Day Tours

Truffle Hunt Istria

Early morning we start by picking you up from Zagreb city centre. We have a bit less than 3 hours transfer, so you can rest and enjoy the views changing while your driver/guide is taking care of your safe drive and explaining the details about Croatia and trip that you want to know. Around 11 AM we arrive to our truffle tasting and hunting destination. We are welcomed with strong alcoholic drink – typical for Croatia – and locally homemade: biska (mistletoe rakija!), medica (honey liqueur), višnja (sour cherry liqueur). The certified expert truffle hunter will explain you everything about truffles, their history, how they are traditionally in Istria, how do you search for truffles and you will meet the dogs that are trained for searching truffles. After the explanation you will try all kind of specialities made of truffles: 3 kinds of Istria truffle cheese, truffle sausages, truffle spread, truffle honey, truffle oil and you will be able to observe – and if you wold like – to be part of making big egg omelette full of fresh truffles “fritaja”. With this, you can taste locally made wine Teran and Malvazija. After tasting all this – there is of course chance for shopping! Then we follow specially trained for truffle hunt to the nearby forest – good luck in searching! After exploring truffle-hunting techniques, it is time to move on to our next small city in Istria – Hum – famous as “the smallest city in the world”! On our way we visit also the Glagolitic alley, telling us a bit more about Croatian history. After a short walk to, and through Hum, there is a chance for optional short hike near the river Mirna, before we head back to Zagreb!

Start from Zagreb, and spend a full day in Istria! Learn all about truffles and search for one yourself in the local forest with a trained dog. Enjoy tasting truffles, truffle specialties and bring some home!
After truffle hunting we have a short walk through Glagolitic alley and visit to the smallest city in world – Hum. After a walk in Hum there is option to go for a short hike near river Mirna! Full of experiences we return to Zagreb at evening!

07:00 – 10:00 Transfer to small Istrian village for truffle hunt
10:00 – 11:00 Welcome drink, truffle story, degustation of multiple truffle products
11:00 – 13:00 Truffle hunting lessons in forest with trained dogs
13:00 – 14:00 Transfer to Glagolitic Alley& Hum
14:00 – 15:00 Walk through Glagolitic Aley and visit the smallest city in world! Hum
15:00 – 16:00 Optional short hike near the river Mirna
16:00 - 19:00 Return transfer to Zagreb

Min No of persons: 2
Max No of persons: 8
Availability: all year
Duration: 1 day
From: Zagreb/Rijeka
Type: GUIDED culinary-walking tour

DEPARTURES	Every day
CODE	THI
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PRICE per PERSON	on request
STATUS	Guaranteed
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INCLUDED

Private transfer to trail
Local guide
Local guide: English -speaking
Water (please bring your bottle)
1 strong alcoholic drink
1 truffle based snack-meal
1 glass of wine

NOT INCLUDED

Extra Drinks
Gratuities (optional)

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RECCOMMENDED EQUIPMENT

Comfortable walking clothes
Comfortable walking shoes
Bottle for water
Jacket
Photo camera for memories

OPTIONAL

Sunglasses
Hat
Small packable raincoat
Spare clothes for change
Backpack (available on request)

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Note: Available self-guided option!

Zagreb - Be a Local for a Day

Visit Zagreb and experience so much more! Starting your day with a taste of good coffee in local cafe as every “Zagrepčanac” does. After relaxed talk about Zagreb and how people live here, we walk for a while and explore some old hidden parks of Zagreb. Then - as people here do - we go to marketplace and make shopping on Dolac market. Here we observe local offer: fruits, vegetables, fish, meat,..Then we head to our cooking class location and and cook our own first Croatian meal on cooking class! Free time till evening, when we meet again for Croatian wine tasting and say goodbye.

