Day 12 Monday, Sep 23, 2024 - Zagreb • Explore Plitvice Lakes
• Destination: Zagreb
• Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Accommodations: BEST WESTERN HOTEL ASTORIA
Breakfast: At the hotel.
famous Plitvice Lakes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At the heart of this 114-square-mile national park is a series of 16 turquoise lakes linked by a series of waterfalls and cascades. Bears and wolves call this region home, along with deer, boar, foxes, and more than 120 different species of birds, including hawks, wild ducks, and herons.
The lake system is divided into the upper and lower lakes, with about 440 feet of elevation between them. We'll explore the area on a walking tour with our Trip Experience Leader along some of the wooden footbridges of the lakes. After exploring this natural wonder, we'll sit down to lunch.
Lunch: At a local restaurant.
Afternoon: After returning to Zagreb, the remainder of the day is free to relax or explore on your own.
Dinner: On your own.
Evening: Free to spend as you wish.
I have been alternating a Peloton five minute core with a ten minute bodyweight workout every morning since our first morning in Dubrovnik. I didn't bring my running shoes on this trip. Unlike the Viking cruise, I am not planning to run any time on this trip...• Destination: Zagreb
• Included Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
• Accommodations: BEST WESTERN HOTEL ASTORIA
Breakfast: At the hotel.
famous Plitvice Lakes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At the heart of this 114-square-mile national park is a series of 16 turquoise lakes linked by a series of waterfalls and cascades. Bears and wolves call this region home, along with deer, boar, foxes, and more than 120 different species of birds, including hawks, wild ducks, and herons.
The lake system is divided into the upper and lower lakes, with about 440 feet of elevation between them. We'll explore the area on a walking tour with our Trip Experience Leader along some of the wooden footbridges of the lakes. After exploring this natural wonder, we'll sit down to lunch.
Lunch: At a local restaurant.
Afternoon: After returning to Zagreb, the remainder of the day is free to relax or explore on your own.
Dinner: On your own.
Evening: Free to spend as you wish.
After an early breakfast at the hotel, we joined the group in the lobby and boarded the bus at 7:30 am. With one stop, it was about a two and a half drive to Plitvice Lake National Park.
We met a local guide at the enterance. We did a guided walking tour of Route A. This is essentially the big waterfall and the lower lakes. We covered about 2.4 miles in just under two hours. The moving time was just under one and a half hours.
The scenery was spectacular. My only regret was that we did hike any of the upper lakes. As I told the tour leader, I would have liked to have done another hour or two hiking along the upper lakes.
We had a late lunch at Restaurant Korana in the national park. We both had trout.
It was after 4:30 pm when we got back to the hotel. Getting cleaned up, Sharon and I walked down the street to Heritage. It is a Croatian street food restaurant. We had a flatbread and a glass of wine.
We met Holly, Van, Joan and Maureen in the lobby at 7:15 pm. Splitting up into two groups, we caught Ubers to the the Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall. We saw José Carreras, one of the world’s greatest tenors, perform accompanied by the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. Joining him on stage was conductor David Giménez, while the special guest for the evening was the renowned Croatian soprano, Martina Zadro.
Catching a Uber back to the hotel, it was almost 11:00 pm by the time we crashed.
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