Balkans Countryside village visits Trips

Overall trip was amazing. Well paced. Comfortable accommodations.. Being a non meat eater the tour meals exceeded my expectations. Delicious vegetarian options. Tour director very knowledgeable and entertaining Bus driver exceptional.

The itinerary is perfect and is busy, which given all there is to see and learn is a good thing. We had the best tour guide, she had lived life under communism so her knowledge wasn’t just read and learned. She was anlso the best organiser as well. Our bus driver was amazing and kept us on time and safe.

The itinerary is fast and very informative with lots of options to do as little or as much as you want to. The optional experiences ate great value often including a meal I would recommend doing as many as possible

It was very busy, & there was a lot of information to try to retain. A couple more nights would have been a bonus, but overall it was very well planned. I'd take the tour again!

Maybe consider explicit information about distances being driven on the lengthier components of the tour journey. Perhaps consider the proportion of ‘optional activities’ that fill the tour days and evenings. (ie percentage of optional activities is disproportional to tour organised ones). Not transparent enough in relation to additional cost to participants or total time impact on tour days. Tour should be seen as a full tour not bus trip plus optional activities. The tour cost is already significant and it seems that the tour should provide all activities that fill the tour times. A proportion of time should remain available for folks to choose to take. Some activities / events are not significant enough e.g. momentary viewing in a day of long travel and not many other significant activities / attractions.

The Dalmatian coast cycling trip was a beautiful adventure through the Croatian islands and mainland. David, the guide, was an expert at leading a large group with varying skill and focused on safety while also having fun. The coffee and lunch stops were in intriguing towns with interesting things to see. I wish we would have only made one stop per day, though, so there was more time to spend in one place. Often times we’d get to a town and have to choose between eating and sightseeing because there wasn’t time for both. The first hotel was very nice, the ones after left a bit to be desired. All breakfasts were delicious with a lot of variety. It should be noted that if you are not at least a somewhat avid cyclist, this trip is not for you. There were very inexperienced cyclists on this trip who were scared to death of descending and had no fitness for the longer climbs. It made it very difficult to keep a group of 16 together, and the lack of experience riding on roads was a detriment to the group. I must say David handled it all with poise and patience, but I am shocked at the inexperienced folks that signed up for this trip.