15+ Day Slovenia Itineraries

Budapest - Explore the Hungarian capital on a guided tour

Belgrade - Tour the highlights of the Serbian capital and sip coffee at the famous ? Tavern

Zagreb - Take a guided sightseeing tour of the Croatian capital, exploring the medieval Kaptol area and the farmer's market

Ljubljana - Join a morning tour of the riverside Slovenian capital, including the famous Triple Bridge

Lake Bled - Cruise the clear waters of this alpine lake to the sacred island to visit the Church of Saint Mary

Goriska Hills - Enjoy an included wine tasting in the medieval village of Smartno, near the border with Italy

Istria - Hunt for truffles, visit the ancient towns of Groznjan and Motovun, and enjoy oyster tasting at Lim Bay

Plitvice Lakes - Join a 3-hour guided tour of this picturesque region, home to 16 inter-connected lakes

Split - See mighty Diocletian's Palace and other highlights of this Croatian gem on a city tour

Hvar - Discover this laid-back, sun-kissed island on a day trip from Split, with a walking tour and free time to explore

Dubrovnik - Uncover the historic City Walls, Stradun main street and other highlights of this iconic Croatian city

Athens - The Acropolis anchors a rich introduction to Greece's capital, with an optional food tour through the city's markets and tavernas rounding out a first day that sets the tone for the journey ahead

Delphi - Once considered the centre of the ancient world, this hillside sanctuary delivers some of Greece's most evocative ruins, with the Sacred Way and Temple of Apollo still commanding the landscape above the Pleistos Valley

Meteora - Monasteries perched on sheer rock pillars hundreds of metres above the Thessalian plain, with St Stephen's — founded in 1400 — open to explore and an optional Greek evening in the foothills to follow

Ohrid - One of Europe's oldest continuously inhabited cities sits above its own lake in North Macedonia, its guided old town tour passing the clifftop Church of St John at Kaneo and layers of Byzantine and Ottoman history

Tirana - Albania's capital surprises with communist-era buildings painted in vivid colours and a walking tour that traces the city's overlapping Ottoman, Italian and Stalinist architectural legacy

Kotor - A UNESCO-listed medieval town enclosed by Venetian walls at the head of a Montenegrin bay, explored on a guided tour with the walled old town of Budva offering a scenic warm-up stop along the coast

Dubrovnik - Two days in Croatia's walled Adriatic city take in a locally-guided tour of the Franciscan Monastery and city walls, with a free afternoon and an optional boat excursion to the Blue Cave and surrounding islands

Mostar - The rebuilt Stari Most bridge arches over the Neretva River in a city where Ottoman minarets and Austro-Hungarian facades stand close enough to touch, with free time to explore before pressing on to Sarajevo

Sarajevo - A locally-guided tour of the Bosnian capital covers a city where the Ottoman bazaar district gives way to Austro-Hungarian boulevards within a few minutes' walk, reflecting centuries of layered empire

Split - Diocletian's Palace forms the living heart of this Croatian city, its Roman walls now enclosing cafés, apartments, and the Baroque facades of Fruit Square, all fronted by the Riva waterfront promenade

Plitvice Lakes - Croatia's most celebrated national park unfolds across a series of cascading turquoise lakes and waterfalls, explored on foot along wooden boardwalks through ancient forest

Ljubljana - Slovenia's compact capital rewards a guided walking tour through its riverside café quarter and castle hill, with an optional evening dedicated to Slovenian wine and cuisine

Budapest - Two days in Hungary's capital span a driving tour past the Parliament buildings and Castle District, optional visits to St Stephen's Basilica and Fisherman's Bastion, and a Danube dinner cruise as the city lights up at dusk

Novi Sad - A brief stop in Serbia's second city before Belgrade, its pedestrianised centre and hilltop Petrovaradin Fortress offering a gentler introduction to Serbian culture

Rila Monastery - Bulgaria's most revered monument sits deep in a forested mountain valley, its striped arches and vivid frescoed cloisters making it one of the most visually striking religious sites in the Balkans

Thessaloniki - Greece's second city opens up on an orientation tour of a historic centre that layers Byzantine churches, Roman ruins, and Ottoman-era markets into one of the country's most rewarding urban walks

