Dalmatian Island Explorer

This is a splendid and leisurely Adriatic cruise through the islands, islets and reefs of the Dalmatian coast. With its unique natural beauty matched with masterful architecture, each island and port has its own place in history, perhaps as a site of a battle, home to a fascinating church or palace, or inspiration for poets or artists. This cruise offers five recognised UNESCO World Heritage sites: Dubrovnik, Split, Sibenik, Trogir and Kotor.

In its golden years, Dubrovnik was a significant economic and cultural centre, rivalling Venice for supremacy. Facing the Adriatic from its well-known fortified walls, it is today a unique open-air museum with a multitude of museums, galleries, treasuries, churches and fine palaces. On the island of Mljet, the 12th-century monastery of St. Mary lies on a picturesque salt lake in the Mljet National Park. On the nearby island of Korcula, considered to be the birthplace of Marco Polo, is the 13th-century cathedral of St. Mark, an architectural masterpiece with styles from Gothic to Renaissance. Sibenik is a gloriously medieval fortified town with impressive waterfall cascades close by in the Krka National Park.

Trogir is one of the jewels of Dalmatia with narrow intertwining streets. Split was first settled when, at the end of the 3rd-century AD, the Roman emperor, Diocletian, built a palace which now forms an old town area like no other. The remote island of Vis has Venetian Gothic buildings and a Renaissance church. The charming isle of Hvar reveals palaces, monasteries and churches with a blissful absence of cars. South of Dubrovnik lies Montenegro, Europe’s newest independent nation (and peopled by the second tallest nation in the world!). Kotor, surrounded by an impressive city wall and dominated by dramatic cliffs and a castle, lies on a secluded part of the Gulf of Kotor.

Due to the popularity of the region and limited flight options to Dubrovnik we have introduced a flight via Zagreb with Croatian Airlines, however British Airways is currently available on most dates at a supplement.

† Beer, house wine, fruit juice, tea, coffee and water are included during lunch and dinner.