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I’m planning a trip for March 2027 and can’t decide between Slovenia and Croatia… I will only have 6 nights to spend due to school.
For those who’ve been there in March:
• How was the weather?
• Did you find it too quiet since it’s shoulder season?
• Which did you enjoy more?
• If you had 6 nights, how would you split them?
• Is Dubrovnik worth visiting in March, or would you spend more time around Split and nearby islands?
Thank you in advance.
Idk what March weather is like, but it’s almost certain to seriously hamper any coastal sightseeing. Weather aside, there’s a lot that expands/contracts for summer tourist season. Croatia was the first time I went anywhere in full-on summer, and I have to say the crowds kind of made it more fun, not less. They manage it well. Personally, I would put a pin in a Croatian coast trip until you can visit that time of year and have time to relax.
On the flip side, with just six nights you could totally do a trip with just Ljubljana and Zagreb. They’re both cool, fun cities with enough to do that you won’t get bored. Getting between them is easy by bus, and Zagreb tends to be one of the cheaper places to fly into. I would totally do that myself.
I dont count cause I havent been to either in March but I have bee to Croatia several times and; 1. It's not my favorite destination; 2. I would not go in March. If I had to go to Croatia again I would save it for when its at its best which is early June and early September for my taste. So I vote for Slovenia where warmth contributes less to the enjoyment for what i enjoy.
Or what awrzesinski said
You could spend 3 nights in both Ljubljana and Zagreb as suggested above. They are very close to each other and flying to NY from Zagreb is easy. They are small enough cities that 2 Full days in each is enough.
Most of the coast is closed till April.
Climate in Croatia in March is not too bad, it is cool and can rain but it is not bad exploring weather.
Things will be closed. Plitvice upper lakes will probably be closed for the season. Many things will be closed on the coast as well.
There is also lots to do and see in Croatia and Slovenia, it is hard to suggest an itinerary with only six nights. It depends on what you want to do and if you have a car. Zagreb and Ljubljana are a possible itinerary, but I do not think it is a particularly good itinerary unless you have an interest in those places because you will miss out on so many things unless you do tours. With six days you could see a lot more with a car and see the coast, I might do something where you spend a night or two in Zagreb, drive to the coast (northern coast, like Istra or Opatija), drive to Ljubljana via one of the sights, and then back to Zagreb on your last day to fly out.
I think Dubrovnik is worth visiting in March especially since it will not be as touristed but again expect the places which are seasonal to be closed. The problem is Dubrovnik is not a convenient destination.
March in Slovenia is winter. Same for the interior of Croatia. The coast and islands? Stick to the large cities where there is a year round population, like Split.
We go to Istria for Easter every year. A lot is still closed but we manage (it’s usually April).
Dubrovnik is the one place in the south I might consider. More is likely open. Its airport is well connected to the world.
If you get to Croatia in March and you enjoy what you see and realize what you didnt get to see and do, you might regret not waiting. I guess if I had to go I would hire a guide or a trip planner to arrange something that took advantage of what was open.
August tourism is 5 million, March is closer to 1 million so the difference isn't "less crowded" its an 80% reduction. You could be facing a ghost town. But the local tour guides might love you for the business.
Another possibility in the region might be Sarajevo. Its a city tour instead of a rural tour. That might provide more being open; but thats a guess. Actually most any major city tour would be a better option.
My favorites nearby, that I have visited in March, are Vienna and Budapest.
It is not really winter, it is just off season. Mid March in Croatia can be beautiful. Avoiding the tourists can be a big plus as well. Even February has been unseasonably warm the past couple years.
Slovenia is not very large, so I would look to see what you would want to do in both countries and see if that would be better served for a summer trip or a March trip.
Mr E, thank you. That was what I was afraid of. I don't like the crowds but I would not want to visit a ghost town either. We will be starting in Budapest but have been to Czech and Austria, so looking into other cities we could continue on from Budapest.
Ivan, thanks for your insights. I have been thinking about it and based on responses, I'd be better off visiting SLovenia and Croatia in June than in March. This March trip of ours will start in Budapest and looking to see where we could go from there.
Figure 4 full days in Budapest and 5 isnt bad. Depends on the dates possibly. If you still have 6 days you could do it in Hungary by train or go outside of Hungary, but because Budapest is sort of remote the best option outsude is a discount airline. Okay, I am biased if you have only 3 full days in town it wont be terrible. No, do four.