Athens - An orientation tour of the Greek capital opens the tour, with optional guided visits to the Acropolis and a food tour through the city's markets and tavernas, before a second stay later in the tour covering Hadrian's Arch, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, and the Panathinaikos Stadium

Delphi - The ancient sanctuary where the Greeks believed the world's navel to be located rewards a guided visit to the Sanctuary of Apollo, the Treasury of the Athenians, and the archaeological museum tucked into the slopes of Mount Parnassus

Meteora - An extraordinary series of rock pillars topped with Eastern Orthodox monasteries, best experienced at sunset with an optional Greek evening in the foothills to follow

Ohrid - One of Europe's oldest continuously inhabited cities sits above its own lake in North Macedonia, its guided old town tour passing the clifftop Church of St John at Kaneo and layers of Byzantine history

Tirana - Albania's capital surprises on a walking tour that traces Ottoman, Italian, and Communist architectural influences across a cityscape of colourful facades and reimagined socialist monuments, with a local lunch included

Kotor - A UNESCO-listed medieval town enclosed by Venetian walls at the head of a Montenegrin bay, explored on a guided tour with the walled coastal town of Budva offering a scenic warm-up stop along the way

Dubrovnik - Two days in Croatia's walled Adriatic city take in a locally-guided tour of the Old Town, City Walls, and Franciscan Monastery, with a free afternoon and an optional boat excursion to the Blue Cave and surrounding azure waters

Mostar - The rebuilt Stari Most bridge arches over the Neretva River in a city where Ottoman minarets and Austro-Hungarian facades stand within metres of each other, with free time to explore before pressing on to Sarajevo

Sarajevo - A locally-guided tour of the Bosnian capital covers a city where the Ottoman bazaar district gives way to Austro-Hungarian boulevards within a few minutes' walk, reflecting centuries of layered empire

Split - Diocletian's Palace forms the living heart of this Croatian city, its Roman walls now enclosing cafés, apartments, and the Baroque facades of Fruit Square, all fronted by the Riva waterfront promenade

Plitvice Lakes - Croatia's most celebrated national park unfolds across a series of cascading turquoise lakes and waterfalls, explored on foot through ancient forest before the road turns north to Slovenia

Ljubljana - A locally-guided walking tour of Slovenia's fairytale capital threads through castle-topped hills and riverside café streets, with an optional evening of Slovenian wine and cuisine to follow

Budapest - Two days in Hungary's capital span a locally-guided driving tour past the Parliament buildings and Castle District, optional visits to St Stephen's Basilica and Fisherman's Bastion, and a Danube dinner cruise as the city lights up at dusk

Novi Sad - A brief stop in Serbia's second city before Belgrade, its pedestrianised centre and Petrovaradin Fortress offering a gentler introduction to Serbian culture

Belgrade - A locally-guided walking tour covers Republic Square, the bohemian Skadarlija quarter, and the vast Kalemegdan Fortress overlooking the confluence of the Sava and Danube, a city that wears its complicated history with considerable energy

Niš - A lunch stop in one of the Balkans' oldest cities, where the cobbled lanes of Tinkers Alley and the remains of a Turkish fortress speak to centuries of Ottoman rule

Sofia - A walking tour of the Bulgarian capital centres on the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, set among Soviet-era boulevards and Roman ruins visible beneath the street

Rila Monastery - Bulgaria's most revered monument sits deep in a forested mountain valley, its 10th-century origins visible beneath striped arches and vivid frescoed cloisters that make it one of the most visually striking religious sites in the Balkans

Thessaloniki - Greece's second city opens up on an orientation tour of a historic waterfront and city centre that layers Byzantine churches, Roman ruins, and Ottoman-era markets

Mykonos - Two days on the Cyclades' most glamorous island span an orientation tour of Mykonos Chora's whitewashed lanes, free time on sandy beaches, and an optional sailing excursion to the ancient ruins of Delos

Santorini - Three nights on the caldera give full time to explore, with an optional highlights tour to a black sand beach, Oia at sunset, and a local winery, plus an optional boat trip to the active volcano and therapeutic hot springs of the caldera islands

