Final-year school trip to Croatia: the Plitvice Lakes, Zadar, Krka National Park, Split and Dubrovnik (10 days)
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Reference RTO-10-606
- Duration 10 days
- DepartureFrom the place of your choice
- GroupFrom 20 participants
- DateOn the date of your choice
The turquoise waterfalls of Plitvice, Zadar’s Sea Organ, Diocletian’s Palace in Split and the walls of Dubrovnik: the best of Dalmatia.
This trip follows the Dalmatian coast, one of the most beautiful in the Mediterranean. Pupils walk the boardwalks of the Plitvice Lakes, listen to Zadar’s Sea Organ at sunset, discover the waterfalls of Krka and soak up the life of the lanes inside Diocletian’s Palace in Split. The Pelješac Bridge then takes them to Dubrovnik, the pearl of the Adriatic, and its city walls. Overnight stops in Bavaria and Zagreb avoid any night driving. The departure date and time are set with your school in the quote. The journey is made by day, with a 30-minute break every 3 hours of driving, and the coach stays with the group on site.
Programme
Day 1: Departure from your school and overnight stop in Bavaria
- Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive to Bavaria via Cologne, Frankfurt and Nuremberg (about 800 km from Brussels, 9 hours’ driving excluding breaks).
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night; two drivers take turns at the wheel.
- Free lunch during a break on the way.
- Overnight stop in the Munich area, dinner and quiet evening.
Day 2: Across the Alps and Slovenia to Plitvice
- Departure after breakfast, around 6.30 am, and drive via Salzburg, the Karawanken tunnel, Ljubljana and Zagreb (about 680 km, 8.5 hours excluding breaks), with two drivers taking turns.
- Free lunch during a break on the way.
- Arrival in the early evening in the Plitvice Lakes area.
- Check-in at the accommodation for one night, dinner and quiet evening.
Day 3: The Plitvice Lakes and Zadar
- Visit to Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site: sixteen cascading lakes linked by wooden boardwalks, with a crossing of Lake Kozjak by electric boat.
- Free lunch in the park.
- Drive to Zadar (about 130 km, 2 hours excluding breaks) and check-in at the accommodation for one night.
- Sunset on the Riva to the sound of the Sea Organ, then the Greeting to the Sun lighting up at nightfall (free admission).
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 4: Zadar, Krka, Šibenik and arrival in Split
- Morning walk through Zadar’s old town: the Roman forum and the church of St Donatus.
- Drive to Krka National Park (about 80 km) and walk along the boardwalks to the Skradinski buk waterfalls (on request; swimming is not allowed).
- Free lunch, then St James’s Cathedral in Šibenik, built entirely of stone and listed by UNESCO (on request).
- Drive to Split (about 90 km, 1 hour 15 minutes excluding breaks) and check-in at the accommodation for two nights.
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 5: Split and Diocletian’s Palace
- Visit to Diocletian’s Palace, the living heart of the city for 1,700 years: the Peristyle, the Vestibule and the lanes of the palace (free admission), then its substructures (on request).
- Climb up the bell tower of the Cathedral of St Domnius for the view over the rooftops and the port (on request).
- Free lunch, then a walk along the Riva and through the market.
- Hike on the wooded Marjan hill, with views over the city and the islands, and a swim at a Marjan beach under the teachers’ supervision.
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 6: The Pelješac Bridge, Ston and Dubrovnik
- Departure after breakfast and drive along the coast and over the Pelješac Bridge, which avoids crossing Bosnia and Herzegovina (about 190 km to Ston, 3 hours excluding breaks).
- Stop in Ston, with its salt pans and long medieval walls; climb onto the walls (on request).
- Free lunch in Ston, then drive to Dubrovnik (about 55 km, 1 hour).
- Check-in at the accommodation for two nights and a first walk along the Stradun, the old town’s main street.
- Dinner and supervised evening.
