Croatia Tours in Spring

This was my first solo trip and my first experience with Back Roads. I combined two tours Croatia & Dalmation Coast & Adriatic Discovery and absolutely loved both. The small groups, fabulous Guides & drivers and the locations we visited & places we stayed were amazing! So it's a big yes, I highly recommend Back Roads.

Croatia is a friendly and beautiful country..English is spoken by nearly all its citizens, making it easy to communicate with its citizens..Its history and cultural influences are significant and interesting. As for the itinerary , the hotels on this tour were excellent..The motorcoach was comfortable our driver excellent, and the services were very very good..I was a bit disappointed in the pricing for some the optional dinners, as I felt it was at an elevated cost for less than premium cuts of beef or fish or vegetable selection..The optional tours with local guides were good as well. I would recommend that all tour directors utilize the video screens available in the motorcoach to educate guests about the city or port we are travelling to and even have a canned power point presentation on variety of subjects ..It would make the time go by a bit easier..On our previous tours with Insight, this was done but not on the this tour, with our tour director..Most of her comments and instructions were not very clear and her screen shots distributed on What's App were more like drafts of a school report with lots of penciled cross outs, etc and not very professional. She may need some training in this regard. Finally, I wished to leave our gratuity as a charge on my credit card..Judith told me I couldn't , and that she turned in the machine to the office, which I knew was not true..On my 4 other Insight tours , I had used my credit card for the gratuity, so I now had to find an ATM , or go to exchange service to leave the grastuity in euros..In other words, she did not want to incur commision or fees on this transaction but its ok for me to be inconvenienced and incur the cost of exchange fees..So let me ask you, who is the customer, the tour director or the guest ? Otherwise, I will say , in her own way, was very organized and handled all the logistics extremely well.

Our Balkan tour was a truly unforgettable experience! Travel Director Miss and our driver, went above and beyond to pamper us throughout the journey. Highlights included breathtaking scenery in Montenegro, Dubrovnik, the delicious food in Croatia, the fascinating history of Serbia. It was a total immersion in the beauty and culture of the Balkans, made even more special by the exceptional care of our team.

I really enjoyed this holiday, Croatia is lovely and this is a beautiful part of it. Charming little villages on the top of hills, fantastic coastline and clear sea, interesting and lovely walking. We had a good group and an excellent, charming and enthusiastic guide who added to the whole experience. One of the highlights was the safari ‘cafe’ on the cliff tops and food altogether delicious, beautifully cooked fish. A really enjoyable, relaxing holiday combined with good exercise and interest - well recommended

This itinerary was busy but wonderful. There were so many highlights that included the beauty of nature, history, architecture, and food and culture. Our amazing travel director was knowledgeable, and kept us all organized and stress-free () and the driver () was courteous and drove safely! We would have liked more time in Montenegro as the border crossings were time consuming. It was our first time to the Balkans and we would highly recommend this itinerary.

It was a wonderful tour with a terrific Tour Director . Lots of variety with old history and the up to date information re the former Yugoslavia. The Scenery was fabulous. Loved it.