London - A city tour and pub lunch open the tour, with Westminster and Buckingham Palace setting a suitably grand tone before an optional Thames cruise and fish and chips dinner on the river

Paris - Two days in the French capital begin with a driving tour past the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, and Arc de Triomphe, followed by a free day with optional macaron tasting, a Seine cruise, and a late-night cabaret show in Montmartre

Reims - A champagne tasting in the capital of France's most celebrated wine region makes for a refined morning stop before the road turns east towards Luxembourg

Luxembourg - The UNESCO-listed old city rewards a brief stop, its dramatic gorge setting and well-preserved historic centre punching well above the country's modest size

Heidelberg - Germany's oldest university town opens on an orientation tour of its renowned old town, the ruined hilltop castle above the Neckar River making it one of the country's most romantic stops

Black Forest - The drive through Germany's most mythologised forest takes in the world's largest cuckoo clock in Triberg and a lunch stop at Lake Titisee before the road crosses into Switzerland at the Rhine Falls

Lucerne - A free day in one of Switzerland's most beautiful cities, with optional panoramic cruises on Lake Lucerne and a cable car ascent of Mount Pilatus for views across the Alpine peaks

Vaduz - A leisurely stroll through the capital of the Alpine principality of Liechtenstein before Neuschwanstein Castle comes into view, its 19th-century turrets rising from the Bavarian forest exactly as a fairy-tale castle should

Innsbruck - The Tyrolean capital rewards an orientation tour past its gilded medieval rooftlines and mountain backdrop, with an optional folk evening of traditional Austrian music and cuisine to close the day

Modena - A balsamic vinegar tasting in the city that invented it makes for one of the tour's most distinctive food stops before the road descends into Tuscany

Siena - Two nights in the Tuscan city allow time to explore the medieval centre at leisure, with Florence and the Leaning Tower of Pisa covered on a day trip that takes in a leather workshop and an optional family-style Tuscan lunch

Rome - Two days in the Eternal City open with a locally-guided walk past the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, and Piazza Navona, with a free day following for optional visits to the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and the Sistine Chapel

Venice - St Mark's Square and the Rialto Bridge frame an arrival into one of the world's most improbable cities, best explored on an optional evening of gondola and water taxi rides through its lamp-lit canals

Ljubljana - An orientation tour of Slovenia's compact and charming capital makes for a rewarding stop en route to Zagreb, its castle hill and riverside café quarter offering more than the brief visit might suggest

Zagreb - Croatia's capital earns an orientation tour through its distinctive layering of Habsburg grandeur and Communist-era pragmatism, one of Central Europe's more underrated city stops

Budapest - A locally-guided driving tour past the city's UNESCO-listed landmarks is followed by a free evening with the option to dine on the Danube as Budapest's bridges and parliament buildings light up around you

Budapest - A locally-guided driving tour past the city's UNESCO-listed landmarks is followed by a free evening with the option to dine on the Danube as Budapest's bridges and parliament buildings light up around you

Vienna - Two days in the Habsburg capital span a locally-guided walking and driving tour, a dinner in a historic Viennese wine cellar, and optional excursions to Schönbrunn Palace and a Mozart concert in the Palace Orangery

Prague - A locally-guided walking tour of one of Europe's most architecturally layered cities, with an optional evening of traditional Czech folk music, dancing, and a four-course meal to follow

Dresden - A city that rebuilt its baroque centre from the rubble of wartime destruction with remarkable care, its immaculate streets and riverside skyline making it one of Germany's most visually striking stops

Berlin - Two days in the German capital open with a walking tour past Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, and Checkpoint Charlie, with a free day following for the East Side Gallery, the Berlin TV Tower, and the city's celebrated museum and gallery scene

Amsterdam - A canal cruise and a free evening in the Dutch capital precede an optional Dutch countryside day trip to a cheese farm, clog factory, and the windmill village of Zaanse Schans

Amsterdam - The tour opens with a cheese and clog-making demonstration in the Dutch countryside, a wander through the fishing village of Volendam and the windmill neighbourhood of Zaanse Schans, and a two-course dinner canal cruise through the city's 17th-century waterways