Rail Trips under 3 hours and free if you are over 65.
3 days in Eger and the wine country.
2 days in Gyor / Pannonhalma archabbey.
2 days in Pecs
Rail day-trips under 1 hour and free if you are over 65
Szentendre/Esztergom/Visegrad/Vac. Each one separately, or max 2 in a day.
Discount direct flights. Less than 2 hours, more or less, and starting less than $40.
Bucharest and a Romania Tour
Sofia and a Bulgaria Tour
Georgia (might be a bit longer)
Armenia (might be a bit longer)
By Shuttle Service (4 hours + Border Crossing / $60)
Uzhhorod with some tours to the Carpathian villages and towns.
Here is a travel video. https://youtu.be/vmmHm5dpuBE?si=xUpDUxRQZoRFkWBN It’s an excellent video because it begins with the beautiful train station in Kyiv and a bit of feeling for life there currently. Then the night train to Uzhhorod. The young lady who made the video did an excellent job of introducing the situation and the city. Note how normal it is.
But I recommend it as a 4-hour from Budapest, not from Kyiv. Uzhhorod is predominately ethnically Hungarian. It is 10 miles from the Hungarian border, and the western border of the city is the Ukrainian border with Slovakia. On my last trip the border crossing took less than 30 minutes. No visa required, but Ukrainian medical insurance is required. I can send you to the website for that. The cost of the insurance is under $50 for a short stay. I also have a local travel agency if you want to get out of town and so some sightseeing in the Carpathians. A nice 4 star hotel about $100 / night but there are some pretty interesting looking resorts in the forest outside of the city.
If you only have six days I might look at bus options from Budapest, maybe Budapest-Bratislava-(Vienna), Budapest-Zagreb, Budapest-Belgrade.
March in Budapest, you have a couple of months before you will regret not booking a hotel. Opera tickets (if that interests you) you need to do now. The other theaters vary a bit but you need to start checking now who has 2027 shows listed.
If you only have six days, I might look at bus options from Budapest, maybe Budapest-Bratislava-(Vienna), Budapest-Zagreb, Budapest-Belgrade.
Everyone has their favorite way to travel. Ivan is correct, sometimes buses can be interesting as they pass through small towns while the trains whiz past them.
Belgrade isn’t one of my favorite destinations so I will let someone else explain the beauty of visiting. Bus or train its about 6.5 hours. Once thing to be aware of is you will have to go through passport control and that could take time.
There is a fast bus to Zagreb in about 4 hours. The best train is 6 hours, but I can get up and walk around on a train, so I would still vote for the train. But I think Zagreb is best saved for that June trip (early June is ideal in my mind). Just to keep it all in one place; on June 7 in Zagreb, the average high temperature is 25°C (77°F) and the average low is 14°C (58°F). This creates a pleasant daily average of roughly 19°C (66°F). In June the city averages about 8 to 9 rainy days for the month and in March about 8 to 13 rainy days.
Budapest – Bratislava – Vienna, would be hands down on trains in my book. But others might like the bus for all the stops and the towns along the way. Never know. It’s a fair reason to ride a bus. I imagine about the same time as the train. But the OP has already done Austria and even if the OP missed Bratislava, it’s not a place I would go out of my way for.
You are doing Croatia on another trip in June, but after you fall in love with Budapest you might return in June on the way to Croatia, so, for that trip (really this is for anyone else looking to do a similar combination) I suggest you fly from Budapest to Podgorica, Montenegro. The flight takes 1:15 and can be as cheap as $36 but count on closer to $75. So many who go to Croatia ask about day trips to Kotor. I sort of think it’s a lot of driving back and forth, so this allows you to start at Kotor then work your way up the coast to Dubrovnik. No back tracking. I would stay in Montenegro (maybe Dubrovnik too) but I am terribly biased on the subject and not a good source.
Budapest-Zagreb bus is usually direct, though. Takes the motorway without stopping, or stopping just once if the bus does not have a toilet. No small towns and you avoid train construction mess near Koprivnica. Hopefully that will be done by next year.
Also I'd probably rather visit Zagreb in March than June. It is easier to explore when there is not a heat wave, less chance of rain, and you are not going swimming there anyways. But there are other options, and Zagreb is definitely less impressive than Budapest from a touristic perspective.
