• Arrive at the Sarajevo Airport.
• Welcome by Da'at representative; assistance with arrival formalities and transfer to the hotel.
• Check into your hotel with time to settle in and relax.
• Walking tour of Sarajevo, the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Da'at Encounter: Welcome dinner and introduction to the president of the Jewish community, along with other Jewish community members.

Overnight: Sarajevo

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Morning at leisure
• Da'at Encounter: Optional Shabbat morning services possible kiddush gathering with community members.
• Afternoon tour of Sarajevo, the capital of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including visits to:
• 'Bas Carsija,' the Turkish Bazaar located on the main street that runs through the Old City.
• Husref Bay's Mosque: Financed in 1531 by Gazi Husrev-beg, a local military man, he was also the city's biggest donor and patron responsible for building most of the Old City of Sarajevo. The mosque is one of the world's largest and an important example of Ottoman architecture.
• The Olympic Stadium: Sarajevo's shining moment during its socialist Yugoslavian era, which hosted the 1984 Olympics before civil war destroyed the city.
• The Sarajevo War Tunnel Museum: Constructed during the three-year siege of Sarajevo, it allowed food and humanitarian aid to reach the besieged city and enabled locals to escape the violence.
• Dinner at leisure.

Overnight: Sarajevo

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Check out of the hotel.
• Visit the Jewish Museum in the Old Synagogue, one of 15 synagogues that were once operational in the city, it dates from 1581 although the building has been rebuilt twice. Also see the Ashkenazi Synagogue which was built in 1902 and is still in use today, as well as the Jewish cemetery that was established in 1630 and is notable for its unusually shaped stones inscribed in Ladino, still spoken by some Jews in Sarajevo.
• Depart for Dubrovnik, driving through the gorge of the River Neretva to Mostar. View the remains of the Turkish Quarter and the recently reconstructed 16^th century single-arch, stone bridge in the city of Mostar.
• Arrive in Dubrovnik, check into your hotel and enjoy some free time.
• Dinner on your own at a recommended restaurant.

Overnight: Dubrovnik

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Walking tour of picturesque Old Dubrovnik with stops at the Gothic-Renaissance Rector's Palace, the Bell Tower clock, Orlando's Column, and the 16th century Sponza Palace.
• Lunch at leisure.
• Tour of the Dominican and Franciscan Monasteries. The Dominican, originally built in the 14th century, was restored like so many of Dubrovnik's buildings after the catastrophic 1667 earthquake. The Franciscan Monastery boasts an extensive library with valuable hand-written documents, precious artifacts and ritual objects.
• Visit the Jewish Dubrovnik including Ulica Zudioska or Via del Ghetto, as it was known when first established as a place where Jews could settle within the walls of the city in the early 16th century.
• Dinner: Home hospitality at a local farm near Dubrovnik; enjoy local food and music.

Overnight: Dubrovnik

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Check out of the hotel.
• Depart Dubrovnik, taking the coastal road and passing a host of simple fishing villages alongside the Adriatic Sea to Split, a city that is thought to be approximately 1,700 years old. 
• Take a tour of the historic inner city of Split built around The Roman Emperor, Diocletian's Palace. Completed in 305 ACE, it is now recognized as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.
• See the remnants of Split's Roman heritage, including its Renaissance and Gothic structures, Jupiter's Temple, the Peristyle and the Cathedral.
• Dinner at a restaurant in Split.

Overnight: Split                           

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Check out of the hotel.
• Visit the area in the northwestern portion of the city, site of the former ghetto of Split, home to to Jews since the 7th century ACE.
• Da'at Encounter: Walk the Jewish Passage or Zidovski Prolaz, and head toward what is considered to be the second oldest, continuously operating Sephardic synagogue in the world.
• Afternoon drive along the modern freeway to Plitvice, part of the mountainous region of Lika.
• Walking tour of the lower lakes at Plitvice Lakes National Park, famed for its varying hues, from deep greens to greys and blues. The park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, prized for its beauty and naturally forming travertine; a combination of moss, algae and bacteria working together to create unique deposits of sedimentary rock.
• Dinner at a restaurant nearby.

Overnight: Plitvice

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Check out of the hotel.
• Drive along the coast, traveling past the beautiful Kvarner Bay in the northern Adriatic Sea to the popular resort Opatija.
• Continue north to the Postojna Caves; at 12,781 miles long with about 3.3 miles open to the public, it is the longest cave system in the country and made up of Karst stone formations, layers of soluble bedrock. 
• Travel to Ljubljana.
• Walking tour of the old city center of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. See the picturesque, open-air Central Market and the Triple Bridge, the Baroque-styled Town Hall and Robba's Fountain.
• Check into your hotel.
• Dinner at a local restaurant.

Overnight: Ljubljana

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Check out of the hotel.
• Drive to Zagreb, the capital and largest city in Croatia, its history dates back to the 1st century ACE when it was a Roman settlement.
• Da'at Encounter: Joint Distribution Committee meeting and visit to a JDC-run old age home in Zagreb.
• Tour the Jewish sights of the city, including visits to the Old Synagogue and the newer, three-story community building that regularly hosts community concerts.The building is also home to an art gallery where works by Jewish artists as well as art with Jewish themes are regularly exhibited.
• Da'at Encounter: Shabbat services and dinner with community members.

Overnight: Zagreb

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Tour the historic, medieval Upper Town, including St. Mark's Church with its brightly colored tile roof; the Baroque grandeur of the Church of St. Catherine; the imposing Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, part of which dates back to the 13th century; the Parliament and Government Palace.
• Lunch at your leisure.
• Free time for shopping.
• Festive farewell dinner.

Overnight: Zagreb

• Breakfast at your hotel.
• Check out of the hotel.
• Transfer to the airport for flight home. (Airport transfers included. Please allow a minimum of three hours for check in.)
• Fly home anytime, arriving the same day.