Dubrovnik for senior groups: the old town, Cavtat, Trsteno Arboretum and the Elaphiti Islands (12 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: To Dubrovnik via the Pelješac bridge

• Breakfast, then a long leg south on the Dalmatian motorway, with regular breaks and lunch at your own pace on the way.
• Crossing the Pelješac bridge, which avoids passing through Bosnia and Herzegovina, and late-afternoon arrival on the Dubrovnik riviera.
• Check-in at the hotel for 7 nights, dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Dubrovnik’s old town

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Coach drop-off near the Pile Gate, the main entrance to the old town.
• Guided tour of the old town: the Stradun, the Rector’s Palace, the cathedral and the Franciscan monastery with its pharmacy opened in 1317 (on request).
• Lunch in the old town (on request).
• Free time: a walk around the city walls for keen walkers (about 2 km and many steps), or a coffee on a terrace at the Old Port.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Cavtat and the Konavle valley

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Cavtat, a quiet little harbour south of Dubrovnik, and a stroll along the palm-lined seafront.
• Visit to the birthplace of the painter Vlaho Bukovac (on request).
• For those who wish, a walk up a shady path to the Račić family mausoleum, the work of the sculptor Ivan Meštrović.
• Country lunch in an old mill in the Konavle valley (on request).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 6: Free day

• Free day (the driver’s rest day): beach, a stroll or back to the old town by local bus.
• Boat crossing to Lokrum island, a nature reserve with a botanical garden and peacocks, fifteen minutes from the Old Port (on request).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: Trsteno Arboretum and Mount Srđ

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Trsteno and a stroll in its arboretum, the Renaissance garden of a noble Ragusan family, with its giant plane trees, Neptune fountain and sea views (paths partly sloping).
• Fish lunch in a coastal village (on request).
• Cable car ride up Mount Srđ for the panorama over the old town and the islands (on request).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 8: Cruise to the Elaphiti Islands

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Day cruise to the car-free Elaphiti Islands (Koločep, Lopud and Šipan), with a fish lunch on board (on request).
• For those not taking part, a free day by the water.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 9: Last day on the riviera

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free day for a last swim, a stroll or some last-minute shopping.
• Farewell dinner with traditional Dalmatian klapa singing (on request).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 10: Drive to the Zagreb area

• Breakfast, then a long leg north via the Pelješac bridge and the Dalmatian motorway, with regular breaks.
• Late-afternoon arrival at the stopover hotel in the Zagreb area, dinner and overnight.

Day 11: 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 12: Return to Belgium

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