Berlin - Two days in the German capital open with a walking and driving tour and a dinner in a beer hall, with a free day following for optional visits to the East Side Gallery, the Berlin Wall Memorial, and the Berlin TV Tower

Dresden - A city that rebuilt its baroque centre from wartime rubble with remarkable care, its immaculate streets and ornate facades making it one of Germany's most visually striking stops on the way to Prague

Prague - Two days in the Czech capital begin with a locally-guided walk past Charles Bridge and the Old Town Square, with a free day following for optional visits to Prague Castle, a Vltava river cruise, and an evening of traditional Czech folk music and cuisine

Bratislava - A compact Slovak capital that rewards a brief orientation stop, its pedestrianised old town and hilltop castle offering more than the short visit might suggest before Vienna takes over

Vienna - A locally-guided tour of the UNESCO-listed city centre and Golden Mile is followed by dinner in a historic wine cellar, with a free day for optional excursions to Schönbrunn Palace and a classical concert in the Palace Orangery

Ljubljana - A locally-guided walking tour of Slovenia's fairytale capital threads through castle-topped hills and riverside café streets before the road crosses into Italy towards Venice

Venice - Two days in the floating city span an optional evening water taxi cruise on arrival, a free day for gondola rides, and an optional lagoon tour to Murano's glass-blowing workshops and Burano's colourful houses

Rome - Three days in the Eternal City open with a locally-guided walk past the Trevi Fountain and Spanish Steps, with two free days following for optional visits to the Colosseum, Roman Forum, the Vatican Museums, and a hands-on cooking class making fettuccine and tiramisu

Florence - A locally-guided city tour covers the Renaissance capital's art and architecture before a leather workshop, with an optional family-style Tuscan lunch before an overnight in Montecatini Terme

Pisa - The Leaning Tower delivers its famous photo opportunity before the road crosses into France via the perfumeries of Eze and the principality of Monaco

Monaco - An orientation tour of one of the world's most glamorous city-states takes in the Prince's Palace and Monte Carlo before the drive continues along the Riviera to Nice

Nice - An orientation tour of the French Riviera's most beloved city introduces the Promenade des Anglais and the Old Town, with a free afternoon for an optional guided exploration of its markets and seafront

Arles - A UNESCO-listed Provençal city famous for its Roman amphitheatre and its connections to Van Gogh, who painted more than 300 works here during a single year

Barcelona - Three days in Catalonia's capital cover a driving tour past the Sagrada Família and Las Ramblas, free days for Park Güell, Casa Batlló, and La Boqueria, an optional mountain excursion to Montserrat, and a flamenco show and dinner to close the evenings

Pont du Gard - A 2,000-year-old Roman aqueduct bridge still spanning the Gardon River in near-perfect condition, one of antiquity's most impressive feats of engineering

Avignon - The walled city of the Popes rewards an orientation tour past the vast Papal Palace, its medieval ramparts enclosing one of southern France's most atmospheric historic centres

Geneva - A lunchtime stop on the shores of Lake Geneva offers a brief but rewarding pause in one of Europe's most elegant cities before the road climbs into the Alps

Swiss Alps - A free day at altitude with the option to ride to Jungfraujoch, where year-round snow and glacier views stretch across the high peaks, and a traditional Alpine Dinner Experience to close the evening in Swiss style

Vaduz - A stop in Liechtenstein's diminutive capital takes in Vaduz Castle above the Rhine plain before the road descends into Bavaria for a three-course dinner in a historic Munich restaurant

Rhine Valley - A riverboat cruise past vineyards, Gothic castles, and cliff-top fortresses ends at a local wine merchant for a tasting of Rhine Valley varietals

Luxembourg - A stop in one of Europe's smallest and least-visited capitals, its dramatic gorge setting and well-preserved old town making a rewarding detour before Paris

Paris - Two days in the French capital open with a driving tour past the Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe, followed by a free day with optional macaron tasting, a Seine cruise from the Galeries Lafayette, and a late-night cabaret show in Montmartre

Ghent - The final continental stop is one of Belgium's most architecturally intact medieval cities, its guild houses and cobbled lanes best enjoyed with Belgian chocolate before the drive back to Amsterdam