Dear Wanda,

Just a little note to thank you for planning such a wonderful trip. It was truly an event. All of your people were so knowledgeable and friendly and are a credit to your organization. It was great having your local concierge to rely upon when necessary.

We did speak with Anna Grgic and the food at her Le Bistro was amazing. I did have the strukli.

We did get a real education in those great Croatian wines.

The experience in Prislice was very moving for me. After seeing the names in the cemetery there, it is evident that over half of our parishioners here at St. Nicholas Croatian Church in Pittsburgh have roots in that area.

Also in the Mirgoj Cemetery in Zagreb, we found a plot of Zivic graves.

You definitely should add Ruzmarin in Opatija and a new restaurant in Spit called Zoi to your recommended list. A local recommended Vinodol in Zagreb and arranged a reservation. We were seated in the middle of the restaurant and treated like royalty by the owner/chef Mario Cepak. He is a real showman and the food is spectacular. Visitors to Korcula would also probably enjoy the Maxo Vanka Museum and the spectacular setting of its cafe.

It would have been impossible for us to have duplicated this experience on our own.
We will not hesitate to use your services in planning our next trip.

Steve Zivic – Pittsburgh, PA
September 2017

My husband and I were very impressed with Visit Croatia. Alla the hotels were lovely particularly The Excelsior in Dubrovnik.
The guides were all well informed and personable.

Robin Charin – Manhattan Beach, CA
September 2017

Wanda did a great job arranging our trip to Croatia. Everything from our lodging to the drivers and tours went off without a hitch. On our next visit to Croatia, we will use Wanda’s services again. Thanks for everything!

Kriss Spradley – Fort Collins, CO
June 2017

Fabulous trip to the southern Dalmatian coast.
Wanda Radetti organized an amazing vacation that we will never forget. What made this trip unique was the availability of the “in-country” Tasteful Croatian Journeys concierge.

She welcomed us at the various hotels, she made restaurant reservations for us, coordinated meeting times with our guides, paid attention to every small detail to make our trip pleasurable, but most importantly, she was available and extremely helpful when my traveling companion got sick.

The in- country concierge is an invaluable service and I am looking forward to booking with Tasteful Croatian Journeys again in the near future to explore other parts of Croatia.

Lili Rysz MD – New York City, NY
August 2017

I thought that Visit Croatia Travel was very professional. The staff in New York and Croatia were on top of everything. I would certainly recommend this agency if you are planning a trip to Croatia. Best, Carol

Carol Friedman – New York, NY
September 2017

Dear Wanda, 

I wanted to let you know that we loved our trip and can not thank you enough for a very special family trip to Croatia! All your suggestions, tours, hotels were spot on it was wonderful and we will recommend you all to everyone!! It was truly a taste of Croatia and I can not wait to go back!

On another note we need to tip Iva and I was looking for advice since I am new to this. She did a fantastic job and we felt looked after at all times and knew if there was an issue we could just call. Let me know your thoughts on this.

Thank you again, Croatia is a magical place as you well know!

Best,

Laura Everett – Soquel, CA
July 2017

Dear  Wanda and the entire team at Croatian Journeys,

Thank you for taking such good care of us throughout this “journey”! 

We enjoyed our entire trip and thanks to your efforts, it was pleasurable and stress free. We will definitely share our positive experience with family and friends! We look forward engaging you for our future travels.

Cordially ,

Marina & Jeff DiDomenico – Woodbury, NY
August 2017

From Joanne Columbo (Independent Travel Consultant | FROSCH)

Hi, Joanne!

Returned stateside Tuesday. Joanne, our entire trip, start to finish, was perfect! It exceeded our expectations! We had a great time in Split and Dubrovnik; Villa Dubrovnik was an OMG! Spectacular! The dining, the wine tastings, olive oil tasting, and our day on the yacht with Marco and Agi was unforgettable! Swimming in little coves in the Adriatic and eating oysters fresh out of the water! The only downside – we could not get enough of Dubrovnik and must return!

Joanne, thank you, and Wanda, too, for making this vacation the best ever!

Will be touch for future travel plans!

Terry & Bud

Dear Wanda, 

Thank you and Iva for arranging a wonderful trip to Croatia; everything went quite well.

All our drivers were great however, Mladen who drove us to Monteegro deserves very high marks as intelligent, warm and a good historian.  Please send our compliments along to his company.

Iva was especially helpful and we would like to send her XXX with our thanks for a job well done. 

Thanks.

Bill & Susan Greene – Katonah NY
June 2017

Dear Wanda,

I have been meaning to send you a brief note about our trip and the services that you planned for us this summer.

First of all, we loved all of the hotels – great locations and service, especially the hotel in Dubrovnik which was fantastic!!

Our guide Dukan in Montenegro was excellent.

Our guide Elena in Dubrovnik and our driver Mato were excellent.  We thoroughly enjoyed the day in Konavale including the wonderful hospitality of the family at Kameni Dvori and meeting Antonia at her studio and learning about the silkworms.

The day cruise to the Elaphiti islands was wonderful –  the yacht, captain and crew, equipment and service were excellent – they were great hosts and we especially appreciated the private music and attention to detail.  Lunch at Marcos was very special and delicious.  All in all a comfortable and beautiful day. 

We enjoyed our drive through the Peljesac Peninsula, the stop for oysters and mussels in Ston, and the visit to Grgic Vina which was very pleasant.

Restaurants Orsan, Nautika, Lesic Dimitri and Dvor were great.  We did NOT enjoy restaurant 360 in Dubrovnik – the service was inferior as was the food, and we were very disappointed in this venue – a real tourist trap.

The only other disappointment was the private yacht cruise from Korcula to Split – the yacht was not very comfortable at all, they had poor equipment (only one snorkel with a child-size mask and some floaties – really inferior), the fruit salad was not good, and the snorkel stops were not very good either.  We did not feel that the captain and crew were very engaging  (they were quite a contrast to the great crew on our Elaphiti cruise).   The lunch stop was great though. 

Our guide in Split – Harry – was wonderful and we really enjoyed our tour of Diocletian’s palace and the substructures with him. 

We also enjoyed our trip to Krka Falls very much.

We would like to thank you for providing us with our Croatian concierge Iva as she was very helpful both before the trip and while we were in Croatia.  It was nice to know that we had someone we could call for help at any time, and Iva was very gracious at all times.

We loved our time in Croatia and would definitely go back!   Thank you for helping us to plan and organize our trip so well!

Best regards,

Pam Doray & Fred Merz – Philadelphia, PA
June 2017