Slovenia to Macedonia Real Food Adventure

If it's a gourmet feast you want, a gourmet feast you shall get! This food inspired journey through the Balkans includes visits to salt pans, a truffle farm, wineries, waterfalls, national parks, fishing villages and so much more. Discover why Istria is considered one of the world's leading producers of quality olive oil, eat Dalmatian-style under a metal bell, raise a glass of Slovenian wine or plum brandy with your small group, and shout 'zivjeli!' to the simple, home-style cuisine this region is famous for. Indulge in a traditional barbeque in Kosovo, dine on home-grown produce in the private garden of a Dihovo family and visit a centuries-old olive press outside of Kotor. Experience next level hospitality on this unforgettable epicurean odyssey.

Activities

• Bled - Kremsnita Tasting
• Smartno - Wine tasting
• Trebese – Organic farm visit & picnic lunch
• Motovun - Truffle Hunt and Brunch
• Rovinj – Day Trip
• Rakovica - Home-cooked meal
• Plitvice Lakes - National Park Visit
• Zadar - Nunnery & farm visit
• Zadar - Local market visit
• Split - Village cooking demonstration
• Brac - Olive oil museum
• Brac - Hrapocuša cake tasting
• Split - Old Town markets & culture tour
• Zrnovo - Cooking Class
• Peljesac - Wine tasting
• Ston - Oyster tasting
• Lustica - Olive oil farm visit
• Njegusi - Smokehouse visit & tasting
• Shkoder - Rozafa Fortress visit
• Prizren - Leader-led city tour
• Pristina - Serbian barbecue lunch
• Pristina - Leader-led city tour
• Pristina - Gracanica Monastery visit
• Debar - St Jovan Bigorski Monastery visit
• Kuratica - Home-cooked dinner
• Ohrid - Green Market
• Prespa - Agriturismo visit & tasting
• Prespa - Home-cooking demonstration
• Dihovo - Home-cooked lunch
• Dihovo - Beekeeper farm visit
• Tikves - Wine tasting
• Stobi - Stobi archaeological site
• Skopje - Leader-led walking tour with traditional sweets

Highlights

• Experience an authentic taste of this region and a look at local life when you dine in family homes in Rakovica, Ohrid, Lake Prespa and Dihovo.
• See behind the scenes of local produce when you visit local farms, a centuries-old smokehouse, an olive mill, a Benedictine nunnery and meet a local beekeeper for a honey tasting.
• Take a day trip to the island of Brac and indulge in the finest organic olive oils from the largest olive grove in Croatia, followed by a sugared walnut cake that has become ‘a protected item of intangible heritage’!
• Try the most iconic foods of Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo, including smoked and barbecued meats, cheese, honey, apples and locally produced wine.
• Learn how to make a hand-formed pasta shape in a Croatian konoba, the greens-filled soparnik with experts in Split, and brightly coloured and flavoured ajvar in Dolno Dupeni.
• By travelling on this trip, you’ll directly support our Intrepid Foundation partner, Humana Zagreb. Donations help provide job opportunities and education programs in sustainable fashion and textiles for people with disabilities.