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Why you’ll love this…

Descubra as colinas verdes e as cidades de telhados vermelhos da Ístria

Explore as galerias na colônia de artistas de Grožnjan

Visite a pacífica e histórica aldeia de Oprtalj, no topo da colina

Prove iguarias típicas da Ístria, incluindo vinho e azeite de oliva

Guia local especializado com conhecimento inigualável da Ístria

What we expect

Diz a lenda que no vale de Mirna viveram gigantes que construíram cada um uma aldeia no topo da colina. E este passeio leva você a duas delas. As colinas verdes da Ístria são um lugar de beleza mítica, e em nenhum lugar mais do que nas aldeias de contos de fadas de Grožnjan e Oprtalj. Ivana, uma de nossas guias locais especialistas, diz: "Grožnjan estava sofrendo com o despovoamento em meados do século XX, então artistas e músicos foram encorajados a vir e usar suas casas vazias como estúdios. Hoje, há cerca de 40 ateliês e um popular festival...

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Based on 100 reviews from verified customers

All ratings (100)

Excellent (46)

46%

Great (35)

35%

Average (14)

14%

Poor (4)

Bad (1)

Magdalena

October 2025

From Reino Unido

Traveled as As a couple - 31 years old

Great

The abandoned village was a short tour. Enjoyed the wine tasting. Excellent visit to the artist village. However, there was very little free time to explore and stroll independently.

Chuz

Traveled as As a couple - 56 years old

Excellent

Nice to look around old villages and surrounding scenery.

Colleytops

Tour guide was very good but not suitable for anyone unstable on their feet or with a walking stick. Customers should be made aware of this before booking trip.

Anneliz

September 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 50 years old

Really enjoyed the whole trip,the food and wine tasting was fantastic.would reccommend

StephyR

Traveled as With family - 36 years old

Very nice day out with beautiful views. Guide very knowledgeable and the tasting at a local winery with wines, cheeses, hams, etc was lovely. Visited some beautiful places on the excursion and a lovely day out. Would highly recommend. Only downside was number of pickups in highway gas stations from other resorts which dragged on to the day

David Hitchin UK

Traveled as With friends - 61 years old

The three stops were good and worth visiting. However we left our hotel in Medulin at 9.30am, returned at 4.15pm and spent about two thirds of that time on the coach, partly as a result of picking up further tourists. Thought that the tour would have been unsuitable for those with limited mobility, although this was not mentioned when booking. Would also have been helpful if the guide had pointed out the location of available restrooms at the stops.

Nicola

Average

The first stop at Grosjnan was lovely but we only had a limited amount of time there before we headed off for lunch. The tasting experience was very enjoyable and it was great to have the chance to taste and buy the delicious, locally produced food and drink. Our final stop, although interesting was extremely brief and we only had twelve minutes of free time. Would have preferred two longer stops to avoid feeling rushed.

Neeltje

From Países Baixos

Traveled as With friends - 53 years old

Leuke tour

Craig282

Traveled as As a couple - 46 years old

Rebecca

Traveled as With family - 42 years old

for the money we would have like a little more time at the hilltop did not get a lot of time to walk round but what we did see was lovely. (may be not have the pick ups so far part i think that what took the time up)

No

Traveled as With family - 45 years old

Would have preferred to the time in the first village to find the different artists. Walking was interesting but no time for ourselves.

HelenH

Traveled as With friends - 34 years old

Quite expensive, considering it was a full day with no lunch. Tour guide was very good.

Mike

Traveled as With friends - 56 years old

Poor

Too much lost time picking up other guests from service stations/ car parks. It got ridiculous. Guide never stopped talking for first hour. Too much info to take in. We stopped in one village for just 10 mins before having to get back on the coach. A poor choice and not worth the money. Very disappointing.

Rob

Traveled as As a couple - 47 years old

Coach good Places we went to looked good however there was very little time to see them. First stop we had half hour free time so not enough time to do anything No drink no food just looked in a few shops and then walked back to coach

A Walker

Traveled as As a couple - 53 years old

Seeing local scenery and villages and learning about the history of the area. The wine/food sampling gave us some new, enjoyable tastes of local produce. Our guide, Christina was excellent! She was informative, knowledgeable, friendly and presented the information clearley. Driver Eddie was also excellent negotiating the tricky narrow roads and bends..

