Adriatic Discovery: Northern Italy, Slovenia and Croatia

Rovinj was my highlight

This tour was fantastic Solvenia and Croatia are really worth visiting, really interesting places to visit, the accommodation was good to very good and plenty of free time to explore as we pleased...

This is the fourth trip we have done with Back Roads and it did not disappoint. Our guide was knowledgeable on not only the physical aspects of the places we visited but also on the history and...

Very good tour nice number of people and excellent tour guide and driver and good bus food supplied was also good

A taste of the area which was lovely. 6 on tour so very relaxed. Guide was excellent, very helpful and caring. Good hotels and locations.

Well organised and visits to some different places were appreciated, such as
- Villa do Maser
- Rovereto and the World War 1 museum and Peace Bell
- Motovun and pasta making
- Tesla museum
And...

Fantastic tour so many interesting places. We had a great group to travel with and an excellent tour guide and driver.
I definitely recommend the tour

Like other backroads tours the first and last cities on the tour are not actually part of the itinerary. Just pick up, drop off. It is not made clear that the tour will just drive through. If this was...

Great itinerary
Very good hotels
Experienced tour guide bit a little inflexible.
Great bunch of fellow travelers

Loved our Adriatic discovery tour . Our 18 other travellers were all very respectful and we had a great time . Some beautiful areas for sure

Wonderful introduction to some amazing and beautiful landscapes. If you’re looking for smaller size tour groups then Backroads offers this. We had only 13 like minded people plus our great Tour Guide...

Hotel in Venice was in handy location and room very spacious but getting to it was a nightmare. Instructions needed more detail. Hotels were on average good, only negative was some of the bathrooms...

Small group number was good.
Maja, the Tour Leader was extremely well organised, approachable, and helpful.
Milan, the Driver was also very competent and approachable.
Itinerary included a variety of...

Very knowledgeable and caring guide .

Well managed tour by exceptional tour leader

Wow what an amazing adventure the Adriatic Discovery Tour was. Our guide Maja was wonderful. Her knowledge about the places we visited was great and she gave very clear instructions re times we had to...

Maya was an exceptional tour guide. She is a great promoter of your company. She worked long hours. Took good care of everyone...especially the ones who needed extra care.
Accommodation was...

This tour was 100% enjoyable, thanks to Maja, tour guide and Adam, driver. Both were very professional, friendly, kind and helpful.

Maja is an excellent tour guide, she is very knowledgeable, able to answer any questions given to her.
The restaurants we were taken to were excellent, with magnificent views and delicious food.
All...

The tour was above all expectations! Our guide Maja could not have done more to make the trip excellent. At all times we were well informed as to what was happening, the plan for the next day was...

Loved our tour and especially our wonderful guide Maja. She was always happy and positive. She handled any issues with diplomacy and kindness. Her knowledge of the areas we travelled to was enormous...

Our guide Maja was fantastic. It is not easy to please all people on a tour with content but we were both interested in the history, the culture and the landscapes that we learnt about. Maja was very...

The whole Adriatic Adventure was fantastic.Maya our tour leader was outstanding in her knowledge and care and organisation.
Unfortunately our bus driver Harvey ,did not pay enough attention to his job...

Too much travelling and not on back roads. Long days early starts to average locations and poor food provided. Bus driver usually drove with one hand and used his phone! No WiFi on bus. Last night of...

We thoroughly enjoyed the tour. It was great to get off the major routes and see some of the national parks and smaller towns and villages. Our guide Maia was very knowledgeable and helpful.

we were very satisfied with the Tour. Excellent guide, lovely places to visit. Best of all, small group tour.

Tour very well organized - superior tour guide, interesting stops and excursions, great food and nice size group. Would suggest skipping Venice as starting point. Accommodation in Grappa (Hotel...

This tour exceeded our expectations. The organised activities were fantastic, especially those where the group were the only tourists, the sites were amazing - e.g. Postojna Cave and Plitvice Lake...

Only drawback was the war museum in northern Italy. The guide droned on and we all wanted time to observe the exhibits and read the details in our own time. Halve her time and let everyone appreciate...

Our guide Martina was excellent. The hotels Bassano del Grappa and Zadar were substandard, especially the one in Zadar. Worst hotel I have ever stayed in. Breakfast was horrid with over 200 people...

We’re on the next tour from Split to Dubrovnik now and this is going fine. But I realise now that our guide Martina H made the tour, she’s very competent and has an infectious, vivacious personality...

Our guide Martina was excellent and made the tour very enjoyable. We did not see the point in starting in Venice, since it was expensive to get there and we left early the next morning. Would have...

The bus driver & tour guide were very good. The accommodation was mostly good. There were a couple of places that were lacking in local flavor and were also booked by college sports teams. The meals...

We travelled 4 times with BR before COVID. This recent trip was well under our expectations. 18 PAX in a smaller bus than usual. Too many KM. The destinations were mediocur compared to other trips...

Great itinerary and loved the inclusions

Our tour leader and driver were fabulous and got on well together, which is very important to the overall atmosphere. Some overnight stays were totally unnecessary.

Good value for money well spent.

Excellent choice of attractions, knowledgeable tour leader and run with military precision.

The trip was good value in terms of places visited and experiences both historical, cultural and natural. However there was very little "back roads experience". This concept is pushed by the company...

Overall much enjoyed but room for improvement

My rating is significantly impacted by the accomodation in Zadar on the penultimate night. The room was fine but the food (both dinner and breakfast) was seriously bad and was eaten in a huge...

Stefano our tour guide was a delight.
However the mini bus seats had high head rests which made viewing from the middle to back seats quite hard and you could only see out the side window or lean out...