Split and central Dalmatia for senior groups: Diocletian’s Palace, Trogir, Klis and Sinj (10 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: Trogir and arrival in the Split area

• Breakfast, then drive to Dalmatia on the motorway, with regular breaks.
• Stop in Trogir, a small medieval town on its islet, listed by UNESCO: a walk to the cathedral of St Lawrence and its portal carved by Master Radovan in 1240.
• Check-in at the hotel in the Split area for 5 nights, dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Split and Diocletian’s Palace

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Guided tour of Diocletian’s Palace: the Peristyle, the substructures and the cathedral of St Domnius, the emperor’s former mausoleum (on request).
• Lunch of Dalmatian specialities (on request).
• Free time on the Riva, the large harbour promenade, and at the open-air market.
• Coach ride up Marjan hill for the panorama over the city and the islands (on request).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Salona, Klis and the castles of Kaštela

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Guided tour of the ruins of Salona, the former Roman capital of Dalmatia, with its amphitheatre (on request).
• Drive to Klis fortress, perched on a rocky spur: view of Split and the islands from the car park; optional climb inside (steep path and steps).
• Spit-roast lamb lunch at an inn in Klis (on request).
• In the afternoon, a stroll in one of the little harbours of Kaštela, below the castles built by the water.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 6: Free day

• Free day (the driver’s rest day): beach, relaxing at the hotel or a stroll.
• Visit to the Ivan Meštrović Gallery in Split, devoted to the great Croatian sculptor (by local bus or taxi) (on request).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: Sinj and the Dalmatian hinterland

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive to Sinj, in the Cetina valley (about 45 minutes).
• Visit to the Alka Museum in Sinj, devoted to the knights’ tournament held every summer since the 18th century and listed as UNESCO intangible heritage (on request).
• Visit at your own pace to the shrine of Our Lady of Sinj, a major place of pilgrimage in Dalmatia.
• Lunch of hinterland specialities at an inn in the valley (on request).
• Return to the hotel in mid-afternoon and last evening on the coast.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 8: Drive to the Zagreb area

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

Day 9: 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 10: Return to Belgium

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