• All accommodation as described

• Luggage transfers

• Meals as described in the Meal Plan

• Self-guided information pack containing your map and route notes

• Transfers from/to Dubrovnik Airport

• Transfers to/from your walks as per itinerary

• Ferry tickets as per itinerary

• Wine tasting on Day 2

• Dubrovnik city tour on Day 5

• Travel insurance

• Travel to / from Dubrovnik Airport

• Entrance to the National Park at Mljet (around the equivalent of 20 Euros per person)

• Public buses and taxis

• Visas (if applicable)

• Some meals as described in the Meal Plan

• Personal equipment

• Any additional activities/excursions indicated as optional

Each self-guided holiday comes with comprehensive route notes and a map or pocket guidebook of the area you are exploring. The route notes contain information about the places you will visit and the local transport you might need, along with the detailed route notes for your daily walks or cycle rides. We even include some tips for the best places to stop for lunch.

You can expect to receive your Self-Guided Pack containing your route notes, a map or guidebook, and all your relevant documents, no later than 3 weeks before your holiday start-date. We will send your documents using a signed-for courier so that you can track your package and know that it is safely on its way to you. For bookings of more than 4 people we will send an additional Self-Guided Pack. If you do not need this additional pack please inform our Sales Team. Your pack will be sent to the lead booker, so please remind them to pack it before setting off.

Should your self-guided trip be part of a longer adventure requiring you to leave home more than three weeks before your holiday start-date, please inform our Sales Team so that we can make alternative delivery arrangements.

Our Self-Guided Holidays are perfect for your next family holiday and are suitable for children of all ages.

Our partner hotels and accommodations are able to provide cots for young children, and some offer family rooms. We can also arrange hire of children’s bikes and tag along bikes for most of our self-guided cycling trips and with trips such as Lake Constance and the Danube offering routes on designated cycle paths you can rest assured in keeping your family safe.

As a parent we trust that you know your own child’s capabilities, so please read the itinerary details to ensure the distances covered each day are suitable for your family. If this is a first time walking holiday for your family, a centre based trip is a fantastic option as it allows you to easily opt out of a days walking if a day of building sand castles, swimming in the pool or visiting museums is calling instead.

Please discuss this further with our sales team who will be happy to assist in picking the best trip for your family.

This trip starts and ends at Dubrovnik Airport. All of our self-guided holidays are sold on a Land Only basis, allowing you the flexibility to choose the travel method that best suits you. For this trip we have included a return transfer for you from Dubrovnik Airport, which offers great connections from regional UK airports.

This trip is on a bed and breakfast basis to allow you the most flexibility during your holiday.

Water from the taps is perfectly drinkable on this holiday - please use this to fill your personal bottles for your daily activities. We do not encourage the purchase of single-use plastic bottles.

As you might expect, cuisine on the Dalmatian coast has quite a Mediterranean feel, with strong influences from Greece and Italy – especially Venice. Our mouths are watering already! Following peasant cooking traditions, good quality local ingredients such as vegetables, nuts, cereals, dairy products, and meat and fish, are cooked in simple yet imaginative ways to produce delicious meals. Home-made pasta, gnocchi (Njoki), risotto (Rizot), and polenta (Palenta) dishes served with fresh local produce, focaccia (Pogaca), and a dried meat rather like prosciutto (Prsut), all display the Italian influence, as does the use of local olive oil and herbs and spices such as oregano, bay, sage, rosemary, marjoram, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and the rinds of oranges and lemons. The aromas alone are food for the senses!

Being so close to the catch of excellent seafood from the Adriatic, this really is the place to enjoy fish and seafood dishes. Perhaps you’ll enjoy a tasty fish stew (Brudet if you like it spicier, or Popara for a milder flavour) with a lovely chilled glass of local white wine? If seafood really is your thing then be sure to try the internationally acclaimed Ston Bay oysters, widely agreed to be amongst the best in the world. You can hardly get them any fresher, coming straight from the sea to your table. Oysters have been farmed here since the 17th century and are at their best when eaten raw on ice in their shells, drizzled with a few drops of lemon juice. They are especially good when washed down with a glass of local sparkling or white wine. If oysters are a step too far for you, the mussels around this coast are also exquisite, so order Buzara instead. If the more unusual appeals to you, why not try a black risotto (Crni Rizot). Common and well loved throughout Croatia, you are perfectly placed on the coast to sample this dish of rice cooked with olive oil, herbs, spices and locally caught cuttlefish - the ink from which gives the dish its dark inky colour. Cheese fans won’t be disappointed either, with some lovely creamy goats cheeses produced in the region too.

Those with a sweet tooth will be in their element as there are plenty of interesting desserts and other delights to enjoy as you fuel your adventures. Rozata is not to be missed – a dessert likened to a Dalmatian version of creme caramel or flan made using rose water instead. Other tempting delights include Mantala – a cake from Konavle made with red grape must from a local grape variety, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg. For something fruity you might like Arancini – this one isn’t at all like rice balls of the same name found in Italy - here it is a fragrant snack made from sugared orange or lemon peel. Or, how about Klasuni - moon-shaped cookies from Korcula filled with a nut, orange marmalade and rosewater paste. This is only a snapshot - why not visit the area and experience the region’s flavours yourself?

Whilst we can cater for vegetarians, albeit sometimes with a more limited choice, we cannot always provide for special diets.  Due to the nature of some of the trips that we operate and the countries in which we operate them, it can be very hard (and sometimes impossible) to cater for a wide range of dietary choices and you may have to supplement your meals with food/snacks from home.  If you have specific dietary requirements please do speak to our sales team and they will be able to advise you whether or not we will be able to offer your specific choice.  Please note that we are unable to provide separate menus and cannot accept liability for any problems arising from special dietary requirements or intolerances.

We have especially chosen a lovely selection of small, family run 2-star and 3-star guesthouses and hotels for their great locations and warm hospitality. All the accommodations offer comfortable ensuite bedrooms and atmospheric communal areas including a bar, gardens or a terrace, and offer delicious breakfasts to help fuel your days of exploring. In the evenings you can look forward to enjoying dinner out at one of the nearby restaurants.

It is possible to arrange additional nights' accommodation before or after your trip, either in Ston, Konavle, or Dubrovnik. So if you wish to have a little more time relaxing on the coast or exploring the city, please just ask our Sales Team for more information.

You and your main luggage will be transferred between each of your hotels according to the daily itinerary described. We ask that you please ensure that each piece of your luggage is under 20kg. You will also need a daypack to carry your daily essentials with you while you are walking.