Croatia Bike & Boat: Split & the Dalmatian Islands

Depart home for Croatia. The particulars of your arrival overseas are detailed with your flight itinerary.

Upon arrival at the Split international airport, claim your luggage and clear customs. If your luggage is lost, you must fill out a PIR form before leaving the customs area; VBT representatives are not allowed into the customs area. Also, make sure that your VBT luggage tags are attached to your bags so that your representative can identify you.

The representative will be waiting outside the customs area in the international arrivals terminal and will be holding a VBT sign. Your local representative arranges your transportation by private car (approximately 35 minutes) to your hotel in Split to begin your trip. Your hotel room may not be available until 2:00 p.m. If you arrive early, you may store your luggage with the reception desk.

If you are going to be delayed meeting our transportation representative for more than 15 minutes due to delayed or lost luggage, please let our representative know by calling or sending a text message to +385 989 655474. Please type “VBT Guest” at the beginning of your text. Our representatives are generally able to wait for up to 45 minutes from the time your flight lands, after which you will be responsible for your own transportation. However, they might be able to reschedule your transportation if they are aware of the delay. You may also contact Allianz Global Assistance to advise of your delay, and they will contact our transportation service.

You have the rest of the day free to explore this wonderful, historic city. Now a modern port city, Split boasts an Old Town center that retains its historic charm. The city is centered around the Emperor Diocletian’s vast palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, which remains one of the largest and best-preserved examples of palatial architecture from the Roman period. Visit the medieval Brace Radica Square. Its Marina Tower, built by the Venetians in the second half of the 15th century, is all that remains of their imposing castle. When you’re ready for a rest, head to Split’s Riva Promenade to sip coffee, grab an ice cream, and enjoy the view.

In the evening, relax in one of the city’s restaurants and sample the local cuisine.

Accommodation: Hotel Cornaro, Split

This morning, join a local guide for a private walking tour of Split. This fascinating modern city grew up around the ancient palace of Emperor Diocletian. Still today, locals live and play out their lives among its millennia-old walls and gleaming white stone quarried on the nearby island of Brac, which you will be visiting later. View its highlights, and see the octagonal Cathedral of Domnius. After your walking tour, meet your VBT trip leaders at the Cornaro Hotel in Split at 11:30 a.m. Your trip leaders will be wearing VBT staff garments. You shuttle the short distance with your fellow travelers to Trogir, where you embark your private ship, reserved strictly for VBT travelers.

Your bike tour begins in Trogir. After lunch you check into your cabins and dress for biking. After a safety and bike-fitting session, set out on a scenic warm-up ride on Ciovo Island along quiet country roads lined with pine and cypress trees and surrounded by splendid vistas. It’s an ideal preview of the island splendor to come. The longer option climbs a slight incline to the island’s historic 12th-century monastery and a dramatic vista. Later, gather for a welcome cocktail and dinner on board. After dinner enjoy a short walk to discover the Old Town of Trogir, where your ship will be moored for the first night.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today’s Ride Choices:
Cumulative Distance Range: 15 – 23 km (9 – 14 miles)
Afternoon
Warm-up: 15 km (9 miles)
Additional ride to the 12th century monastery and overlook: 8 km (5 miles)

What to Expect: An easy out-and-back ride on Ciovo Island on paved countryside roads. The longer ride includes a short incline to reach the island’s overlook.

Lift anchor early this morning and enjoy your first breakfast on board during a scenic coastal cruise to Vis, the farthest island from Croatia’s shore inhabited by locals. The fishing heritage is rich here as Vis has long been isolated from other sources of livelihood. Today, an active viniculture also thrives on this relaxed, low-key island. You arrive late this morning and pedal along on a beautiful seaside route to Milna, where you might dive into the Adriatic for a swim at one of the many long, sandy beaches for which Vis is celebrated. Later, ride to the island’s famed restaurant, Rokis, a casual eatery set in a traditional stone house typical of the Dalmatian Islands.

Later, cycle to the old fishing village of Komiža, set between dramatic green hills and the shimmering ocean. You visit the imposing St. George Fortress and the fishing museum for a glimpse of the region’s rich past and seafaring ways. After, ride back to your ship over scenic hills, taking in breathtaking Adriatic vistas. If you prefer, get a lift from the shuttle and explore the town of Vis, perhaps visiting the Notre Dame Church or strolling to admire Renaissance summer houses built by the nobility. This evening, enjoy dinner on board. You moor overnight in Vis.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today’s Ride Choices:
Cumulative Distance Range: 28 – 39 km (17 – 24 miles)
Morning
Vis to Komiža: 28 km (17 miles)
Afternoon
Komiža to Vis: 11 km (7 miles)

What to Expect: Ride quiet and fully paved country roads. The route features a couple of hills, especially during the afternoon ride. The support vehicle is available back to the ship if you prefer to pass on the afternoon ride.

A three-hour sailing this morning delivers you to Vela Luka (meaning “big harbor”) on the splendid island of Korcula. Not only is this one of the most beautiful Dalmatian islands; it is also beloved for the golden-hued Grk wine produced at its vineyards. Your morning ride leads you into a stunning landscape of karst hills to one side and glittering Adriatic waters to the other. Some hill climbing brings you to spectacular lookout points. Your destination is a working olive farm, lush with gnarly olive trees that have grown here in the Adriatic sun for generations. Pause to visit with the owners and enjoy a tour of its ethnographic collection of olive presses, learning about the island’s long tradition of harvesting. Later, you stop for a traditional Croatian lunch at the family-owned Konopica restaurant. Sample the homemade Uštipci bread, sip a local Pošip wine and perhaps enjoy a local octopus peka, a traditional dish slow-cooked under a cast-iron dome-shaped baking lid. (Have your trip leader call the day before as it takes many hours to prepare.)

After lunch, continue cycling to Grad Korcula, the island’s cultural center and alleged birthplace of Marco Polo. This fascinating town was laid out in a herringbone configuration on a scenic promontory. The resulting grid allows for easy air flow and protects its citizens from strong mistral winds in the warm summers. All its narrow streets are stepped, except the Street of Thoughts, so called because there’s no need to watch your footing as you stroll.

