Orebić for senior groups: the Pelješac peninsula, Korčula, the walls of Ston and vineyards (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 the Pelješac peninsula

• 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, then a drive along the peninsula to Orebić.
• Check-in at the hotel close to the sea for 7 nights, dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Beach and relaxation

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free day by the sea.
• At the end of the day, a stroll along the seafront past the old captains’ houses.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Korčula island

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Boat crossing from Orebić to Korčula (about 15 minutes).
• Guided tour of Korčula’s old town: its herringbone lanes, St Mark’s Cathedral and the so-called house of Marco Polo (on request).
• Fish lunch at Korčula harbour (on request).
• Free time, then boat back to Orebić in the late afternoon.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 6: Ston, its walls and its oysters

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive along the peninsula to Ston (about an hour).
• Discovering Ston, its salt pans worked for centuries and its walls climbing the hill; optional climb on part of the walls (many steps).
• Tasting of oysters and mussels in Mali Ston (on request).
• Return to Orebić in mid-afternoon and free time.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: Free day

• Free day (the driver’s rest day): beach, swimming, a nap or a walk by the water.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 8: Pelješac vineyards and Orebić monastery

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Coach ride up to the 15th-century Franciscan monastery of Orebić for the view over the channel and Korčula island.
• Drive to Potomje, a village at the heart of the Plavac Mali vineyards, below the slopes of Dingač.
• Tasting of Pelješac wines at a cellar in Potomje (on request).
• Return to Orebić in the early afternoon and free time.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 9: Last free day

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Free day by the sea.
• 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.