Hi !
we are planing our next family trip (july 2019). We have come with a general plan that need tuning. We would fly to and from Venice (direct flights from Montreal). We have 26-28 nights for that trip.
1) flight into Venice (2 nights) . Already been to Venice so we dont need a lot of time there, just want to show the place to the kids .
Rent a car
2) Trieste (1 night)
3) Istria (4-5 nights) : We need central place so we could do daytrip from there, Rovinj Maybe ?
4) Plitvice (1 night) ..should we make a detour to Zadar or somewehre else a bit in the southern part before going there?
5) zagreb (2-3 nights) maybe a daytrip from there ?
6) Road to Varzdin, Ptuz, Maribor (2 nights ?)
6) Slovenia (6-7 nights), we will have to choose two base to see : Ljubljana, Bohinj, BLed, caves, Vrsic pass, julian alps) Anything else ?
7) Road to the Dolomites (stop in route ? )
8) Dolomites (6 nights with two bases..maybe Cortina and Ortisei ? with day trip to Tre Cime and Bolzano)
10) sleep somewhere not too far from VCE (flight is around 13:30) and bring back the car.
11) fly back to Montreal
We have chose , not an easy decision , to leave out the dalmatian coast for that trip. That would mean to rush some places. Since we are travelling in the heart of summer with two kids (7 ans 11) we have to move not too fast.
Should we do the loop other way around (start with Dolomites and end with Istria and Trieste ) ?
Travel would be july 4-5 to agust 2-4.
Thanks !