Dinner is on your own this evening. You’re sure to find the ideal spot in Grad Korcula, affectionately called “mini Dubrovnik” for its authentic medieval atmosphere. Later, you may attend a Moreška performance, an exciting sword dance depicting a battle between Croats and Moors. Your ship docks in Grad Korcula tonight.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today’s Ride Choices:
Cumulative Distance Range: 8 – 52 km (7 – 32 miles)
Morning
Vela Luka to Konopica: 28 km (17 miles)
Afternoon
Konopica to Korcula: 24 km (15 miles)

What to Expect: Today features your trip’s highest mileage and most elevation gain. You cycle all paved country roads with limited traffic. The VBT support vehicle is available.

Sail this morning to the mainland and the scenic Pelješac Peninsula. This finger of land pointing into the Adriatic has been compared to Tuscany for its wine production. Upon arrival, you join a shuttle to Donja Banda to begin a magnificent morning of cycling amid dramatic landscapes. You first stop in the village of Kuna at a donkey farm, the Antunovic Family Farm. Meet the proprietors during your visit and learn about their breeding program and their surrounding vineyards – and of course, meet the long-eared residents!

Continue to the Matuško winery in the tiny village of Potomje. Tour this scenic spot overlooking the sea and perhaps sample some of its smooth olive oil and its renowned Dingac wine, made from Plavac mali grapes. After, you return to the ship and set out for Mljet Island, enjoying lunch on board.

Your focus this afternoon is the spectacular Mljet National Park, comprising all of the island’s northwestern region. Surrounded by turquoise waters and cloaked in forest and shrub, it is deserving of a closer look. You leave the bicycles on board and have the afternoon at leisure to swim, kayak or hike along its pristine shores. This evening, enjoy a wine- and olive-tasting on board, followed by dinner. You moor tonight at Mljet.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today’s Ride Choice:
Cumulative Distance Range: 26 km (16 miles)
Morning
Donja Banda to Zuljana: 26 km (16 miles)

What to Expect: Upon docking on the mainland, take a short van shuttle to skip the busy traffic and uphill climbs. The remainder of the ride follows mainly flat or downhill routes on quiet and paved country roads. There is no biking on Mljet Island in the afternoon.

Depart Mljet this morning and sail toward the end of the Pelješac Peninsula to Viganj, perhaps spotting windsurfers catching the mistral winds. Back on the mainland, you disembark for a scenic out-and-back ride along the breathtaking coastline. For lunch, you stop in Podobuce, a pretty fishing village, for a picnic prepared by your trip leaders. There’ll be time for a swim here, too, before you return to the ship.

Back on board, you cruise to Hvar. Celebrated as the most beautiful island in the world, it is a wonderland of lavender fields, fruit orchards, fragrant pine forests and superb beaches. You’ll have the chance to take it all in when you cycle among its pristine vistas tomorrow. For now, you moor in one of the scenic bays outside Hvar Town. Later, join a cooking class on board to learn from the chef how to prepare a favorite Croatian dish that you savor for dinner.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today’s Ride Choices:
Cumulative Distance Range: 38 km (24 miles)
Morning
Viganj to Podobuce: 19 km (12 miles)
Afternoon
Podobuce to Viganj: 19 km (12 miles)

What to Expect: Ride along well-paved country roads today. The area outside Viganj can be busy with traffic during the main tourist season, but most of your ride follows very quiet and scenic roads along the seacoast. Today’s ride features two remarkable hills. The support vehicle is available should you need assistance throughout the day.

Disembark after breakfast for a short walk in Hvar Town, a medieval Croatian settlement with a strong Venetian influence dating back to the 16th century. Take in the expanse of Saint Stephen’s Square, the largest Adriatic square after Saint Mark’s in Venice. And see the Arsenal, built in 1612 as Europe’s oldest and perhaps smallest municipal theater.

After, ride past Hvar’s stunning panoramas of fertile fields filled with flowers and herbs and dramatic, sparsely inhabited landscape crisscrossed by stone walls. You can admire views across the sea to neighboring islands and the mainland. The road into Stari Grad, a charming Dalmatian town situated at the end of a narrow bay, is a glorious four-mile (6.5 km) downhill coast. Originally founded in the fourth century BC, Stari Grad (literally “old town”) features a main square which offers a number of options for lunch on your own. Get acquainted with this gem of a town during an orientation walk. There’ll be free time to explore on your own.

Continue biking a pleasant road into Jelsa, passing vineyards and olive groves. A local Jelsa family welcomes you into their village, and into their home. You are their guests this evening for a home-prepared dinner and wine. You’ll find there’s no better way to connect with the people of the Dalmatian islands than over a shared meal. Your ship meets you in Jelsa at day’s end and will remain moored here tonight.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Today’s Ride Choices:
Cumulative Distance Range: 22 – 35 km (14 – 22 miles)
Morning
Hvar to Stari Grad: 22 km (14 miles)
Afternoon
Stari Grad to Jelsa: 13 km (8 miles)

What to Expect: Today’s ride starts with a steady climb of about four miles out of Hvar Town. Follow coastal roads to Stari Grad, where trip leaders escort you on a short orientation walk and point out choices for lunch on your own. In the afternoon, continue riding to Jelsa on mostly quieter country roads. Two moderate hills reward you with splendid views. The support vehicle is available should you need assistance throughout the day.

This morning, cruise into the beautiful bay of Pucišca. This tiny enclave on the island of Brac is considered one of the prettiest villages in Europe. Disembark here and visit one of the world’s few remaining stonecutting schools. The stone that is carved here, quarried from nearby Skrip, has been used to build some the world’s most famous buildings, including Diocletian’s Palace in Split and the White House in Washington, D.C. This is a unique opportunity to see students’ work and learn about a near-forgotten craft.

After an enlightening visit, cycle the northern coast of the island to the 14th-century village of Postira, nestled between the ocean and hillsides. On the way, you pass centuries-old olive and pine groves. Continue to Supetar, the island’s main port, where you meet your ship for lunch on board. After lunch, you may extend your riding day with a spin to Milna, a charming village on a bay settled by shepherds in the 16th century. Keep your ears open for the local Chakavian dialect, the only place on the island where the ancient Slavic language is spoken.