Brenda

A very knowledgeable guide and found the villages interesting but spent more time on the coach than site seeing

Janey G

Traveled as As a couple - 42 years old

The coach left us behind even though they knew we were on the way so our taxi had to 'chase' the coach and he wasn't happy (nor were we!). Finally got to the 1st stop and only had 45 mins to explore. 2nd stop wine tasting .wine was OK but food had been left uncovered and was infested with flies which the guide tried to encourage us to eat. Vile. 2nd village stop we were told we only had 10 mins to explore which was pointless. Very disappointing.

Roger

Traveled as As a couple - 61 years old

Not a half day tour as advertised. Even without the 30mins delay we wouldn’t have been back til 5pm.

Gary

Traveled as As a couple - 49 years old

Good day out. Good rep and driver. Seen things that we wouldn’t have if we didn’t go

Hatter

The pick-up arrangements were very efficient. The guide was friendly and knowledgeable. Enjoyed the visit to the winery and the wine tasting and snacks. The time in the villages was about right. My partner is quite deaf - some written information about the villages, a summary maybe, would be helpful for deaf/hard of hearing people.

Gran

August 2025

Traveled as With family - 57 years old

The chosen villages were all worth visiting. The guide gave us enough of a historical perspective to help us understand why one was flourishing and another ailing. Boyan, our guide, was Istrian and a historian so the information felt both relatable and accurate. Above all he was a great communicator, fun and enthusiastic, not dry. The local tastings were enjoyable.

Holiday 2025

Traveled as With family - 35 years old

Whilst the organisation and the guide were excellent, the actual trip was very disappointing. Very little to see in both places and therefore not considered good value for money. The stop to taste wine and food was very good and the hosts were very kind and the wine delicious but the artist area was full of stuff we had seen in Rovinj - very little original art. The abandoned village stop had people living in it and was not really worth a stop.

Annemarie McCabe

Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

We loved seeing and hearing about the two hilltop towns we visited. It was interesting seeing the differences between them but we would have liked a bit more free time to explore Groznjan. The art shops and narrow streets were so lovely we could have easily spent at least another hour there. The wine tasting was really relaxed and enjoyable too.

Sylvie

Traveled as As a couple - 38 years old

We really enjoyed the wine tasting experience..the 3 visits were very good

Lizzie R

Traveled as With family

Absolutely fantastic experience, really felt like we got to get off the beaten track and learn something about the real Istria. The scenery was stunning and the wine tasting was so good. Tin our guide was exceptional and really looked after us. Highly recommend this experience.

Danny

Traveled as As a couple - 44 years old

The tour was cancelled the night before. Nothing else to do. Refund still not received

Miep

Traveled as As a couple - 33 years old

Groznjan was het eerste dorp wat wij bezochten en dat was werkelijk fantastisch! Alsof je je in een schilderij bevond. Het dorpje wat we daarna bezochten stelde weinig tot niks voor. Had geen meerwaarde! Twee straatje en een hoop geklets van de guide. De wijnproeverij was matig/ slecht. Vliegen op de hapjes die erbij waren. We hebben 3 wijnen geproefd alle in hetzelfde glas. (Vreemd) het was smoezelig.

Malcolm Bailey

Traveled as As a couple - 51 years old

Mary

Traveled as With family - 47 years old

It was all good!

Martine Yaxley

Traveled as With family - 41 years old

The rep was really good. We were in Pula & we stopped at three other hotels on the way. Basically it took us 3 hours to get there & then we had a really short time actually in the villages. The wine place was good, we bought some wine but when we tried it later it dud not taste the same as those we tried- very different & actually horrible.

Simon

July 2025

Just back from Istrian Hilltop tour, really good trip.Our guide Tin was excellent throughout, very enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Daniel the coach driver gave us no concerns on smaller winding roads. Overall a good trip, 2 lovely villages visited and wine / food tasting was not just a welcome break but showed off great produce from a local farm. Many thanks Tin.

Alison S

Traveled as As a couple

This is is great way to explore some of Istria with a very knowledgeable guide. There is time to explore on your own as well at the two stop offs en route to the venue for the tasting experience. The tasting was beautifully done with plenty of delicious foods and drinks to try. Wear sensible shoes. The streets in Groznjan especially are very uneven. Definitely not a place for flip flops or heels.