Croatia, in my mind ... and I've been several times, only pays off if you go for the full experience and for that if they share my taste it takes warm weather and 8 to 10 days. If I had done anything less I would have never returned to do it right.
I honestly do not know what you mean by full experience. There is lots to enjoy in Croatia. If they have six nights, 4 nights Budapest, 2 nights Zagreb would be a really nice trip in March. Then you could come back and see the coast. However Budapest-Bratislava-Wien might be easier especially since there are more flights from Wien. Since they have already been to Austria they would just need to get to the airport from Bratislava which should not be too difficult.
I am circling back to this post.
We have decided to go for Croatia for end of March. Plan is to fly in to Split (from Budapest) and fly out of DBV. Only thing booked at this time is the multicity trip (US-Budapest and DBV-US). We will have 6 nights total and was thinking of splitting them evenly between Split and Dubrovnik. Zagreb does not seem to interest me.
We know it won't be beach weather and that is ok. We are more interested on scenery and hoping we won't be in a ghost town. We do not like driving so we plan on maximizing public transport and do guided tour to Piltvice NP from Split and another guided tour to Mostar/Medjugorje from Dubrovnik.
Pahulagway; sounds like a plan. We all appreciate it when someone returns with the final plan. I am sure that you will enjoy it. A few comments for your flight booking:
Your flight from Budapest to Split is not the easiest to plan. I don’t know your dates so can’t say anything for sure, but I do not believe there are any direct flights in March. If it were me, I would be careful about a major airport with a change of 90 minutes or less. Airports like AMS, MUC, FRA, etc. Air Serbia through Belgrade I could bare a 1-hour change (but not a minute less) if I had to. It’s a tight little airport that well done. I must go that way to Sarajevo each year. With such limited time I wouldn’t want to lose any of it in crazy long flights or being stranded until the next flight because I missed a connection.
There are direct flights on Thursday and Sunday from Budapest to Podgorica if those days of the week work with the rest of your schedule. I have taken that flight quite a few times. That would change your trip to Kotor, the bay of Kotor, Perast, Herceg Novi and Dubrovnik. You idea of Split and Croatia is excellent, I just enjoy bay of Kotor more than I do Split. The perfect would be into Podgorica and out of Split but you would need more time for that. Anyway, it’s Wizzair who do just fine in my book. Figure about 110€ with luggage. If the Thursday and Sunday directs didn’t work for me, I would compare the flight times and durations between Split and Podgorica using Air Serbia.
I think the plan generally makes sense except it may be expensive to fly from Budapest to Split. I did a random search and the cheapest option involved two stops including Zagreb and the best single stop option appeared to be via Munich.
You have an additional option that may be cheaper and take about as long as the flight experience which is taking the bus, it is about ten hours but many of the flight options are just as long and only get you to Split airport.
If you want more comfortable options, you could spend a night in Zagreb, have a walk and a good meal, then fly to Split the next day from Zagreb. Or maybe even that evening depending on how the schedules work. There will always be Zagreb to Split flights.
You could also spend one night in Plitvice: take the bus Budapest to Zagreb, then Zagreb to Plitvice, spend a night at Hotel Jezero (or a pansion nearby, but the hotel is most convenient on the bus), see the park the next morning, then take afternoon bus to Split.
I never recommend against Plitvice but I am not sure I would take a tour there from Split in March. Upper lakes will probably not be open and weather was an issue there into April this year with snow and ice. If you fly into Split I would recommend Krka instead for your day trip, it is closer and almost as beautiful. If you plan correctly you can do the upper boat tour as well if it is running, which would take the whole day. You just get fewer waterfalls overall - Krka is not quite as popular because the park is much larger than Plitvice whereas Plitvice is all self contained waterfalls. But it is still very popular.
I might also check prices for rental cars from Budapest to Split. My guess is this would be very expensive, you take a look and say, no. Sometimes you will get lucky though. Drive is about seven hours but that would be the easiest way and if you spread it out over two days would let you see Plitvice most easily. If it works there are places to stop along the way as well. You do not need a guided tour for Plitvice, you would just need it for transport really. I walked past a tour this year where guide was - I will not say openly lying, but was completely exaggerating some truths. Plus the tour guides are not likely to be geologists.