Rejoin your ship here, then sail back to Trogir, where your trip began. This evening, join the captain for a special farewell dinner, recounting your favorite moments from your cycling adventure among the magnificent Dalmatian Islands.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today’s Ride Choices:
Cumulative Distance Range: 24 – 42 km (15 – 26 miles)
Morning
Pucišca to Supetar: 24 km (15 miles)
Afternoon
Supetar to Milna: 18 km (11 miles)

What to Expect: Today’s ride starts in Pucišca and follows the north coast of Brac to Postira and Supetar, passing ancient groves of olive and pine trees. Meet your ship in Supetar for lunch, then join the longer option for a moderate ride to Milna, following quieter country roads and climbing a few hills.

After breakfast, travel by private motorcoach (approximately 4.5 hours) to our 5-star Dubrovnik hotel for a final overnight stay. You arrive at approximately 1:00 p.m. and have the rest of the day to relax at the hotel’s private beach or explore the historic Old Town of Dubrovnik on your own.

Upon your arrival, a VBT representative will be there to answer your questions. Optional walking tours of Dubrovnik will be offered. Check your VBT city information for all the options. If you have chosen the independent Post-Trip Extension to Dubrovnik, you’ll remain at this hotel for the next three nights.

Accommodation: Hotel Dubrovnik Palace, Dubrovnik
Included Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast* this morning, transportation to the Dubrovnik airport will be provided (approximately a 30-minute drive, depending on traffic) for your departing flight**. Please ensure you are ready in the hotel reception area at the designated time.

*Please note: For guests with early-morning departures, breakfast at the hotel may not be available. Please check with the front desk to verify the times that breakfast is served.

**Please note: VBT transportation times and departure points are finalized in advance and cannot be modified for individual guests. If you extend your stay beyond the scheduled program dates, return transportation to the airport will be at your own expense.

Included Meals: Breakfast

All you have to do is get to the airport. On a Flight + Tour Combo, we’ll take care of the rest, handling all the logistics so you can travel with peace of mind. You’re sure to arrive refreshed for an unforgettable trip.

A VBT representative will greet you at the airport to start your adventure off right. A complimentary car service brings you to your hotel in Split. So beautiful is its seaside setting that the 3rd-century Roman Emperor Diocletian chose this place as his retirement home; remarkably, his ancient palace still plays a central role in the city’s daily life, hosting shops and restaurants. There’ll be time to settle in to your hotel before setting out for dinner on your own, wandering the labyrinthine warrens, passageways and courtyards.

Accommodation: Hotel Cornaro, Split

This morning, join a local guide for a private walking tour of Split. This fascinating modern city grew up around the ancient palace of Emperor Diocletian. Still today, locals live and play out their lives among its millennia-old walls and gleaming white stone quarried on the nearby island of Brač, which you will be visiting later. View its highlights, and see the octagonal Cathedral of Domnius. After your walking tour, meet your VBT trip leaders at the Cornaro Hotel in Split at 11:30 a.m. Your trip leaders will be wearing VBT staff garments. You shuttle the short distance with your fellow travelers to Trogir, where you embark your private ship, reserved strictly for VBT travelers.

Your bike tour begins in Trogir. After lunch you check into your cabins and dress for biking. After a safety and bike-fitting session, set out on a scenic warm-up ride on Ciovo Island along quiet country roads lined with pine and cypress trees and surrounded by splendid vistas. It’s an ideal preview of the island splendor to come. The longer option climbs a slight incline to the island’s historic 12th-century monastery and a dramatic vista. Later, gather for a welcome cocktail and dinner on board. After dinner enjoy a short walk to discover the Old Town of Trogir, where your ship will be moored for the first night.

Today’s Ride Choices

Afternoon: Warm-up – 15km (9 miles) | Additional ride to 12th century monastery and overlook – 8km (5 miles)

What to Expect: An easy out-and-back ride on Ciovo Island on paved countryside roads. The longer ride includes a short incline to reach the island’s overlook.

Cumulative Distance Range: 15 – 23km (9–14 miles)
Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Lift anchor early this morning and enjoy your first breakfast on board during a scenic coastal cruise to Vis, the farthest island from Croatia’s shore inhabited by locals. The fishing heritage is rich here as Vis has long been isolated from other sources of livelihood. Today, an active viniculture also thrives on this relaxed, low-key island. You arrive late this morning and pedal along on a beautiful seaside route to Milna, where you might dive into the Adriatic for a swim at one of the many long, sandy beaches for which Vis is celebrated. Later, ride to the island’s famed restaurant, Rokis, a casual eatery set in a traditional stone house typical of the Dalmatian Islands.

Later, cycle to the old fishing village of Komiza, set between dramatic green hills and the shimmering ocean. You visit the imposing St. George Fortress and the fishing museum for a glimpse of the region’s rich past and seafaring ways. After, ride back to your ship over scenic hills, taking in breathtaking Adriatic vistas. If you prefer, get a lift from the shuttle and explore the town of Vis, perhaps visiting the Notre Dame Church or strolling to admire Renaissance summer houses built by the nobility. This evening, enjoy dinner on board. You moor overnight in Vis.

Today’s Ride Choices

Morning: Vis to Komiza — 28km (17 miles)
Afternoon: Komiza to Vis — 11km (7 miles)

What to Expect: Ride quiet and fully paved country roads. The route features a couple of hills, especially during the afternoon ride. The support vehicle is available back to the ship if you prefer to pass on the afternoon ride.

Cumulative Distance Range: 28 — 39km (17 — 24 miles)
Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

A three-hour sailing this morning delivers you to Vela Luka (meaning “big harbor”) on the splendid island of Korčula. Not only is this one of the most beautiful Dalmatian islands; it is also beloved for the golden-hued Grk wine produced at its vineyards. Your morning ride leads you into a stunning landscape of karst hills to one side and glittering Adriatic waters to the other. Some hill climbing brings you to spectacular lookout points. Your destination is a working olive farm, lush with gnarly olive trees that have grown here in the Adriatic sun for generations. Pause to visit with the owners and enjoy a tour of its ethnographic collection of olive presses, learning about the island’s long tradition of harvesting. Later, you stop for a traditional Croatian lunch at the family-owned Konopica restaurant. Sample the homemade Ustipci bread, sip a local Posip wine and perhaps enjoy a local octopus peka, a traditional dish slow-cooked under a cast-iron dome-shaped baking lid. (Have your trip leader call the day before as it takes many hours to prepare.)

