Two distinct countries. Each with its own culture, tradition, landscape. What unites them? Miles and miles of untouched Adriatic coast. Bike along its shores with your family. See it glittering in the distance on mountain hikes. Learn its history. The common ground between Croatia and Montenegro is not ground at all, but water.
Days 1-2 Witness the vast beauty of the Dalmatian Coast on a journey from Split to Korčula Island | Spin along the southern coast of Korčula past vineyards, olive groves and quaint villages | Enjoy a morning boat ride to the windy town of Viganj for a hike to the summit of St. Elias, the highest point of the Pelješac Peninsula | Take part in a tour of historic Korčula Town, on one of the most verdant islands in the Adriatic.
Day 3 Pedal through the wine-growing region of the Pelješac Peninsula, from the inland village of Donja Banda to the vast blue coast | Savor some of the best locally sourced seafood in Croatia | Explore the World Heritage site of Dubrovnik, with its turrets, spires and red-tiled roofs.
Days 4-6 The Konavle region, on the southernmost tip of Croatia, provides plentiful views of mountains and the sea | Bike across the border to Montenegro and the coastal town of Tivat, whose rocky mountains are dotted with cypress, fig, olive, cedar and pine trees | Hike in the shadows of Mount Lovćen along the wondrous and vast Bay of Kotor, a World Heritage site | Explore the winding cobbled streets, charming squares, medieval churches and aristocratic mansions of Kotor | Finish your adventure with a kayak or paddleboard excursion on the bay's sapphire waters.
Even if Croatia and Montenegro are not already on your family's radar, I sincerely hope you'll consider this trip. There's just something about the unspoiled beauty and unique seduction of the Adriatic coast. Add in the incredibly rich regional culture and history, impressive World Heritage sites, fantastic seafood and truly incredible weather, and you'll find that these two countries offer a world of unexpected delights.- Europe
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This hotel in the heart of old town elegantly celebrates the marriage between old and new. A Relais & Châteaux member. (spa)
Located just outside the old town gates with plentiful amenities and a history of entertaining dignitaries and celebrities. (pool)
With design inspired by the Venetian Renaissance, this luxurious hotel boasts superb views of the marina. (pool, spa)
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Even if Croatia and Montenegro are not already on your family's radar, I sincerely hope you'll consider this trip. There's just something about the unspoiled beauty and unique seduction of the Adriatic coast. Add in the incredibly rich regional culture and history, impressive World Heritage sites, fantastic seafood and truly incredible weather, and you'll find that these two countries offer a world of unexpected delights.
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Every Backroads trip is designed to appeal to a wide variety of interests and fitness levels. We know your pace may vary from one day to the next—and your traveling companion's may differ somewhat from yours. So we present a range of mileage options, and each day you decide exactly what and how much you want to do.
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| Day | Activity | EASYGOING | ACTIVE | AVID | |||||||
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| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | |||||||
| miles | feet gain | miles | feet gain | miles | feet gain | miles | feet gain | miles | feet gain | ||
| 1 | Biking | 11* | 1000 | 16 | 1500 | 24 | 2000 | ||||
| 2 | Walking/Hiking | 3 | 500 | 6 | 1300 | 7 | 1700 | ||||
| Other | Korcula Town Walking Tour (1 Hour) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Biking | 14* | 700 | 25* | 1100 | 32 | 1900 | 37 | 3000 | ||
| Other | Dubrovnik Walking Tour (1.5 Hours) | ||||||||||
| 4 | Biking | 22* | 1800 | 30* | 1600 | 45 | 3700 | ||||
| 5 | Walking/Hiking | 5* | 1600 | 8 | 1600 | ||||||
| 6 | Kayaking | Bay of Kotor Kayaking or Stand-Up Paddleboarding (1.5 Hours) | |||||||||
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* Includes shuttle.
Learn more about how we determine our activity levels and fully support a range of abilities and interests.
Please note that our distance and elevation figures come from Ride with GPS. Other sources (such as Map My Ride and Garmin devices) may give differing elevation figures due to different GPS and mapping technologies. Readings from a Garmin or a smart phone are influenced by other factors such as air pressure.
Only Backroads offers an active travel experience linking four UNESCO-protected cities: Split, Korcula, Durbrovnik and Kotor. It helps that our Trip Expert is Croatian and knows the ins and out of places you won't find in any travel guide – including arranging our exclusive access to Hotel Lesic Dimitri, a nine-room luxury retreat built into the stone walls of Korcula.
On our Dalmatian Coast and Montenegro trips we have an extra leader supporting you along the road and trail—for a total of three, compared to the industry standard two. So we can be in more places at once, giving personal attention to guests traveling at their own pace. Here's more on our Trip Leaders.
Only Backroads offers active trips in Dalmatian Coast and Montenegro designed for families with older teens and 20s. These trips are aimed at you and the amazingly grownup members of your clan—whether they're almost high school grads, already in college or further along. Find out more in this blog post.
We design and support our Dalmatian Coast and Montenegro trips to suit mixed abilities and varied interests—so you can set your own pace, then change things up as the day unfolds. And all guests are free to do the same, traveling together or apart, with no one cramping anyone else's style. Which sounds easy in theory, but it's hard to pull off. Here's more on how we do it.
Under our Book with Confidence policy, your Backroads trip will run even for a single family of three or four people, subject to a nominal extra fee. Or transfer to another trip, and we'll give you a credit. It's all part of our trademark commitment to treating guests with integrity, transparency and total accountability. Read all the details.
On this trip featuring Premiere Hotels, you can count on the best lodgings Dalmatian Coast and Montenegro has to offer. In fact, the hotels we've chosen in this region have higher retail room rates than those offered by any other active travel company—even when their trips cost more.
Under our Book with Confidence policy, your Backroads trip will run even for one or two people (or a family of three or four), subject to a nominal extra fee. Or transfer to another trip, and we'll give you a credit. It's all part of our trademark commitment to treating guests with integrity, transparency and total accountability. Read all the details.
Backroads has the best-qualified people to lead your trip in Dalmatian Coast and Montenegro, and our guests back that up, rating our Trip Leaders an average of 9.75 out of 10 for all-around quality of performance. Get the facts (and no fluff) on how we recruit and develop the very best people for your trip.
Backroads has been welcoming active travelers to Europe since before the Berlin Wall came down. Today it's virtually our second home. We know the perfect roads and trails, the most scenic valleys and hilltop towns, the hidden churches and gem-like museums, the up-and-coming vintners and celebrated chefs—and, of course, all the best places to stay.
For nearly four decades we've worked to earn and maintain our right to call Backroads the world's #1 active travel company. In pursuing that vision on behalf of our guests, we believe we've set the standard for our industry—captured in the Backroads Quality Guide, which clearly sets out the benchmarks of excellence, choice and support that we live by
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I simply can't imagine a better way to immerse yourself in the life of a region, to explore hidden corners and appreciate nuances while enjoying the benefits and enormous satisfaction of traveling under your own power. These are experiences you cannot have behind the wheel of a car, or on a train or a tour bus. Active travel is, at its heart, a way of connecting more authentically with the world. Sure, Backroads provides amazing leaders, superb accommodations and meals, and opportunities you could never arrange on your own. But all of our comprehensive planning and support is aimed at something far simpler: bringing you the immediate, highly personal satisfaction of discovering a new world on your own terms.
— Tom Hale, Founder & President
