Croatia & Slovenia Travel Guide- Itinerary

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Croatia & Slovenia – Travel itinerary

Our itinerary ended up consisting of a 16-night stay in Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. The first two nights and our last night were spent in Italy (Venice), whereas the rest of our stay was split between Slovenia (4 nights) and Croatia (9 nights).

  • Day 1: Travel Montreal –> Venice (red-eye flight)
  • Day 2: Venice
  • Day 3: Venice (Day trip to Verona)
  • Day 4: Venice –>  Bled, Slovenia
  • Day 5: Bled
  • Day 6: Bled (Day trip to Vintgar Gorge)
  • Day 7: Bled (Day trip to Ljubljana)
  • Day 8: Bled –> Dubrovnik (via Zagreb)
  • Day 9: Dubrovnik
  • Day 10: Dubrovnik (Day trip to Mljet island)
  • Day 11: Dubrovnik (Day trip to Kotor in Montenegro)
  • Day 12: Day 12: Dubrovnik –> Zadar
  • Day 13: Zadar (Day trip to Plitvice Lakes National Park)
  • Day 14: Zadar –> Rovinj (via Opatija)
  • Day 15: Rovinj
  • Day 16: Rovinj (Day trip in rural Istria)
  • Day 17: Rovinj –> Venice
  • Day 18: Venice –> Montreal

We used several modes of transportation to make our way through our itinerary. We transited through bases early on using the rideshare service GoOpti (more on GoOpti in the Practical Info section). We used a combination of buses and trains for our first day trips. For the second part of the trip (Croatia), we initially flew down to Dubrovnik from Zagreb, and from then on made our way back North by rental car.

Portion without a car

Portion with a rental vehicle

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