Day 7: Dubrovnik, pearl of the Adriatic
- Walk around the city walls of the old town, nearly 2 km of ramparts above the sea (on request).
- Walk through the old town, a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Onofrio’s Great Fountain, the Rector’s Palace and the old harbour.
- Free lunch, then a boat crossing to the island of Lokrum, with its gardens and rocks for swimming (on request).
- Dinner and last supervised evening in Croatia.
Day 8: Drive to the overnight stop in Zagreb
- Check-out after breakfast and departure around 7 am.
- Daytime drive over the Pelješac Bridge and along the Dalmatian motorway (about 600 km, 7 hours excluding breaks), with two drivers taking turns.
- Free lunch during a break on the way.
- Overnight stop in the Zagreb area, dinner and quiet evening.
Day 9: Drive to the overnight stop in Bavaria
- Departure after breakfast, around 7 am, and drive via Ljubljana, the Karawanken tunnel, Salzburg and Munich (about 730 km, 9 hours excluding breaks).
- Free lunch during a break on the way.
- Overnight stop in the Nuremberg area, dinner and quiet evening.
Day 10: Return to your school
- Departure after breakfast and daytime drive via Frankfurt and Cologne (about 620 km to Brussels, 7 hours’ driving excluding breaks), with regular breaks.
- Free lunch during a break on the way.
- Arrival at your school in the evening.
The price includes
- Coach transport from your school, with the coach at the group’s disposal throughout the stay
- The services of two drivers, given the length of the journey
- 9 nights in a hotel or youth hostel (1 overnight stop in Bavaria on the way out, 1 night in Plitvice, 1 night in Zadar, 2 nights in Split, 2 nights in Dubrovnik, 1 overnight stop in Zagreb and 1 overnight stop in Bavaria on the way back), rooms for 3 to 8 pupils and separate rooms for the accompanying staff
- Half board (breakfast and dinner), from dinner on day 1 to breakfast on day 10
- Admission to Plitvice Lakes National Park, with the park’s electric boat and panoramic train
- Free places for the accompanying staff (their share is included in the price per pupil)
- Accommodation for the drivers
- Road costs, parking fees and tolls, including in Austria and Slovenia
The price does not include
- Visit to Krka National Park
- Visit to St James’s Cathedral in Šibenik
- Visit to the substructures of Diocletian’s Palace
- Climb up the bell tower of the Cathedral of St Domnius
- Climb onto the walls of Ston
- Walk around the city walls of Dubrovnik
- Boat crossing to the island of Lokrum
- Lunches (not included; hotel packed lunches on request), and drinks
- Admission to museums and monuments not mentioned
- Tourist tax
- Cancellation and refund protection (optional)
- Pocket money and personal expenses
Good to know
- Valid identity card or passport, signed parental consent form for each pupil under 18 and European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), to be requested from your health insurance fund a few weeks before departure; the route crosses Germany, Austria and Slovenia, and Croatia is part of the Schengen area: an identity card is enough.
- Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night. An overnight stop in Bavaria on the way out, then in Zagreb and Bavaria on the way back, avoids any night driving, and two drivers take turns at the wheel.
- Supervision is provided by the accompanying teachers; each pupil signs a code of conduct based on the school rules (no alcohol for minors or on the coach, no drug use, punctuality and compliance with instructions during free time, swimming only in authorised areas and under the teachers’ supervision, no swimming at Plitvice or Krka, where everyone stays on the boardwalks).
- The pupil list and rooming list are entered in the school’s online area (Excel import possible); rooms are allocated according to your instructions.
- Recommended period: May to June or September, to avoid the summer heat and crowds in Dubrovnik; Plitvice tickets are booked online in advance with a time slot. Bring good shoes, a swimsuit and sun protection. Croatia uses the euro; lunches are not included: allow around €12–15 per pupil per day, as prices are higher in Dubrovnik.
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Final-year school trip to Croatia: the Plitvice Lakes, Zadar, Krka National Park, Split and Dubrovnik (10 days)
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