After lunch, continue cycling to Grad Korčula, the island’s cultural center and alleged birthplace of Marco Polo. This fascinating town was laid out in a herringbone configuration on a scenic promontory. The resulting grid allows for easy air flow and protects its citizens from strong mistral winds in the warm summers. All its narrow streets are stepped, except the Street of Thoughts, so called because there’s no need to watch your footing as you stroll.

Dinner is on your own this evening. You’re sure to find the ideal spot in Grad Korčula, affectionately called “mini Dubrovnik” for its authentic medieval atmosphere. Later, you may attend a Moreška performance, an exciting sword dance depicting a battle between Croats and Moors. Your ship docks in Grad Korčula tonight.

Today’s Ride Choice

Morning: Vela Luka to Konopica — 28 km (17 miles)
Afternoon: Konopica to Korčula — 24 km (15 miles)

What to Expect: Today features your trip’s highest mileage and most elevation gain. You cycle all paved country roads with limited traffic. The VBT support vehicle is available.

Cumulative Distance Range: 8 — 52km (7 — 32 miles)
Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Sail this morning to the mainland and the scenic Peljesac Peninsula. This finger of land pointing into the Adriatic has been compared to Tuscany for its wine production. Upon arrival, you join a shuttle to Donja Banda to begin a magnificent morning of cycling amid dramatic landscapes. You first stop in the village of Kuna at a donkey farm, the Antunovic Family Farm. Meet the proprietors during your visit and learn about their breeding program and their surrounding vineyards – and of course, meet the long-eared residents!

Continue to the Matusko winery in the tiny village of Potomje. Tour this scenic spot overlooking the sea and perhaps sample some of its smooth olive oil and its renowned Dingac wine, made from Plavac mali grapes. After, you return to the ship and set out for Mljet Island, enjoying lunch on board.

Your focus this afternoon is the spectacular Mljet National Park, comprising all of the island’s northwestern region. Surrounded by turquoise waters and cloaked in forest and shrub, it is deserving of a closer look. You leave the bicycles on board and have the afternoon at leisure to swim, kayak or hike along its pristine shores. This evening, enjoy a wine- and olive-tasting on board, followed by dinner. You moor tonight at Mljet.

Today’s Ride Choice

Morning: Donja Banda to Zuljana — 26km (16 miles)

What to Expect: Upon docking on the mainland, take a short van shuttle to skip the busy traffic and uphill climbs. The remainder of the ride follows mainly flat or downhill routes on quiet and paved country roads. There is no biking on Mljet Island in the afternoon.

Cumulative Distance Range: 26km (16 miles)
Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Depart Mljet this morning and sail toward the end of the Peljesac Peninsula to Viganj, perhaps spotting windsurfers catching the mistral winds. Back on the mainland, you disembark for a scenic out-and-back ride along the breathtaking coastline. For lunch, you stop in Podobuce, a pretty fishing village, for a picnic prepared by your trip leaders. There’ll be time for a swim here, too, before you return to the ship.

Back on board, you cruise to Hvar. Celebrated as the most beautiful island in the world, it is a wonderland of lavender fields, fruit orchards, fragrant pine forests and superb beaches. You’ll have the chance to take it all in when you cycle among its pristine vistas tomorrow. For now, you moor in one of the scenic bays outside Hvar Town. Later, join a cooking class on board to learn from the chef how to prepare a favorite Croatian dish that you savor for dinner.

Today’s Ride Choices

Morning: Viganj to Podobuce — 19km (12 miles)
Afternoon: Podobuce to Viganj — 19km (12 miles)

What to Expect: Ride along well-paved country roads today. The area outside Viganj can be busy with traffic during the main tourist season, but most of your ride follows very quiet and scenic roads along the seacoast. Today’s ride features two remarkable hills. The support vehicle is available should you need assistance throughout the day.

Cumulative Distance Range: 38 km (24 miles)
Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Disembark after breakfast for a short walk in Hvar Town, a medieval Croatian settlement with a strong Venetian influence dating back to the 16th century. Take in the expanse of Saint Stephen’s Square, the largest Adriatic square after Saint Mark’s in Venice. And see the Arsenal, built in 1612 as Europe’s oldest and perhaps smallest municipal theater.

After, ride past Hvar’s stunning panoramas of fertile fields filled with flowers and herbs and dramatic, sparsely inhabited landscape crisscrossed by stone walls. You can admire views across the sea to neighboring islands and the mainland. The road into Stari Grad, a charming Dalmatian town situated at the end of a narrow bay, is a glorious four-mile (6.5 km) downhill coast. Originally founded in the fourth century BC, Stari Grad (literally “old town”) features a main square which offers a number of options for lunch on your own. Get acquainted with this gem of a town during an orientation walk. There’ll be free time to explore on your own.

Continue biking a pleasant road into Jelsa, passing vineyards and olive groves. A local Jelsa family welcomes you into their village, and into their home. You are their guests this evening for a home-prepared dinner and wine. You’ll find there’s no better way to connect with the people of the Dalmatian islands than over a shared meal. Your ship meets you in Jelsa at day’s end and will remain moored here tonight.

Today’s Ride Choices

Morning: Hvar to Stari Grad — 22km (14 miles)
Afternoon: Stari Grad to Jelsa — 13km (8 miles)

What to Expect: Today’s ride starts with a steady climb of about four miles out of Hvar Town. Follow coastal roads to Stari Grad, where trip leaders escort you on a short orientation walk and point out choices for lunch on your own. In the afternoon, continue riding to Jelsa on mostly quieter country roads. Two moderate hills reward you with splendid views. The support vehicle is available should you need assistance throughout the day.

Cumulative Distance Range: 22 — 35km (14 — 22 miles)
Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

This morning, cruise into the beautiful bay of Pucisca. This tiny enclave on the island of Brač is considered one of the prettiest villages in Europe. Disembark here and visit one of the world’s few remaining stonecutting schools. The stone that is carved here, quarried from nearby Skrip, has been used to build some the world’s most famous buildings, including Diocletian’s Palace in Split and the White House in Washington, D.C. This is a unique opportunity to see students’ work and learn about a near-forgotten craft.

