We will be traveling to Dubrovnik, late November, to visit our daughter, who will be attending the university. We will be there for 7 days. I am wondering if we fly to Zagreb, then small plane to Dubrovnik and rent a car in Dubrovnik, instead of the 5 hour drive from Zagreb to Dubrovnik, would be an ideal plan. I thought our home base could be Dubrovnik for the week with small day trips along the coast. I'm not sure with only 7 days going to another country would fit in the itinerary, since we are there to see our daughter.
Any suggestions on current plan and is there enough to do with day trips along the coast.
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Have you done an exhaustive comparison of flying to ZAG and heading to DBV separately vs flying to DBV? I am not understanding why you would not just fly on one ticket so you don't have to wait around the airport to ensure adequate time between two separately booked flights.
It will be a pleasure to enjoy the town for a week in off-season. What day trips were you interested in doing?
I'd hold off on the car until you have your itinerary set, but I do suspect you will want one in November, when going over to islands would not be ideal (and catamaran schedules will be reduced). Most of the close-to-Dubrovnik day trips are seasonal (small islands and such). Montenegro and Bosnia are right there, so that could be two of your day trips--closer than Split for example. It really just depends on how much you want to drive. I'd plan on a visit to Ston to see the wall, the scenery, eat some shellfish.
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I have looked at flights, on the way to Dubrovnik, not a bad layover. but I haven't found a returning flight less than a 20 hour layover unless we fly out of Zagreb. I was going to do a round trip to Zagreb to make it easy.
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Im confused about the flight, too, unless the daughter is at University in Zagreb? But "small plane" is what ever Croatian Air flies on the route.
I wouldn't rent a car, pay for tours and transfers instead.
Also check flights from Zadar and Podgorica.
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Republic of Texas / U.S.A. / Magyarország / Budapest
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Oh heck, just realized this is late November. Meet your daughter in Budapest or Vienna or Budapest. Direct flights to Budapest out of Zadar and Podgorica and direct flights to Vienna out of Dubrovnik and Zagreb.
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It probably does not make a huge difference then, though if the price is not different, then flying in to Dubrovnik and out of Zagreb would not be the worst idea. You could enjoy Dubrovnik without a car for a few days, then get one for whatever day trips you are interested in, then on your second to last day or so, drive up to Zagreb and make whatever stops interest you. Your daughter could possibly even come with and make her way back on her own if her schedule allows.