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Why you’ll love this…

Op deze tour ontdek je de groene heuvels en dorpen met rode daken van Istrië

Je verkent de galerijen in de kunstenaarskolonie van Grožnjan

Een bezoek aan het vredige, historische gehucht Oprtalj bovenop een heuvel staat ook op het programma

Je hebt de kans om typisch Istrische lekkernijen, waaronder wijn en olijfolie, te proeven

Je deskundige lokale gids heeft een ongeëvenaarde kennis van Istrië

What we expect

De legende gaat dat in de vallei van Mirna reuzen woonden die allemaal op een heuveltop een gehucht bouwden. Op deze tour ga je er twee bekijken. De groene heuvels van Istrië zijn van een mythische schoonheid. En de sprookjesachtige dorpen Grožnjan en Oprtalj passen perfect in dit plaatje. Ivana, een van onze deskundige lokale gidsen, zegt: "Grožnjan had in het midden van de 20e eeuw te kampen met ontvolking. Dus werden kunstenaars en muzikanten aangemoedigd om de leegstaande huizen te komen gebruiken als atelier. Tegenwoordig zijn er ongeveer 40 ateliers en een populair zomermuziekfestival. Beide dorpen hebben ook een...

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Based on 66 reviews from verified customers

All ratings (66)

Excellent (27)

41%

Great (25)

38%

Average (10)

15%

Poor (3)

Bad (1)

Magdalena

October 2025

From Verenigd Koninkrijk

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.

Neeltje

From Nederland

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.

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

Average

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

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.

Holiday 2025

August 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

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.

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.

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

Traveled as As a couple - 52 years old

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.

Paul C

Traveled as As a couple - 39 years old

Thoroughly enjoyed the whole tour. No faults at all.

Markie

Traveled as As a couple - 49 years old

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

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

Traveled as As a couple

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

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

Traveled as As a couple - 48 years old

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 .

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.