Hi! My husband and I are headed to Croatia for the first time in early September 2024. Would love some help looking over this itinerary, and if we are splitting time appropriately.
We love nature, exploring cool towns, enjoy swimming, will go for a nice after dinner drink but aren’t big night life people.
Day 1: fly into in Zagreb, land at 1pm, stay overnight
Day 2: rent car, drive to Plitvice, stay at hotel nearby
Day 3: full Plitvice day, stay at same hotel nearby — is this night needed?
—Some suggested we drive to Sibenik or Skradin or Zadar for this night to be closer for day 4? Which is best if we did that?
Day 4: Drive to Krka in the morning, explore, then drive to Split & drop off the car. Some suggested we should stop in Trogir and Primosten on our way. Overnight in Split
Day 5: Hvar excursion maybe the 5 islands one but we do want a boat with shade? Any suggestions? Stay at same hotel in Split
Day 6: Get to Korcula early for an overnight
Day 7: Stay half the day, then Korcula - Dubrovnik
Day 8: Dubrovnik
Day 9: Dubrovnik
Day 10: early flight Dubrovnik-Zagreb
Day 11: Fly out of Zagreb
Thank you! Really struggling on excursion choice, hotel in Split. Because we’ll have some time in Zagreb, would love any suggestions on hotels / what to do there.