After an enlightening visit, cycle the northern coast of the island to the 14th-century village of Postira, nestled between the ocean and hillsides. On the way, you pass centuries-old olive and pine groves. Continue to Supetar, the island’s main port, where you meet your ship for lunch on board. After lunch, you may extend your riding day with a spin to Milna, a charming village on a bay settled by shepherds in the 16th century. Keep your ears open for the local Chakavian dialect, the only place on the island where the ancient Slavic language is spoken.

Rejoin your ship here, then sail back to Trogir, where your trip began. This evening, join the captain for a special farewell dinner, recounting your favorite moments from your cycling adventure among the magnificent Dalmatian Islands.

Today’s Ride Choices

Morning: Pucisca to Supetar — 24km (15 miles)
Afternoon: Supetar to Milna — 18km (11 miles)

What to Expect: Today’s ride starts in Pucisca and follows the north coast of Brač to Postira and Supetar, passing ancient groves of olive and pine trees. Meet your ship in Supetar for lunch, then join the longer option for a moderate ride to Milna, following quieter country roads and climbing a few hills.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, travel by private motorcoach (approximately 4.5 hours) to our 5-star Dubrovnik hotel for a final overnight stay. You arrive at approximately 1:00 p.m. and have the rest of the day to relax at the hotel’s private beach or explore the historic Old Town of Dubrovnik on your own.

Upon your arrival, a VBT representative will be there to answer your questions. Optional walking tours of Dubrovnik will be offered. Check your VBT city information for all the options. If you have chosen the independent Post-Trip Extension to Dubrovnik, you’ll remain at this hotel for the next three nights.

Accommodation: Hotel Dubrovnik Palace, Dubrovnik
Included Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast this morning, transportation to the Dubrovnik airport will be provided (approximately a 30-minute drive, depending on traffic) for your departing flight. Please ensure you are ready in the hotel reception area at the designated time.

Included Meals: Breakfast

Meet your VBT trip leaders at the Cornaro Hotel in Split (6 Sinjska str. 21000 Split, phone +385 21 644 200) at 11:15 a.m. Your trip leaders will be wearing VBT staff garments. You shuttle the short distance with your fellow travelers to Trogir, where you embark the ship and have lunch on board. If you prefer, you can meet your group in the Old Town of Trogir. The ship Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen) will be moored at noon at Trogir Promenade, close to the Ciovski Bridge (phone +385 915 196814). Please contact the Hotel Cornaro in Split or the ship in Trogir to advise of any travel delays or changes, and the staff will pass your message on to your VBT trip leaders.

Your bike tour begins in Trogir. After lunch you check into your cabins and dress for biking. After a safety and bike-fitting session, set out on a scenic warm-up ride on Ciovo Island along quiet country roads lined with pine and cypress trees and surrounded by splendid vistas. It’s an ideal preview of the island splendor to come. The longer option climbs a slight incline to the island’s historic 12th-century monastery and a dramatic vista. Later, gather for a welcome cocktail and dinner on board. After dinner enjoy a short walk to discover the Old Town of Trogir, where your ship will be moored for the first night.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Today’s Ride Choices:
Cumulative Distance Range: 15 – 23 km (9 – 14 miles)
Afternoon
Warm-up: 15 km (9 miles)
Additional ride to the 12th century monastery and overlook: 8 km (5 miles)

What to Expect: An easy out-and-back ride on Ciovo Island on paved countryside roads. The longer ride includes a short incline to reach the island’s overlook.

Lift anchor early this morning and enjoy your first breakfast on board during a scenic coastal cruise to Vis, the farthest island from Croatia’s shore inhabited by locals. The fishing heritage is rich here as Vis has long been isolated from other sources of livelihood. Today, an active viniculture also thrives on this relaxed, low-key island. You arrive late this morning and pedal along on a beautiful seaside route to Milna, where you might dive into the Adriatic for a swim at one of the many long, sandy beaches for which Vis is celebrated. Later, ride to the island’s famed restaurant, Rokis, a casual eatery set in a traditional stone house typical of the Dalmatian Islands.

Later, cycle to the old fishing village of Komiža, set between dramatic green hills and the shimmering ocean. You visit the imposing St. George Fortress and the fishing museum for a glimpse of the region’s rich past and seafaring ways. After, ride back to your ship over scenic hills, taking in breathtaking Adriatic vistas. If you prefer, get a lift from the shuttle and explore the town of Vis, perhaps visiting the Notre Dame Church or strolling to admire Renaissance summer houses built by the nobility. This evening, enjoy dinner on board. You moor overnight in Vis.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today’s Ride Choices:
Cumulative Distance Range: 28 – 39 km (17 – 24 miles)
Morning
Vis to Komiža: 28 km (17 miles)
Afternoon
Komiža to Vis: 11 km (7 miles)

What to Expect: Ride quiet and fully paved country roads. The route features a couple of hills, especially during the afternoon ride. The support vehicle is available back to the ship if you prefer to pass on the afternoon ride.

A three-hour sailing this morning delivers you to Vela Luka (meaning “big harbor”) on the splendid island of Korcula. Not only is this one of the most beautiful Dalmatian islands; it is also beloved for the golden-hued Grk wine produced at its vineyards. Your morning ride leads you into a stunning landscape of karst hills to one side and glittering Adriatic waters to the other. Some hill climbing brings you to spectacular lookout points. Your destination is a working olive farm, lush with gnarly olive trees that have grown here in the Adriatic sun for generations. Pause to visit with the owners and enjoy a tour of its ethnographic collection of olive presses, learning about the island’s long tradition of harvesting. Later, you stop for a traditional Croatian lunch at the family-owned Konopica restaurant. Sample the homemade Uštipci bread, sip a local Pošip wine and perhaps enjoy a local octopus peka, a traditional dish slow-cooked under a cast-iron dome-shaped baking lid. (Have your trip leader call the day before as it takes many hours to prepare.)

After lunch, continue cycling to Grad Korcula, the island’s cultural center and alleged birthplace of Marco Polo. This fascinating town was laid out in a herringbone configuration on a scenic promontory. The resulting grid allows for easy air flow and protects its citizens from strong mistral winds in the warm summers. All its narrow streets are stepped, except the Street of Thoughts, so called because there’s no need to watch your footing as you stroll.