I would also do the day trip to Mostar from Split, or depending on bus schedules, or if you hire a driver for more than one day, take a night off of either Split or Dubrovnik and spend it in Mostar. It is just a bit closer to Split.
So in general yes you have a good plan but you may need to be flexible especially with weather.
To get from Split to Dubrovnik first choice in March will be bus as the Split>Dubrovnik ferry generally runs April to October.
Split will not be a ghost town, it may actually be a good time to go.
For Dubrovnik you need one full day to see everything. Buy Dubrovnik pass, pick a day, and do as much as you want to. This gets you on the walls and into most of the worthwhile museums. The maritime museum, pharmacy, and rector's palace are probably the highlights after the city walls.
I would try to find apartments within the central cities/old cities in both Split and Dubrovnik. Look at booking.com for options.
I hope you have a good trip.
Thank you, Ivan and Mr E.
March 22nd is what I am looking at for BUD-Split. Air Serbia has a flight with a layover of 45mins in Belgrade. Do you think that is a doable layover?
Thanks.
I have not connected through BEG so I do not know. I am sure it will be fine if they are selling the flight though, I believe you have the right to compensation if you miss the connection under EU261 which would be 250€ at the cost of some of your time.
My only concern is that there is not another direct flight from Belgrade to Split until Friday, so if you miss the connection you will have an adventure. However they operate the same plane type on both flights so it is not impossible you will be on the same plane.
However you do not really have any other good options. Most of them will double connect you through Zagreb. I honestly think next best option might be bus to Zagreb, then fly to Split, as there are maybe a dozen buses a day to Zagreb and four flights from Zagreb to Split on 22 March, all in the afternoon.
No. I connect through Belgrade on Air Serbia a few timrs a year. I wouldnt do it. You could be stranded there. I stand by my suggestion. I've done all three (Split, Dubrovnik and Kotor Bay) more than once and its my personal preference for security of schedule, general interest, history and raw beauty... and cost. Of course you need to travel on Thursday or Tuesday to make the non-stop work.
Otherwise find a 75 minute connection through Belgrade to either Dubrovnik, Split, Podgorica or Tivat and rearrange your trip accordingly.
Even if you flew into Dubrovnik and immediately traveled up to Split its not terrible. There are a few stops and you could do one on thr way up and one on the way back to Dubrovnik.
My best trips are the ones where I dont force the schedule and ones where I have the planning support to be able to suck every second of pleasure out of the trip.
On 22 March Dubrovnik is no better than Split in terms of options and honestly is a bit worse. Podgorica there are more flight connections from Belgrade so you wouldn't get stranded, but then you are five hours away driving from Split where Budapest is seven hours away, so you are not going to Split. Only single connection option is Munich but it is three hour connection to Dubrovnik whereas the Split connection is an hour. The good news about going via Munich is that you are almost certainly going to be on the Croatia airlines flight to Zagreb and then to Split at the next day at the latest if something goes wrong, and you are not leaving Schengen at all.
I still suggest either Flixbus all the way from Budapest to Split, Flixbus to Zagreb then flying to Split, or Flixbus to Zagreb, then on to Plitvice, if that connection is available to you.
There is just not much flight demand to Split in March.
Riding the bus is a solution, I guess. You don’t want to go to Zagreb and I don’t blame you. Been there, done that. It is half what the other destinations are. So, the bus from Budapest to Split is 10 to 12 hours.
fly to … Zagreb and then to Split at the next day at the latest if something goes wrong …
Again in an effort to reach Split you will waste most of two days of 6?
Forget the national borders. Look forward to a great holiday.
Here are some ideas you should test:
Check the other two options (Budapest to Split and Budapest to Dubrovnik) Then make note of the departure and arrival times, cost, duration. Be sure to pick flights with good layover times. 2 hours in the big airports and 1 hour plus in Belgrade. Review the results and look at some of the information below and choose what you think you will most enjoy.