Pete 64. Uk

Traveled as With friends - 43 years old

The tasting was great. The artisan quarter we enjoyed. Tin was a good host/guide.

kathy

Traveled as As a couple - 52 years old

A little more time in the villages, not enough time for a coffee, or to have a good look, if you wanted to buy something. The tasting was good,

Penny Dumbleton

Traveled as As a couple - 48 years old

We joined at Pula which meant we were on the bus for 2hrs and 10 minutes before reaching the first destination were we had 1hr (not long enough to look round and get a drink) the second stop was not worth it and we had 20 minutes.

Christine

Very little time at the 2 villages to have a coffee and a good look around. The guide was more interesting in get to the wine tasting which zI think all the trio was about she mentioned it so many times.

Mal

Traveled as As a couple - 20 years old

Beautiful 2 towns. Bit more history would be good. Both beautiful. Wine and cheese tasting made it good value for money

George & lynn

Ver informative trip, Barbera & the driver Daniel were very nice. The only down side was the food taters at the winery was not covered & the food was covered in flies.

Anonymous

Guide was very pleasant woman that spoke good English. The two villages were easily walked in the free time. Interesting buildings & flea market. Clean & tidy places like the rest of the area. The tasting was very good, welcoming hosts supplying free wine & snacks and the shop was reasonably priced

Paul C

Traveled as As a couple - 39 years old

Thoroughly enjoyed the whole tour. No faults at all.

Markie

Lots of information from the guide Tin. The wine tasting was not great in my opinion, the owners didn't seem that interested in the group.

Glenda Watson

June 2025

Exactly what we were told, very enjoyable

Dijnbhav

Enjoyed the guide telling us about the history. The valleys, about Truffles growing. The scenery and wine tasting.

Mark Duckworth

Traveled as As a couple - 41 years old

The tour was very good. It was interesting to see the difference between the 2 villages. The winery was very good with 3 excellent wines and the food was good also. Overall I would recommend this tour

Mike&Chris

A very good trip giving a different perspective on the recent history of Croatia and the real lives and lived experiences of the people of Istria . The places visited were beautiful. The visit to the winery and the hospitality shown was outstanding. Finally a word to express our appreciation of one of the best tour guides we have had the experience to travel with. So here’s three cheers and a massive pat on the back for Tin

David

Traveled as As a couple - 54 years old

Enjoyed the trip through the north of the country, the guide and coach driver were excellent.

Traveled as As a couple - 55 years old

Paula

The 1st village full of artists ?? was beautiful. Would have preferred more time there as the 2nd village experience was a waste of time, nothing was open due to it being too early in the season, it was a little short sighted to know this, but still visit when more time could have been spent in the 1st one. The vineyard visited was very interesting. But overall loved the day out, the knowledge of the tour guide was very engaging 'Christina'. The views and the countryside are breathtaking ??

Pat

Traveled as As a couple - 63 years old

Super driver and guide. Tasting experience excellent.

LooLoo

May 2025

Traveled as With family - 61 years old

Pick up must be at Hotel. More in formation about villages for people with mobility problems so a choice can be made whether to go or not. Food and wine experience excellent.

Regular travellers

Jack

Learnt so much history of the area, great history lesson and very informative guide. Excellent

The Wiliams

Traveled as As a couple - 35 years old

Perfect tour, really enjoyed it and the guide Tin was fantastic, so friendly and professional, really made the trip. Maybe little longer at first stop so had time for both a coffee and to look in artist shops, maybe 30 minutes more. Other than that perfect, tasting stop with family was excellent

Lynn

We would have preferred to have been picked up and dropped off at our hotel rather than walk to the bus stop as my husband has poor mobility. Guests at other hotels on the way were picked up at their hotels. Our guide Boban was excellent and we enjoyed the villages and the tastings experience very much.

Kath and Tony B

Traveled as As a couple - 57 years old

The streets were stoney and parts were quite step for several of the group of approx 22 . Nobody was told of this when booking . No fliers in the hotel had the approx length ( in hrs) of the of each excursion, only half or full days.

Stephen and Ellke

The trip was excellent and the guide knowledgeable. The two villages were extremely nice, but we would have liked a little more free time to explore the shops and market place, especially in Groznjan which was beautiful and needed to be explored. The tasting was good value and the chance to taste local food and wine was great. Considering the travel time to the first stop and the equally long journey back this should be extended to a full day to allow time to explor the wonderful villages.