Dinner is on your own this evening. You’re sure to find the ideal spot in Grad Korcula, affectionately called “mini Dubrovnik” for its authentic medieval atmosphere. Later, you may attend a Moreška performance, an exciting sword dance depicting a battle between Croats and Moors. Your ship docks in Grad Korcula tonight.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Today’s Ride Choices:
Cumulative Distance Range: 8 – 52 km (7 – 32 miles)
Morning
Vela Luka to Konopica: 28 km (17 miles)
Afternoon
Konopica to Korcula: 24 km (15 miles)

What to Expect: Today features your trip’s highest mileage and most elevation gain. You cycle all paved country roads with limited traffic. The VBT support vehicle is available.

Sail this morning to the mainland and the scenic Pelješac Peninsula. This finger of land pointing into the Adriatic has been compared to Tuscany for its wine production. Upon arrival, you join a shuttle to Donja Banda to begin a magnificent morning of cycling amid dramatic landscapes. You first stop in the village of Kuna at a donkey farm, the Antunovic Family Farm. Meet the proprietors during your visit and learn about their breeding program and their surrounding vineyards – and of course, meet the long-eared residents!

Continue to the Matuško winery in the tiny village of Potomje. Tour this scenic spot overlooking the sea and perhaps sample some of its smooth olive oil and its renowned Dingac wine, made from Plavac mali grapes. After, you return to the ship and set out for Mljet Island, enjoying lunch on board.

Your focus this afternoon is the spectacular Mljet National Park, comprising all of the island’s northwestern region. Surrounded by turquoise waters and cloaked in forest and shrub, it is deserving of a closer look. You leave the bicycles on board and have the afternoon at leisure to swim, kayak or hike along its pristine shores. This evening, enjoy a wine- and olive-tasting on board, followed by dinner. You moor tonight at Mljet.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today’s Ride Choice:
Cumulative Distance Range: 26 km (16 miles)
Morning
Donja Banda to Zuljana: 26 km (16 miles)

What to Expect: Upon docking on the mainland, take a short van shuttle to skip the busy traffic and uphill climbs. The remainder of the ride follows mainly flat or downhill routes on quiet and paved country roads. There is no biking on Mljet Island in the afternoon.

Depart Mljet this morning and sail toward the end of the Pelješac Peninsula to Viganj, perhaps spotting windsurfers catching the mistral winds. Back on the mainland, you disembark for a scenic out-and-back ride along the breathtaking coastline. For lunch, you stop in Podobuce, a pretty fishing village, for a picnic prepared by your trip leaders. There’ll be time for a swim here, too, before you return to the ship.

Back on board, you cruise to Hvar. Celebrated as the most beautiful island in the world, it is a wonderland of lavender fields, fruit orchards, fragrant pine forests and superb beaches. You’ll have the chance to take it all in when you cycle among its pristine vistas tomorrow. For now, you moor in one of the scenic bays outside Hvar Town. Later, join a cooking class on board to learn from the chef how to prepare a favorite Croatian dish that you savor for dinner.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today’s Ride Choices:
Cumulative Distance Range: 38 km (24 miles)
Morning
Viganj to Podobuce: 19 km (12 miles)
Afternoon
Podobuce to Viganj: 19 km (12 miles)

What to Expect: Ride along well-paved country roads today. The area outside Viganj can be busy with traffic during the main tourist season, but most of your ride follows very quiet and scenic roads along the seacoast. Today’s ride features two remarkable hills. The support vehicle is available should you need assistance throughout the day.

Disembark after breakfast for a short walk in Hvar Town, a medieval Croatian settlement with a strong Venetian influence dating back to the 16th century. Take in the expanse of Saint Stephen’s Square, the largest Adriatic square after Saint Mark’s in Venice. And see the Arsenal, built in 1612 as Europe’s oldest and perhaps smallest municipal theater.

After, ride past Hvar’s stunning panoramas of fertile fields filled with flowers and herbs and dramatic, sparsely inhabited landscape crisscrossed by stone walls. You can admire views across the sea to neighboring islands and the mainland. The road into Stari Grad, a charming Dalmatian town situated at the end of a narrow bay, is a glorious four-mile (6.5 km) downhill coast. Originally founded in the fourth century BC, Stari Grad (literally “old town”) features a main square which offers a number of options for lunch on your own. Get acquainted with this gem of a town during an orientation walk. There’ll be free time to explore on your own.

Continue biking a pleasant road into Jelsa, passing vineyards and olive groves. A local Jelsa family welcomes you into their village, and into their home. You are their guests this evening for a home-prepared dinner and wine. You’ll find there’s no better way to connect with the people of the Dalmatian islands than over a shared meal. Your ship meets you in Jelsa at day’s end and will remain moored here tonight.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Today’s Ride Choices:
Cumulative Distance Range: 22 – 35 km (14 – 22 miles)
Morning
Hvar to Stari Grad: 22 km (14 miles)
Afternoon
Stari Grad to Jelsa: 13 km (8 miles)

What to Expect: Today’s ride starts with a steady climb of about four miles out of Hvar Town. Follow coastal roads to Stari Grad, where trip leaders escort you on a short orientation walk and point out choices for lunch on your own. In the afternoon, continue riding to Jelsa on mostly quieter country roads. Two moderate hills reward you with splendid views. The support vehicle is available should you need assistance throughout the day.

This morning, cruise into the beautiful bay of Pucišca. This tiny enclave on the island of Brac is considered one of the prettiest villages in Europe. Disembark here and visit one of the world’s few remaining stonecutting schools. The stone that is carved here, quarried from nearby Skrip, has been used to build some the world’s most famous buildings, including Diocletian’s Palace in Split and the White House in Washington, D.C. This is a unique opportunity to see students’ work and learn about a near-forgotten craft.

After an enlightening visit, cycle the northern coast of the island to the 14th-century village of Postira, nestled between the ocean and hillsides. On the way, you pass centuries-old olive and pine groves. Continue to Supetar, the island’s main port, where you meet your ship for lunch on board. After lunch, you may extend your riding day with a spin to Milna, a charming village on a bay settled by shepherds in the 16th century. Keep your ears open for the local Chakavian dialect, the only place on the island where the ancient Slavic language is spoken.

