Explore Croatia with Pickleball Friends
Experience real Croatia: land, culture, history, gastronomy, relaxation, and pickleball
Join me as we discover the beauty, culture, food, and history of Croatia with a backdrop of pickleball on dedicated courts. We’ll travel from the capital, Zagreb, to Unesco Heritage Site Plitvička Lakes, to Gospić, home of Nikola Tesla, where we will visit a rural farm and village, to Zadar via the most beautiful roadway in Europe, to the ancient city of Split, on to the idyllic Island of Brač, into Bosnia & Herzogovina to stay at a treehouse resort on a beautiful spring and visit the multicultural town of Mostar, and finish up our exploration in the remarkable city of Dubrovnik.
Leave the yacht behind.
Join me on a two-week journey to meet (and play pickleball with) the locals, share in their culinary delights, local history from the capital to inland parks to the extraordinary Dalmatian coast.
My planned itineraries can be tailored to your group size (6-7 or 12-15 guests) and desired length, destinations, and dates. I will only be offering 3-4 trips each fall and spring, so reach out early to secure a spot!
Play on dedicated courts.
We will have the opportunity to play on 6 days on beautiful new dedicated courts in Zagreb, Split, and on the Island of Brač, and by playing with the locals in Gospić, we can help them convince their local administrations to build them dedicated courts too. You can choose to have instruction or just have fun playing, and you can share your love of the sport and knowledge with those learning to play in Croatia, too! (new courts in Zagreb on the right!)
Relaxed travel.
Traveling in one or two vans with full-time local guides on a two-week journey, we can stop and enjoy ourselves along the way and never be on the road for more than a few hours a day: Two nights in Zagreb upon arrival so you can recover from jet-lag, two nights in the countryside at a lovely holiday home, one night in apartments within the 2000-year-old palace in Split, four nights on the coast of the Island of Brač, two nights in treehouses on an incredible spring near Mostar, Bosnia & Herzogovina, and two nights in Dubrovnik.
Enjoy a sampling of all the splendor Croatia has to offer!
Let me share my love of Croatia with you.
Come explore with me!
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