Jo

Traveled as As a couple - 25 years old

Kevie from Bucks

This tour did not turn out as expected. But, the weather did not help. We had to wade through rivers of water to get to the pick up location. The trip was explained as the Guide would walk you around cobbled streets in the locations. There was no lunch. Only dry bread with some bits of cheese and salami at the wine tasting. We were on and off the bus continually. Most of the time at either end of the trip was picking up/dropping off. Trip should state challenging for those with mobility issues.

Melvin and Lynne

October 2024

Weather conditions could have been better, torrential rain from start to finish. Not everyone came prepared including ourselves, but the driver gave me his own umbrella, wonderful gesture. The places we visited and the tour guides words made up for the weather. To finish this excursion with a visit to a family run winery was icing on the cake.

Maria

Traveled as As a couple - 40 years old

Jandrew

Even though it was raining we really enjoyed the trip to learn all different aspects about history. The food and wine tasting was fabulous.

Nigel

Too much sitting on a mini-bus and then a coach. Guide was so boring, and the places visited were disappointing. Waste of money. Most of the TUI trips are the same, drive all over the place going nowhere.

Gerda

September 2024

Traveled as With friends - 58 years old

Bus komt een half uur te laat. Bij het oude dorp zou de bus om 1 uur komen dat werd over half 2. Bij de wijn proeverij stond iets te eten op tafel, dat was voor je er erg in had op.

Barbara

Overall the trip was good but was not suitable for people with walking difficulties which should have been pointed out. Also spent 5 hours travelling in coach including multiple pickups and drop-offs. Would not have gone if we'd been told this and other guests said the same

Diane protchard

It is not a half day it took 2 and a half hours to pick us all up in different locations I now u want to get your money's worth but it was a bit extreme !! We got picked up at 9 we did not get back till 6 that is not a half day .the tour guide got picked up at another location so we did not know what was going on .

Not happy at having to go off course 3 times to pick up people from laybys along the motorway and 1 person being they guide. The tge smell in reverse on our return meaning the coach driver was in charge part journey. Too long at the truffle tasting which was hard to taste due to too many people in shop. Unable to understand guide, guide started to discuss things before people got to him so missed info. Not impressed.

Lisa S

Traveled as Alone - 37 years old

I adored Groznjan which was enchanting, and also liked Oprtali. As a non drinker the wine was not for me, but they did provide some food and a glass of water. Would probably still have preferred to combine the two villages with Motovun and had time for a proper lunch, and skipped the tastings. I'm surprised you don't do a trip to the castles at Pazin or Svetvincenet (the later only reachable by pricy taxi) - that would be real value added.

Colin

Guide very informative, driver was very good. Interested in the history of the villages and quant shops and houses.

Andy P

Pick up from hotels was well organised but far to long with pick ups. Was 1.5 hours before we met the main bus .Beautifull first stop at Grojnan but was under sold by the quide who have no information about this pretty village but really happy when we left because of the beauty of the place. Next stop at deserted village felt like a gap filler and was unnecessary. The last stop was excellent at the wine tasting. The family had put on a fantastic spread. Wine was excellent. Well done,

Melanie

Loved the experience of the tasting and the walk around the village. Didn’t enjoy the swapping of coaches.

Mark

Great day out and chance to see some of the local area. The groznan village very relaxing wandering around the narrow streets, visiting the galleries etc. opportunity to grab a coffee and take in the views. Shorter stop at second village with less to see but nonetheless enjoyable and photo opportunities. The wine tasting and food was excellent.

Merel

August 2024

Traveled as As a couple - 5 years old

Mooie dorpen, alleen de gids kon niet uitstekend engels, waardoor onze concentratie af en toe af haakte

Matt

Traveled as As a couple - 12 years old

Guide was very helpful, funny and friendly. Relaxing and informative experience. Loved the towns and people were friendly too.

Russ

A little more time dedicated to visiting Grosvnji (village with the artists)

Foppe Jellema

Traveled as With family - 52 years old

The guide was funny, informative and to the point. The first village Groznjan was very interesting and we would have liked to have had more time exploring the studios. Also to get a bite to eat. Overall a very positive experience. Foppe Jellema

Les

Knowledgeable guide, walking tour was good, a little more time in the first village would have been nice.

Angela

Traveled as Alone - 30 years old

It’s a pretty tour seeing the old buildings, but you are standing in the sun whilst the guide tells you everything. It’s a very informative tour for historical facts but a little too detailed for my liking. The truffle tasting was amazing as well as the wine tasting. There were several young kids on the tour and they bored out of their minds. Something for parents to think about.

