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£x ne w pr ic 7 nights from £1545 Cruise - 7 nights key vjv features · Excursions Included · Early Booking Offer · Drinks with Meals · Extension Option · Upgraded Flight Option · Walking Content: 2 (see page 145) · Guaranteed Departure · Group Size: 1 ­ 25 per person in a twin Lower deck cabin Croatian Airlines from Heathrow via Zagreb es sh ow CROATIA MONTENEGRO P s re ri a d c v u e e c s u e P d to xx n in re d MS LA BeLLe de L'AdRiATique AT ViS Jun 21 ......£1795 Oct 18 .......£1595 Sep 13 ......£1795 2012 ­ Thursdays Early Booking Offer For all bookings made by 22nd Feb 2012, deduct £50 per person. Single supplement .....................£495 Main deck ....................................£95 Middle deck ...............................£145 Upper deck ................................£195 British Airways from Gatwick ......£75 (Sep £195) British Airways Club Europe .....£365 Supplements per person DalmaTian islanD exPlorer Cruising from Dubrovnik to Split, Trogir & the islands of the Dalmatian coast T Extension ­ Dubrovnik Hotel Radisson Blu ­ 4 nights ..£395 (Jun £495) Single supplement ...£295 (Jun £375) Half Board ...................................£95 Price includes Air travel, UK departure taxes, overseas airport taxes, transfers, 7 nights' accommodation, full board on cruise vessel, itinerary as described, services of a cruise director. Not included Travel insurance, optional excursions, tipping (see page 145), any government taxes or compulsory charges introduced after publication. Independent Arrival (see page 144) Note Price reduction ............. deduct £150 Beer, house wine, fruit juice, tea, coffee and water are included during lunch and dinner. his is a splendid and leisurely Adriatic cruise through the islands, islets and reefs of the Dalmatian coast. With its unique natural beauty matched with masterful architecture, each island and port has its own place in history, perhaps as a site of a battle, home to a fascinating church or palace, or inspiration for poets or artists. This cruise offers five recognised UNESCO World Heritage sites: Dubrovnik, Split, Sibenik, Trogir and Kotor. TRoGiR SPLiT In its golden years, Dubrovnik was a significant economic and cultural centre, rivalling Venice for m s B e l l e d e l' a d r I a T I q u e supremacy. Facing the Adriatic from its well-known fortified This French-operated vessel is ideal for visiting the small walls, it is today a unique open-air museum with a multitude islands of Dalmatia. Its shallow draft and modern design of museums, galleries, treasuries, churches and fine palaces. enable it to dock directly at most ports, with only a few ports On the island of Mljet, the 12th-century monastery of St. Mary requiring a tender. Facilities include a one-sitting restaurant, lies on a picturesque salt lake in the Mljet National Park. On lounge, bar, shop and lift to all levels except the sundeck the nearby island of Korcula, considered to be the birthplace (which stretches the length of the ship with sunbeds, tables of Marco Polo, is the 13th-century cathedral of St. Mark, an and chairs, jacuzzi and a bar). Lower and main deck cabins architectural masterpiece with styles have portholes while middle and upper deck cabins have from Gothic to Renaissance. picture windows. 100 outside, air-conditioned cabins with Sibenik is a gloriously private facilities (shower), hairdryer, safe and satellite TV. medieval fortified town with impressive ITInerary C R O AT I A waterfall cascades Day 1 Fly from your chosen airport to Dubrovnik. close by in the Krka D Embark on MS Belle de L'Adriatique for seven nights. a Adriatic Sea National Park. Trogir Day 2 Morning tour of Dubrovnik. Sail in the ·Sibenik l m is one of the jewels at evening. ·Trogir ia of Dalmatia with ·Split Day 3 Tour of the monastery at Mljet. Sail to ·Hvar Vis · narrow intertwining Korcula Korcula for a walking tour including the cathedral. I TA LY · streets. Split was first Mljet · Day 4 Sail past the islands of Hvar and Brac. An dubrovnik · settled when, at the end excursion to Sibenik and the Krka Falls. Kotor · of the 3rd-century AD, the Day 5 A tour of Trogir. Sail to Split for a tour Roman emperor, Diocletian, including Diocletian's Palace. built a palace which now forms an old Day 6 A morning visit to Hvar for a walking tour including town area like no other. The remote island of Vis has Venetian the St. Stephen's cathedral and Franciscan monastery. Later Gothic buildings and a Renaissance church. The charming isle of continue to Vis for independent exploration. Hvar reveals palaces, monasteries and churches with a blissful Day 7 Reach Kotor; an afternoon walking tour includes the absence of cars. South of Dubrovnik lies Montenegro, Europe's cathedral and Maritime Museum. Sail to Dubrovnik. newest independent nation (and peopled by the second tallest Day 8 Return flight. nation in the world!). Kotor, surrounded by an impressive city wall and dominated by dramatic cliffs and a castle, lies on a exTensIon ­ duBroVnIk secluded part of the Gulf of Kotor. Four nights of relaxation (breakfast daily) on the coast, just a Due to the popularity of the region and limited flight options to 15-minute drive from Dubrovnik old town. Stay at the 5-star Dubrovnik we have introduced a flight via Zagreb with Croatian Radisson Blu, with restaurants, bars, pools, gym, spa, shops, Airlines, however British Airways is currently available on most beach and marina. 408 air-conditioned rooms with private dates at a supplement. facilities, hairdryer, safe, mini-bar, satellite TV and sea view. 24 duBRoVniK 0845 166 7008 www.vjv.com