From what little checking I did, the Bay of Kotor to Dubrovnik appears to have a sure fired flight to Kotor either direct or with a quick change (with the first flight going in the right direction instead of backwards). It’s simple and it gets the job done, but where does it leave you. Are you going to be happy with where you are? If this doesn’t look like something you would enjoy, then skip to the next idea:
I doubt you will have enough time for all you can do on the bay. Getting from Kotor to Dubrovnik is the next question. That day you drive from Kotor to Perast for lunch, then Herceg-Novi for a tour, then you cross the border. Total drive time may be 3 hours (maybe 30 minutes longer than Split to Dubrovnik) but the total day is pretty full. But granted the cost will be a few hundred Euro for the tours and transfers. You should price that before you decide. Not hard if you need help, let me know. Or use Daytrip.com for sort of a worst case scenario.
Also price the Dubrovnik to Split trip. Yes, you could do a cheap bus and miss the interesting spots in-between. You might want to do the ferry, but it going to be cold if its even running.
Yes but Montenegro does not have a pulse in March except for Budva. Entire country of Montenegro has same amount of tourist nights as county of Split.
Another possible option, bus to Zagreb in the morning, rent car in Zagreb in the afternoon and drive to Plitvice. You may save a lot in cross border return fees. Spend night at Plitvice, wake up next morning, see the park, drive to Split, return car, enjoy the rest of your stay.
Here are some articles on traveling the region in March. Maybe you will find some help. I’ve been in April and May, but after reading some of this I could be convinced to go on a short visit in March. But I have enough interests that work well in cool weather that it works.
But reading some of this brought two other ideas to mind. I didn’t suggest this before because you said you had made up your mind on Split and Dubrovnik. If that still works for you with the connections … go for it and have a blast. But here are two totally off the wall ideas.
BOSNIA: Fly Budapest to Sarajevo and then drive to Mostar and then to Dubrovnik. When I say drive in any of these, I mean you hire a driver. In Bosnia & Herzegovina and in Montenegro and Albania that is very affordable. Croatia maybe too given the time of year, but generally not as much as the other countries. Anyway. Sarajevo is wonderful year-round and Mostar is interesting year-round. There are several smaller stops along the way as you head south. These, and Dubrovnik, for me, are less temperature dependent for a good time. The only thing I don’t like about this suggestion is that the layover in Belgrade is just one hour (I would still do it) and if you miss it you are stuck for the night. Not that Belgrade isn’t interesting. Maybe hire a guide for a day in Belgrade and just plan to spend the night. A one-day tour is enough there. What’s going on with the flights is they cut back off season. In May you would have more options.
ALBANIA: The other plan that comes to mind is to run away from the weather and fly to Tirana. You can do that on Wizz or Ryan non-stop in 90 minutes. More flights because it’s the beginning of the season down there. Warmer. What a beautiful and fascinating country. The options are plenty, but with 6 days I would do it guided to cover more and do it much more comfortably. Again, this country is substantially less expensive than Western Europe or even Croatia for that matter. For the cost of a hotel room in the West, in Albania, you can get a hotel and a driver for the day. Well, maybe almost. You could do in and out of Tirana and visit the coast and Krujë and Berat and Gjirokastër and Sarandë. Or you could head north from Tirana and see some of that list plus the Valbona in the Albanian Alps and Vlore and Theth and Shkodër on the border with Montenegro. Shkodër is about an hour from the airport in Podgorica for the trip home.
GREECE: And it being March, Greece is also good and with better connections out of Budapest.
And finally, for grins. Here is my last 8-day trip. If it were in March, not a whole lot I would have done differently. https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/montenegro/montenegro-2026-part-two-part-one-was-in-june
Ivan,
I was looking at the bus option Budapest-Zagreb as you suggested for that day but they are showing over 10hrs of journey. I adjusted the dates to Dec and Jan and those are showing 4-5hrs. I wonder if the flix bus sched has not updated for March yet?
Yes, I would be very surprised if route which normally has 10-12 buses each day would have zero direct buses for months.
It looks to me as if bus schedule for that route has been loaded up to 11 or 12 January, so perhaps three months in advance.
Ivan,
How is the drive from Zagreb-Piltvice-Split? Especially the one around Piltvice area? For the most part, we avoid driving when in Europe, the only other time we rented a car was in Portugal. We are in Florida so not used to winter weather. Will there still be parts where there is snow or wintry conditions?
Zagreb-Plitvice-Split road is the old main road in Croatia before the motorway was completed. It is two lanes, but the road is good quality. I think it is an easy drive. Just make sure you take the road via Slunj, the other roads are a bit narrower.