Mr and Mrs Davies

July 2024

We felt the tour was sold as a wine and olive tasting experience, however the experience was of a very low standard, and very minimal tasting of products were offered, but the emphasis seemed to be the selling of the products presented. The tour of the hilltop villages was very interesting and informative. But unfortunately the wine tasting experience let the trip down.

The whole experience was great. Muro our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. Possibly the best tour I’ve been on. Beautiful scenery

K.L.

The village tour was very interesting, informative & it was lovely looking around the old villages. Both the truffle tasting & the wine tasting stops were excellent & we really enjoyed them.

Rod

My wife and I would probably not have enjoyed it so much if we had been one of the first to be picked up. Had that been the case we would have been on the coach far too long. We also had to confirm the pick up point, stated as the bus stop?? We had assumed it to be the hotel which it was. The bus stop was a quarter of a mile away. we suggest you change the paperwork.

Dawn

Lovely trip really one village which is lived in . More time in first village very beautiful so much history etc . The other very quiet and empty but shows how life is in these areas . Wine tasting lovely with spread of cheeses etc . You need good foot wear not for people unsteady on their feet .

Su Saunders

A very well organised visit with a knowledgeable guide. Interesting and informative. Nice to gain a little insight into the real Croatia.

Richard Jaramillo

June 2024

The experience of the countryside the friendly people who we met and the beautiful buildings that were so old but grand in their own way. The guide was very informative and made the trip with his little jokes which made it a very pleasant experience and we would do it again.

Delboy

May 2024

Everything was just perfect. Thank you.

Ian

Our tireless tour guide, Tin, was very knowledgable about the Istrian region was able to explain the history of it and how recent changes to Croatia had affected the villages that we visited and that gave a real insight and understanding the area. The food and wine tasting, hosted by the Coslovich family was also excellent and gave the tour group a good opportunity to socialise. Overall a very good tour, with nothing I can criticise.

Fish

September 2023

Jim H

Great scenery away from the coast. The two villages visited were interesting and the visit to the winery was excellent. To top it off our guide was brilliant ( Vi )

Hla

August 2023

Traveled as With family - 40 years old

It was an interesting trip and the villages were very pretty in their different ways. However it is billed as a half day so we assumed we would be back in time for a late lunch but we’re back at 6pm. There were limited opportunities to get food on the way so would advise taking something to eat or the tour to cut out the extra photo stops to make time for lunch or end earlier

Ann & Martin

June 2023

I dont drink wine and the truffles were disgusting lol. Elvis was good fun. We enjoyed the trip and was good to see real Croatia

Judith Wilkin

Thought Grozrijan was worth a visit but Coslovich was dilapidated and an obvious time filler.

Joe

Traveled as With family - 20 years old

Our guide, Elvis, had a wealth of knowledge of Istrian culture, history and language. The tour was so well informed we were always learning new things. The towns and villages we visited were stunning and the wine tasting and food was excellent. A great trip and highly recommended to anyone visiting Istria. Note to TUI - please sort out the directions for collection. We were sent to the wrong place. Fortunately we were able to contact the guide ourselves and were picked up.

Brumil

September 2022

Traveled as Alone - 62 years old

Tour very good, guide very knowledgeable but went off subject by giving a political diatribe on Tito's Yugoslavia against present day Istria and did not wish to know about her upbringing

Dino

July 2022

Traveled as With family - 16 years old

Guide and driver were brilliant. The first village we visited was beautiful and really worth visiting. The 2nd stop to the village that was abandoned seemed abit pointless. I go on holiday to see culture and things that have life and atmosphere. To me empty buildings have no interest

Andy UK Traveller

Excellent tour guide really knowledgeable made the trip for us . Food and wine tasting lovely relaxed almost party atmosphere. Only criticism was the coach air conditioning wasn’t great so return back was uncomfortable

The Jackson's

June 2022

Interesting area explained very well by our guide, who had clearly knew the history and background of the area we visited

Ali

May 2022

The trip took longer than advertised- a whole day rather than half a day and it took ages to get everyone picked up from the various hotels before we could start

Quackers

Excellent tour. A superb guide who was very helpful and provided loads of interesting information. Enjoyed all 3 stops on the tour & the correct amount of time at each. Would definitely recommend.

October 2021

Disappointed that there was no rep at hotel. No info on hotel services or anything about local area or excursions or anything.

September 2021

Great day out and maybe could have spent more time exploring the first village