Day Trips for friends of Sightseeing CroatiaSpecial day trips from Split for friends of sightseeingcroatia! (a professional, licensed local guide accompanies Robert on every program) #1. Discover the sights and taste of the Palace! Why settle for a group tour of the highlights when you can have a unique, private Palace Tour with a special, chef-prepared Dalmatian lunch! Begin your tour by meeting the head waiter or chef at one of Split’s most authentic restaurants in the bustling fish market. You’ll learn about the different Adriatic fish and then he will help you pick the catch of the day. While he returns to prepare your meal personally, we’re off for a unique Palace Tour that takes you behind closed doors that most tourists never see; meet local artists and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee at Split’s best café. Then to the restaurant to enjoy your specially prepared meal. Every day June-October, minimum, 2 people. it is $75 each for adults, $50 for children--we can also offer vegetarian or meat cuisine if fish is not your fancy! #2. Discover Solta, the island of olives, honey and wine! Solta, the closest island to Split, is just a 45 minute ferry from Split and a world away! With just 1500 year round residents, Solta has remained one of the most unspoiled islands in the Adriatic. A favorite of sailors, who enjoy its 22 bays, Solta is also the island of olives, honey and wine. We’ll be taken to the groves of one of Croatia’s most award winning mills to learn about the oldest cultivated tree in the world. Then tour the mill and enjoy a tasting and home-cooked meal with wonderful local Dobricic wine! After lunch it’s off to the third generation honey farm of Goran Tvrdic overlooking the ocean….and even get a chance to make your own! A marvelous day in nature spent with local Croatians who are preserving a way of life that has gone on here for over 1,500 years! Special Olive Harvest Tours, late Oct.-early November! Minimum 2 people, $65 each, children under 12 ½ price; includes ferry tickets, transfers, lunch with wine home cooked by Natasha Tvrdic or at the mill! $65 without lunch (we’ll drop you off at the Farmers Market, and next door there’s a store where you can get wine, bread, etc.!) We can also arrange for a speed boat (for up to 10 people!) if you need to be back by 3:30PM or so to be back on your cruise ship. #3. Palace Art Walk—a champagne evening of art! Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, we’ll go to the new Gallery of Fine Arts to enjoy a vibrant array of wonderful Croatian contemporary art as well as carefully selected pieces dating back to Medieval times. Then it’s off to visit three local galleries/studios to see (and meet!) some of Split’s best—from graphic design to oil on canvas. We’ll end our outing with a glass or two of champagne at one of Split’s most stylish new café’s. A wonderful evening of art! 17:30PM (5:30PM) inside the Tourist Office, one day notice required! $25 per person, $50 per couple, including museum admission, personal escort to the artist galleries and champagne! #4. Discover Klis Fortress and Vranjaca Cave! Only 12,000 people a year visit amazing Klis Fortress, perched impossibly high on a rocky butte less than 30 minutes from Split. During the Roman era it was the most important fortification protecting Salona, the Roman capital of Dalmatia. But it was the constant struggle with the Ottoman Empire in the 16thC that cemented Klis' reputation in Croatian history. It took the Turks more than 25 years to capture Klis, but when they did in 1537 the immediate area around Klis became the de-facto boundary between Turkish-controlled Dalmatia and Venetian-occupied land (which included Split). Climbing around this marvelous fort with spectacular views to Split is a rare treat. Afterwards we’ll go spelunking at the Vranjaca cave just a few minutes away in Kotlenica!. Discovered in 1903, the actual cave is 65 meters deep and was created by an underground river millions of years ago. Blissfully cool, the interior is marvelous—you’ll feel like a real explorer! After enjoying the heights of Klis and depths of Vranjaca, off to a great lunch at a local Split konoba overlooking the water! Every day from June 1 to October, minimum two people, $125 each, children under 10 ½ price. Includes private transfer, admissions, lunch in Split, and guided tour of the cave. We can do this tour without Vranajaca Cave and visit Klis Fortress AND the Meet the Chef and Palace Walk for people coming in for the day by ship for just $150 each. #5. Trogir Walking Tour and “peka” lunch at Café Idro!! Trogir, another UNESCO site, is just an hour by water taxi or bus from Split. Smaller, Greek, Medieval, Renaissance, Trogir is an astonishing architectural treasure that probably would attract millions if it was in Italy. It’s a fascinating bookend to Roman Split. The walking tour takes about an hour and a half and then we go for a rare culinary treat—“peka”! In Dalmatia peka is an art. An ancient way of slow cooking meat, chicken and vegetables inside an iron dome covered under and OVER it with wood coals and let to roast for 4 or 5 hours. The flavor is fabulous and with home made peka bread, wine from the owner’s uncle’s vineyard, sitting in the courtyard of a 13th C house you’ll be in heaven. $110 each including transfer to Trogir (water taxi), walking tour, peka lunch with wine and time to swim later on if you wish! Min. 4 adults for “peka” lunch, Min. 2 for fresh fish or other lunch with wine, $95ea. This program can also be done for people coming in by ship for the day! If you would like a private speedboat, for up to 8 people, we can also arrange this! #6 Perfect for cruise ship guests! Trogir AND Split, with lunch! We can pick you up when your tender arrives and whisk you off to Trogir for our walking tour and then come back to Split for a great lunch at one of our favorite konobas before finishing the afternoon with a walking tour of Split. Plenty of time to get you back to your tender to make the 3:30PM or later “last call”. It is $110 each with lunch and wine, and if there are four or more of you, we can do “peka” at Idro or in Split for $125 each. Six or more, $110. NEW!! Wine Tasting with Dalmatian delicacies! Up a wonderful old neighborhood street, just near the Green Market, is an old konoba (tavern) that has been carefully restored to offer guests a fabulous array of Croatia’s best wines. As you enjoy great whites and reds, you'll also get to taste delicious Dalmatian cheeses and other delicacies. Allow at least two hours for this unique experience. It is $30 per person, minimum 2people. Tastings can be arranged with one day notice; otherwise 7:30PM Just one of our many happy friends! “ Discovering Split and Trogir with Robert Aronson ” Aug 17, 2011, 9:25 PM Trip Advisor Destination Expert for Chattanooga, Blowing Rock, North Carolina Mountains In our search for a unique day of touring, we found Sightseeing Croatia, Robert Aronson and our guide for the day, Sonja. We wanted to get away from the daily bus tours that were offered by our cruise line, and treat ourselves to something special. Robert worked with me for an itinerary that included a visit to beautiful Trogir, a lunch of Peka, a local speciality, coastal viewing and an interesting afternoon in Split. We were even treated to Iced coffee and an incredible dark chocolate gelato. Sweet memories of Split!!! Our guide, Sonja, lead us through alleyways and into unique corners that were filled with interesting stories of the past histories. They provided us a day to remember and we are most grateful. Very professional, prompt & reliable. "Sightseeing Croatia" was a great find!!!!! Thanks Robert & Sonja.
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