Rejoin your ship here, then sail back to Trogir, where your trip began. This evening, join the captain for a special farewell dinner, recounting your favorite moments from your cycling adventure among the magnificent Dalmatian Islands.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today’s Ride Choices:
Cumulative Distance Range: 24 – 42 km (15 – 26 miles)
Morning
Pucišca to Supetar: 24 km (15 miles)
Afternoon
Supetar to Milna: 18 km (11 miles)

What to Expect: Today’s ride starts in Pucišca and follows the north coast of Brac to Postira and Supetar, passing ancient groves of olive and pine trees. Meet your ship in Supetar for lunch, then join the longer option for a moderate ride to Milna, following quieter country roads and climbing a few hills.

After breakfast, your biking tour ends in Trogir. Our trip leaders will help you to arrange a taxi to the nearby airport or to Split to continue with your own travel plans.

Included Meals: Breakfast

Meet your VBT trip leaders at the Cornaro Hotel in Split (6 Sinjska str. 21000 Split, phone +385 21 644 200) at 11:15 a.m. Your trip leaders will be wearing VBT staff garments. You shuttle the short distance with your fellow travelers to Trogir, where you embark the ship and have lunch on board. If you prefer, you can meet your group in the Old Town of Trogir. The ship Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen) will be moored at noon at Trogir Promenade, close to the Ciovski Bridge (phone +385 915 196814). Please contact the Hotel Cornaro in Split or the ship in Trogir to advise of any travel delays or changes, and the staff will pass your message on to your VBT trip leaders.

Your bike tour begins in Trogir. After lunch you check into your cabins and dress for biking. After a safety and bike-fitting session, set out on a scenic warm-up ride on Ciovo Island along quiet country roads lined with pine and cypress trees and surrounded by splendid vistas. It’s an ideal preview of the island splendor to come. The longer option climbs a slight incline to the island’s historic 12th-century monastery and a dramatic vista. Later, gather for a welcome cocktail and dinner on board. After dinner enjoy a short walk to discover the Old Town of Trogir, where your ship will be moored for the first night.

Today’s Ride Choices

Afternoon: Warm-up – 15km (9 miles) | Additional ride to 12th century monastery and overlook – 8km (5 miles)

What to Expect: An easy out-and-back ride on Ciovo Island on paved countryside roads. The longer ride includes a short incline to reach the island’s overlook.

Cumulative Distance Range: 15 – 23km (9–14 miles)
Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Lunch, Dinner

Lift anchor early this morning and enjoy your first breakfast on board during a scenic coastal cruise to Vis, the farthest island from Croatia’s shore inhabited by locals. The fishing heritage is rich here as Vis has long been isolated from other sources of livelihood. Today, an active viniculture also thrives on this relaxed, low-key island. You arrive late this morning and pedal along on a beautiful seaside route to Milna, where you might dive into the Adriatic for a swim at one of the many long, sandy beaches for which Vis is celebrated. Later, ride to the island’s famed restaurant, Rokis, a casual eatery set in a traditional stone house typical of the Dalmatian Islands.

Later, cycle to the old fishing village of Komiza, set between dramatic green hills and the shimmering ocean. You visit the imposing St. George Fortress and the fishing museum for a glimpse of the region’s rich past and seafaring ways. After, ride back to your ship over scenic hills, taking in breathtaking Adriatic vistas. If you prefer, get a lift from the shuttle and explore the town of Vis, perhaps visiting the Notre Dame Church or strolling to admire Renaissance summer houses built by the nobility. This evening, enjoy dinner on board. You moor overnight in Vis.

Today’s Ride Choices

Morning: Vis to Komiza — 28km (17 miles)
Afternoon: Komiza to Vis — 11km (7 miles)

What to Expect: Ride quiet and fully paved country roads. The route features a couple of hills, especially during the afternoon ride. The support vehicle is available back to the ship if you prefer to pass on the afternoon ride.

Cumulative Distance Range: 28 — 39km (17 — 24 miles)
Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

A three-hour sailing this morning delivers you to Vela Luka (meaning “big harbor”) on the splendid island of Korčula. Not only is this one of the most beautiful Dalmatian islands; it is also beloved for the golden-hued Grk wine produced at its vineyards. Your morning ride leads you into a stunning landscape of karst hills to one side and glittering Adriatic waters to the other. Some hill climbing brings you to spectacular lookout points. Your destination is a working olive farm, lush with gnarly olive trees that have grown here in the Adriatic sun for generations. Pause to visit with the owners and enjoy a tour of its ethnographic collection of olive presses, learning about the island’s long tradition of harvesting. Later, you stop for a traditional Croatian lunch at the family-owned Konopica restaurant. Sample the homemade Ustipci bread, sip a local Posip wine and perhaps enjoy a local octopus peka, a traditional dish slow-cooked under a cast-iron dome-shaped baking lid. (Have your trip leader call the day before as it takes many hours to prepare.)

After lunch, continue cycling to Grad Korčula, the island’s cultural center and alleged birthplace of Marco Polo. This fascinating town was laid out in a herringbone configuration on a scenic promontory. The resulting grid allows for easy air flow and protects its citizens from strong mistral winds in the warm summers. All its narrow streets are stepped, except the Street of Thoughts, so called because there’s no need to watch your footing as you stroll.

Dinner is on your own this evening. You’re sure to find the ideal spot in Grad Korčula, affectionately called “mini Dubrovnik” for its authentic medieval atmosphere. Later, you may attend a Moreška performance, an exciting sword dance depicting a battle between Croats and Moors. Your ship docks in Grad Korčula tonight.

Today’s Ride Choice

Morning: Vela Luka to Konopica — 28 km (17 miles)
Afternoon: Konopica to Korčula — 24 km (15 miles)

What to Expect: Today features your trip’s highest mileage and most elevation gain. You cycle all paved country roads with limited traffic. The VBT support vehicle is available.

Cumulative Distance Range: 8 — 52km (7 — 32 miles)
Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Sail this morning to the mainland and the scenic Peljesac Peninsula. This finger of land pointing into the Adriatic has been compared to Tuscany for its wine production. Upon arrival, you join a shuttle to Donja Banda to begin a magnificent morning of cycling amid dramatic landscapes. You first stop in the village of Kuna at a donkey farm, the Antunovic Family Farm. Meet the proprietors during your visit and learn about their breeding program and their surrounding vineyards – and of course, meet the long-eared residents!

