Croatia 2027: 17 night Itinerary

August 29: 🇭🇷 Fly overnight → arrive Split

I feel like we’ve got plenty of room to wander, eat, swim, photograph, explore new places, and repeat the experiences we love. ❤️🇭🇷

The order of the days will be finalized depending on things like when our friends are available to play, the cruise ship schedule in Dubrovnik, which days our desired tours are offered, our energy level, and, of course, the availability of spectacular clouds. 😉

2 nights · Arbanija · Hotel Vila Tina (Aug 30 & 31)

Day 1: Arrive at Split airport · rent car, drive 12 minutes · Dinner at Vila Tina

Verla Bear and Puna Bear enjoy a smoked meat and cheese starter at Vila Tina

Day 2: Šibenik · shopping, lunch, wander & shoot · Dinner at Vila Tina

Šibenik 2021
Enjoying dinner at Vila Tina 2025

4 nights · Lumbarda, Korčula Island (Sep 1 to 5)

Day 3: Car ferry to Vela Luka · Drive to Lumbarda · Dinner at Konoba Feral

view from car ferry to Korčula  2021
Lumbarda 2023 Konoba Feral is the white building.
Konoba Feral 2023

Day 4: Water taxi to Korčula Old Town · dinner at Marco Polo · wander & shoot

water taxi 2023
Octopus Salad at Marco Polo 2021
Grilled Squid at Marco Polo 2021
Marco Polo Steak 2021
Korčula Old Town 2021

Day 5: Explore Lumbarda · Lunch at Amore · Korčula food tour

Lumbarda 2021

Day 6: Rest or repeat anything, and swim in the Adriatic 

Lumbarda 2023

5 nights · Dubrovnik · Sobe na Konalu (Sep 5 to 10)

Day 7: Car ferry to Orebić · Walk walls in Ston · Lunch at Konoba Bakus · Dinner on our terrace watching the sun set over the Elaphiti Islands

view from the terrace at Sobe na Konalu

Day 8: Walls of Dubrovnik · Lunch at Konoba Aquarius · Dinner at TajMahal

Walls of Dubrovnik from Lovrjenac Fortress 2017
Grilled Frog Legs and Aquarius Salad
Grilled Fish at Konoba Aquarius
Irmis treats us as honored guests.

Day 9: Cavtat · Uber over · wander & shoot, waterfront, lunch, shell museum · ferry back to Dubrovnik · dinner at TajMahal · bus back to guesthouse

image from Cavtat tourism website
Fritters and Kajmak at TajMahal 2023
Yogurt Soup to die for at TajMahal 2023
Ćevapi at TajMahal 2023

Day 10: Historic garden tour · boat trip to Trsteno Arboretum & Lokrum Island · wander & shoot · back by 3:30 · dinner at Konoba Bonaca

image from Trsteno Arboretum website
Fish pâté on the house at Konoba Bonaca 2023
Pašticada at Konoba Bonaca
Swordfish at Konoba Bonaca

Day 11: Rector’s Palace · Inner Walls · Lovrjenac Fortress · MOMA at sunset · dinner in Old Town

Rectors Palace Cultural Museum 2023
Lovrjenac Fortress from Bokar Tower
Inner Walls Tour View of Minceta Tower and Franciscan Monastery
View of Bokar Tower and Lovrjenac Fortress from Inner Walls Tour

6 nights · Arbanija · Hotel Vila Tina (Sep 10 to 16)

Day 12: Drive to Split · lunch, wander & shoot · continue to Vila Tina

Split, Croatia 2025
Sanja welcomes us like family.

Day 13: Do absolutely nothing.
Breakfast, lunch & dinner at Vila Tina · swim in the Adriatic

our Vila Tina view
Vila Tina Breakfast Buffet
Vila Tina Breakfast Buffet
Bears enjoy the view.
my favorite place to do nothing all day
Hotel Vila Tina Beach

Day 14: Meet up with friends for lunch/dinner

Anita guided us on one of very best days in Croatia in 2025.
our friends Anita & Dado prepared an unforgettable feast in May 2025

Day 15: Trogir · lunch, wander & shoot

Trogir, Croatia 2021

Day 16: Putalj food & wine tour in Kaštel Sućurac

image from Putalj Winery Website

Day 17: Rest or repeat anything, and swim in the Adriatic 

Hotel Vila Tina Beach 2017
Sunrise from our terrace at Hotel Vila Tina