I also think Croatia is easy to drive generally, it is finding parking which is hard. It is not Florida though since it is not flat, but I drove in Florida a long time ago and found that stressful compared to Croatia.
The road is on Google Street View if you want to take a look at it.
In terms of winter conditions you would have to get very unlucky to drive in snow. It is possible though, this year Plitvice in March was around 8°C on average, so in Farenheit that is in high 40s-50s during the day and 30s at night, but above freezing. But there were two storms this year which brought snow to the area around that time. If that happens when you are there you probably would not be going to Plitvice anyways. I was going to go in early April this year and decided not to because of wintry conditions there, however the park is very beautiful in those conditions.
If that does happen I would suggest staying on the main motorway, driving to Skradin or Šibenik for a night, and visiting NP Krka instead. You should be able to book accommodation the day of in March and Krka does not suffer from wintry conditions in the same way as Plitvice might.
If you also have a car you will be able to book accommodation that isn't the park hotel which may save you some €.
If you do decide to rent a car for this part of the trip please post as I have several suggestions for you.
Yes pls do , if that is ok? I made reservations thru expedia for car rental but that would be dependent on how the budapest-zagreb bus situation would look like. We are leaning more on spending the night in Zagreb and have a good night’s rest and drive to Piltvice first thing in the morning then on to Split.
That's not a bad plan to have a rest day in Zagreb and then on to Plitvice.
When you rent the car, take your time and photograph everything, including the bumpers and under the bumpers. Rental car companies sometimes will try to claim you scratched the bumper, if you have photo/video evidence you did not or that it was there before it is not much to worry about.
There are lots of speed cameras especially on the Karlovac-Plitvice section of the road so mind your speed.
Do not take taxis anywhere in Croatia, always use Bolt or Uber, otherwise you risk getting over-charged.
En route to Plitvice make sure to stop at Rastoke in Slunj as "opening act" to Plitvice. It is a town amongst the waterfalls. There is a pay bridge but you can walk around for free as long as you do not go over the bridge. Probably need 30m-1h.
In Karlovac there is a little castle „Dubovac” with good views of the surrounding area on a clear day and a very small museum. Think museum entry was around 3€, cash only, you can walk around the outdoor areas without paying though. Would only take about 30m - not something if you are short on time but worth noting. Karlovac is the old defensive town which now has Karlovačko brewery, you will probably see that beer around Croatia.
As noted because it is off season you will need to be a little bit flexible, if it is snowing in Plitvice, visit Krka. If bura wind closes the motorway near Obrovac, go via Knin if it is open. Everything will work out fine, just watch the weather, and it is just not a time to have one of those itineraries some people have which are 9:04 finish coffee, 9:07 get in car, 9:36 arrive at tourist attraction.
When are you renting the car, on your day out of Zagreb or when you arrive in Zagreb? Asking for parking. I also said driving in Croatia is easy, this does not include central Zagreb which has very specific ways of driving around it.
There should be lots of decent inexpensive accommodation in Zagreb on the day you are there. There are a number of hotels due east of the autobus station which might work out for you, places like Hotel iNova, Hotel 9, Hotel Sliško. I have had a couple people stay there for the night when they are passing through via bus or train, it is sort of the business area, 30 minute walk from the central square, or you can use trams. Best restaurant in the area near the autobus station if you stay there is Franko's pizza, one of the top 50 pizza restaurants in Europe. I thought it might just be marketing but tried it and it is probably best in the city. If you want to try central Croatian cuisine - different than coastal Croatian and Hungarian - I might make a reservation at Ficlek which is reasonably priced and gives you an excuse to see the central square. There is also Magazinska klet restaurant behind the bus station, I haven't been to that location though.
You have lots of options though especially if you do not need to find parking, just find somewhere between the train station and the central Jelačić square.
Bakeries are very good in Zagreb for cheap but not great coffee and cheap but excellent bread or pastry. Dubravica is best non-artisanal chain in Zagreb, there are other better more expensive chains. May be worth getting a sandwich in Zagreb and packing it for lunch before you leave for Plitvice.
pahulagway, if you'd prefer not to drive and the bus schedules/connections aren't the best, consider Octopus Transfers. We used them to travel from Split to Zadar, from Zadar to Plitvice, and from Plitvice to Zagreb. In every case, they were prompt and courteous, and the vehicles were clean and seemed to be well-maintained.