Continue to the Matusko winery in the tiny village of Potomje. Tour this scenic spot overlooking the sea and perhaps sample some of its smooth olive oil and its renowned Dingac wine, made from Plavac mali grapes. After, you return to the ship and set out for Mljet Island, enjoying lunch on board.

Your focus this afternoon is the spectacular Mljet National Park, comprising all of the island’s northwestern region. Surrounded by turquoise waters and cloaked in forest and shrub, it is deserving of a closer look. You leave the bicycles on board and have the afternoon at leisure to swim, kayak or hike along its pristine shores. This evening, enjoy a wine- and olive-tasting on board, followed by dinner. You moor tonight at Mljet.

Today’s Ride Choice

Morning: Donja Banda to Zuljana — 26km (16 miles)

What to Expect: Upon docking on the mainland, take a short van shuttle to skip the busy traffic and uphill climbs. The remainder of the ride follows mainly flat or downhill routes on quiet and paved country roads. There is no biking on Mljet Island in the afternoon.

Cumulative Distance Range: 26km (16 miles)
Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Depart Mljet this morning and sail toward the end of the Peljesac Peninsula to Viganj, perhaps spotting windsurfers catching the mistral winds. Back on the mainland, you disembark for a scenic out-and-back ride along the breathtaking coastline. For lunch, you stop in Podobuce, a pretty fishing village, for a picnic prepared by your trip leaders. There’ll be time for a swim here, too, before you return to the ship.

Back on board, you cruise to Hvar. Celebrated as the most beautiful island in the world, it is a wonderland of lavender fields, fruit orchards, fragrant pine forests and superb beaches. You’ll have the chance to take it all in when you cycle among its pristine vistas tomorrow. For now, you moor in one of the scenic bays outside Hvar Town. Later, join a cooking class on board to learn from the chef how to prepare a favorite Croatian dish that you savor for dinner.

Today’s Ride Choices

Morning: Viganj to Podobuce — 19km (12 miles)
Afternoon: Podobuce to Viganj — 19km (12 miles)

What to Expect: Ride along well-paved country roads today. The area outside Viganj can be busy with traffic during the main tourist season, but most of your ride follows very quiet and scenic roads along the seacoast. Today’s ride features two remarkable hills. The support vehicle is available should you need assistance throughout the day.

Cumulative Distance Range: 38 km (24 miles)
Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Disembark after breakfast for a short walk in Hvar Town, a medieval Croatian settlement with a strong Venetian influence dating back to the 16th century. Take in the expanse of Saint Stephen’s Square, the largest Adriatic square after Saint Mark’s in Venice. And see the Arsenal, built in 1612 as Europe’s oldest and perhaps smallest municipal theater.

After, ride past Hvar’s stunning panoramas of fertile fields filled with flowers and herbs and dramatic, sparsely inhabited landscape crisscrossed by stone walls. You can admire views across the sea to neighboring islands and the mainland. The road into Stari Grad, a charming Dalmatian town situated at the end of a narrow bay, is a glorious four-mile (6.5 km) downhill coast. Originally founded in the fourth century BC, Stari Grad (literally “old town”) features a main square which offers a number of options for lunch on your own. Get acquainted with this gem of a town during an orientation walk. There’ll be free time to explore on your own.

Continue biking a pleasant road into Jelsa, passing vineyards and olive groves. A local Jelsa family welcomes you into their village, and into their home. You are their guests this evening for a home-prepared dinner and wine. You’ll find there’s no better way to connect with the people of the Dalmatian islands than over a shared meal. Your ship meets you in Jelsa at day’s end and will remain moored here tonight.

Today’s Ride Choices

Morning: Hvar to Stari Grad — 22km (14 miles)
Afternoon: Stari Grad to Jelsa — 13km (8 miles)

What to Expect: Today’s ride starts with a steady climb of about four miles out of Hvar Town. Follow coastal roads to Stari Grad, where trip leaders escort you on a short orientation walk and point out choices for lunch on your own. In the afternoon, continue riding to Jelsa on mostly quieter country roads. Two moderate hills reward you with splendid views. The support vehicle is available should you need assistance throughout the day.

Cumulative Distance Range: 22 — 35km (14 — 22 miles)
Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

This morning, cruise into the beautiful bay of Pucisca. This tiny enclave on the island of Brač is considered one of the prettiest villages in Europe. Disembark here and visit one of the world’s few remaining stonecutting schools. The stone that is carved here, quarried from nearby Skrip, has been used to build some the world’s most famous buildings, including Diocletian’s Palace in Split and the White House in Washington, D.C. This is a unique opportunity to see students’ work and learn about a near-forgotten craft.

After an enlightening visit, cycle the northern coast of the island to the 14th-century village of Postira, nestled between the ocean and hillsides. On the way, you pass centuries-old olive and pine groves. Continue to Supetar, the island’s main port, where you meet your ship for lunch on board. After lunch, you may extend your riding day with a spin to Milna, a charming village on a bay settled by shepherds in the 16th century. Keep your ears open for the local Chakavian dialect, the only place on the island where the ancient Slavic language is spoken.

Rejoin your ship here, then sail back to Trogir, where your trip began. This evening, join the captain for a special farewell dinner, recounting your favorite moments from your cycling adventure among the magnificent Dalmatian Islands.

Today’s Ride Choices

Morning: Pucisca to Supetar — 24km (15 miles)
Afternoon: Supetar to Milna — 18km (11 miles)

What to Expect: Today’s ride starts in Pucisca and follows the north coast of Brač to Postira and Supetar, passing ancient groves of olive and pine trees. Meet your ship in Supetar for lunch, then join the longer option for a moderate ride to Milna, following quieter country roads and climbing a few hills.

Accommodation: Jadranska Kraljica (Adriatic Queen)
Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, your biking tour ends in Trogir. Our trip leaders will help you to arrange a taxi to the nearby airport or to Split to continue with your own travel plans.

Accommodation: Hotel Dubrovnik Palace, Dubrovnik
Included Meals: Breakfast