Tour starts at 9:00 meeting on main square. Here is approximate itinerary:

09:00 Morning coffee & bakery visit
10:00 Zagreb hidden parks walking tour
11:00 Dolac market visit &shopping
12:00 Croatian food cooking lesson
14:00 Full lunch prepared by you
15:00 Free afternoon
20:00 Wine tasting in wine bar with cheese and prosciutto

Min No of persons: 2
Max No of persons: 15
Availability: all year
Duration: 1 day
From: Zagreb
Type: GUIDED culinary/walking tour
Lunch included!

DEPARTURES	Every day
CODE	BLZ
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PRICE per person	on request FROM 2 persons
STATUS	Guaranteed
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INCLUDED

Local guide: English -speaking
1 coffee & snack
Croatian food cooking lesson with full lunch (appetizer, main dish, dessert and glass of wine)
Zagreb hidden parks walking tour
Dolac market visit &shopping
Wine tasting in wine bar with cheese and prosciutto

NOT INCLUDED

Extra drinks
Gratuities (optional)

Location on map

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RECCOMMENDED EQUIPMENT

Comfortable walking clothes
Comfortable walking shoes
Bottle for water
Photo camera for memories

OPTIONAL

Sunglasses
Hat (and gloves in winter)
Small packable raincoat
Spare clothes for change
Backpack (available on request)

WATER PURIFICATION INFO

Keep in mind during your travel

Premužić trail in NP Nothern Velebit Croatia

Engage in this adventure and in one-weekend walk, hike, trek and experience the most beautiful trails in Croatia: Oltari - Zavižan and Premužić trail. Be ready to take real adventure with amazing sea views and sunsets, great company - trek for 2 days and experience remarkable beauties of Croatian nature!
Starting from Zagreb, this tour takes you to visit bear refugee in Kuterevo on our way and hike up National Park Nothern Velebit - hidden beauty of Croatian wilderness.
Hiking starts with an easy trail that gives you magnificent views on Croatian islands at the top. Unforgettable sunsets can be seen just in front of the Zavižan mountain hut where we stay overnight. Next day we go deeper in the mountain following famous Premužić trail to next mountain hut Alan. Full of impressions from our last 2 days we board our transport and head back to Zagreb.

Day 1 NP Northern Velebit: Oltari - Zavižan

We start by transfer pick-up at 8:00. Transfer takes us about 2h and on our way we make a short stop in Bear refugee Kuterevo, to observe local bears rescued in the surrounding mountains. Half hour more transfer to the starting point of the trail, where we leave our things in the car and take day backpack for hike. Hiking up around 2h, easy to moderate. We have our picnic lunch on our way.
Today we trek a trail that takes us to the Zavižan mountain hut. Here famous Ante will greet us. Ante can offer us strong alcoholic brandy, homemade and local beer called the same as the mountain “Velebitsko pivo”. we have dinner in mountain hut. Zavižan mountain hut is in the same time weather station and Ante and his family is for generations working there for meteorological and hydrological service. We can observe the weather station and instruments. Optional trail visits around Zavižan to nearby mountaintops, and at the evening unforgettable sunset with sea view on Croatian islands. An exceptional experience! (L, D)

Day 2 Premužić trail: Zavižan - Alan, Zagreb

Early start today 6:00! Today we hike Premužić trail. Top rated and most beautiful trail in Croatia, built in 1930 using special local drywalls technique without any machines! It is a true natural heritage and represents a local knowledge and architecture incorporated in nature.
Interesting fact about Premužić trail is that it doesn't have high elevation changes,and it takes you to different sceneries in mountains. Other special thing is that it gives you true wild mountain experience with unique views changing all the way! With all this, we take our trip that lasts between 6 and 8 hours to next mountain hut Alan. Picnic lunch on our way. After arrival to mountain hut Alan we have rest and transfer back to Zagreb (3h) (B, L) -- End of services --

Min No of persons: 2
Max No of persons: 8
Availability: 1. May - 1. November
Duration: 2 days
From: Zagreb to Zagreb
Type: GUIDED hiking tour
Activity Level: 4 – Moderate to Strenous.