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                                                                          Balkan from Rome

        PM: Free afternoon to enjoy to shopping  Dubrovnik – Mostar             Depart to Plitvice
                                            Transfer to Mostar. Sightseeing (the old
        Day 03:                             bridge, mosques, old streets of Mostar,   Day 11:
        Rome – Rome APT – Tirana APT – Tirana   museum, etc.). After time for lunch, continue
        Breakfast at the hotel, morning at your leisure   driving to Sarajevo. Overnight in Sarajevo   Bihac – Plivitce Lake – Zagreb
        and depart to Airport.                                                  Visit Plitvice Lakes.
        Transfer from Rome to Tirana.       Day 08:                             Embraced by high wooded mountains, one
                                            Sarajevo                            beneath another lie sixteen beautiful lakes of
        Day 04:                             Sarajevo is one of the most oriental and   crystal blue-green water.
        Tirana – Shkodra                    culturally diverse cities in Europe, and had   Overnight in Zagreb.
        We shall explore the capital city of Albania,   spent over 300 years under Turkish rule until
        including some of the historical highlights in   the Austro-Hungarians arrived in the late   Day 12:
        the city center.                    nineteenth century.
        After lunch, continue to Shkodra.   Visit the Tunnel of Hope.           Zagreb – Zagreb APT
        During its long history, the city has played   The tour begins with a short ride to the War   Zagreb has grown out of the two mediaeval
        important role in Albanian culture and history.  Tunnel where you will be introduced to the   settlements, Kaptol and Gradec that for
        Shkodra is also the center of Albanian   origins of the Balkans conflict, for gaining the   centuries developed on neighboring hills.
        Catholicism as well as a fine example of   better understanding of the Aggression of   Transfer to Zagreb Airport.
        tolerance between religions.        BiH and the Sarajevo Siege.         End of Service.
        Overnight in Shkodra.               Overnight in Sarajevo.
        Day 05:                             Day 09:                               TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
        Shkodra – Budva – Kotor – Dubrovnik   Sarajevo – Blagaj – Split           Rome
        Transfer to Budva, stop for panoramic tour in   Departure to Split with stop en route to
        Old town of Budva.                  Blagaj for the visit of Tekke and lunch. Blagaj   - Colosseum
        Kotor is a beautiful walled medieval city of   is a place with the largest karst spring in   Budva
        twisting, pink-paved streets, markets and   Europe, with a beautiful Dervish Tekke –   - Old town, St Tryphon Cathedral
        architecture reflecting Byzantine to Venetian   today’s, attractive monument. Continue
        influences.                         driving to Split                      Dubrovnik
        Overnight in Dubrovnik.             Overnight in Split                    - Stradivarioyus Road
                                                                                  Mostar
        Day 06:                             Day 10:                               - Old Bridge
        Dubrovnik                           Split – Plitvice
        Start with the walking tour of Old Town   Walking tour of Split           Sarajevo
        Dubrovnik. The ‘Pearl of the Adriatic’,   The Diocletian’s Palace complex is obviously   - Tunnel of Hope
        situated on the Dalmatian coast became an   the most important sight in Split. Do not   Plitvice Lakes
        important Mediterranean Sea power from   miss the Peristyle (peristil in Croatian) which
        the 13th century onwards. Protected by   is the main open space in the palace and is   - National Park
        UNESCO.                             surrounded by a colonnade of six columns to   Zagreb
        Overnight in Dubrovnik              the eastern and western sides and an arch,   - Walking Tour
        Day 07:                             decorated with garlands, in the centre.
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