breakfast, then drive to the Dalmatian coast (about three hours on the road).
• Check-in at the hotel for 4 nights.
• At the end of the day, a stroll along the seafront to the sea organ and the Greeting to the Sun, at sunset.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 4: Zadar and Nin

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Guided tour of Zadar’s old town: Roman forum, 9th-century church of St Donatus and cathedral of St Anastasia (on request).
• Lunch of Dalmatian specialities (on request).
• In the afternoon, a short drive to Nin, a little town on an islet linked by bridges, with the church of the Holy Cross and the statue of Bishop Gregory of Nin.
• Visit to the Nin salt pans and their small salt museum (on request).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Free day in Zadar

• Free day (the driver’s rest day): fish and fruit market, a walk along the harbour or a swim.
• Crossing the harbour in a rowing boat, a Zadar tradition for centuries (on request).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 6: Šibenik and the Krka waterfalls

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Šibenik (about an hour and a half).
• Guided tour of Šibenik’s old town and the cathedral of St James, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (on request).
• Lunch in Skradin, by the river (on request).
• In Krka National Park, park boat from Skradin to the Skradinski buk waterfalls, then a walk on the wooden walkways (about an hour, a few steps).
• Return to Zadar in the late afternoon, dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: Drive to the Zagreb area

• Breakfast, then drive inland with regular breaks.
• Late-afternoon arrival at the stopover hotel in the Zagreb area, dinner and overnight.

Day 8: Over the Alps to southern Germany

• Breakfast, then through Slovenia and Austria with regular breaks.
• Late-afternoon arrival at the stopover hotel in southern Germany, dinner and overnight.

Day 9: Return to Belgium

• Breakfast, then the last leg to Belgium with regular breaks.
• Arrival back in your region in the evening.