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7-Night One-Way Crewed Yacht Charter Itinerary in Dalmatia

Dubrovnik to Split

Lopud, Pelješac, Lastovo, Vis, the Pakleni Islands, Stari Grad and Trogir between the two great cities of the coast

The Best of Croatia in One Trip

A 7-night crewed yacht charter that starts in Dubrovnik and ends in Split. A one-way week, in either direction, is the way to see the best of Croatia in a single trip: the whole of southern Dalmatia from the walls of Dubrovnik to Diocletian’s Palace, with no day spent sailing back over the same water. Both cities have international airports, Dubrovnik’s 30 minutes from the old town and Split’s 25 minutes from the harbour. This route takes the outer islands: the Elafiti Islands and the wine coast of Pelješac, Lastovo, the furthest inhabited island in the Adriatic, Komiža and the Blue Cave on the west of Vis, Stiniva, the Pakleni Islands, the oldest town on Hvar and the Venetian island town of Trogir, and it keeps clear of the harbours on our Split to Dubrovnik route, so whichever direction your week runs, it is a different coast. The crew handle the sailing, the meals, the moorings and the tender; the captain confirms the route with you at embarkation and adjusts it to the weather and to what you feel like each day.

Route: Dubrovnik — Lopud — Pelješac (Trstenik) — Lastovo — Biševo and Komiža (Vis) — Stiniva — Pakleni Islands — Stari Grad (Hvar) — Blue Lagoon — Trogir — Split

Vessel: Crewed Motor Yacht or Catamaran

Saturday — Welcome aboard

Day 1: Dubrovnik | Boarding

Boarding in Dubrovnik, at noon on some yachts and in the late afternoon on others, in one of the marinas, ACI Marina Dubrovnik or Marina Slano, depending on the yacht’s home port; all the marinas are around 30 minutes out of the city. The crew meet you on the quay with a welcome drink, the luggage disappears into the cabins, and the lines come off as soon as everyone is aboard. The first leg is the best introduction to Dubrovnik there is: the yacht runs out past the old town from the sea, with the walls and the fort of Lovrijenac rising straight out of the water, and rounds Lokrum, the wooded island a few hundred metres off the walls, for the first swim of the week. The first night is at anchor in a quiet bay close by, with dinner on deck and the lights of the old town across the water. If you want the walls, the Stradun and the cable car to Mount Srđ, come a day early: Dubrovnik deserves it, and the yacht will be waiting.

Sunday — The Elafiti Islands and the wine coast

Day 2: Dubrovnik to Lopud and Pelješac | ~38nm

An hour out to Lopud, the middle of the three inhabited Elafiti Islands, car-free, with a village of stone houses, a Franciscan monastery and gardens along its one harbour. The yacht anchors off Šunj on the far side, a wide bay with the sandiest beach near Dubrovnik and shallow, warm water, for a swim and lunch. In the afternoon she crosses to the south coast of the Pelješac peninsula, Croatia’s red wine country, where the Plavac Mali vines grow on slopes so steep they are harvested by hand and, at Dingač, were once reached by donkey. The night is spent at Trstenik, a fishing village under those slopes with a small quay and a sheltered anchorage; a tasting at one of the Dingač or Postup cellars can be arranged ashore, and the oysters from Mali Ston at the head of the peninsula are on the table on board.

Monday — The far island

Day 3: Pelješac to Lastovo | ~25nm

Two hours south-west to Lastovo, the most distant inhabited island in Croatia and, like Vis, closed to foreigners until 1989, which left it with a few hundred residents, 46 surrounding islets, no large hotels and the darkest night sky in the Adriatic. The whole archipelago is a nature park. The yacht anchors in Zaklopatica, a lagoon on the north coast closed off by an islet, with two family restaurants on the shore that cook the lobster the fishermen bring in that morning, or in Skrivena Luka, the Hidden Harbour, on the south coast under the Struga lighthouse. Lastovo town is a 15-minute drive inland, an amphitheatre of stone houses facing away from the sea, each with one of the island’s famous chimneys. The afternoon is for the water, the clearest on this coast, and for the tender along the islets. Night at anchor.

Tuesday — The Blue Cave and the fishing town

Day 4: Lastovo to Biševo and Komiža | ~28nm

West to Biševo, the small island off the western tip of Vis, timed to arrive in late morning, when the sun comes through the underwater opening of the Blue Cave and lights the water from below. The cave is entered by the park’s small boats from the tender landing. From there it is a short run to Komiža, a fishing town in a deep bay on the west coast of Vis, with a Venetian tower on the waterfront, a fishing museum in it, and the boatyards that built the falkuša, the island’s traditional fishing boat, which still races every spring. Vis was a military zone until 1989 and its coast, its bays and its villages are the least developed in Dalmatia. The afternoon is a drive over the island to the Vugava vineyards and the wartime tunnels, or the beach. Night on the quay or at anchor in Komiža bay.

Wednesday — The cove and the archipelago

Day 5: Komiža to Stiniva and the Pakleni Islands | ~24nm

Round the south coast of Vis to Stiniva, a cove enclosed by cliffs that leave an opening a few metres wide to the sea, with a pebble beach inside reached only by swimming in or by the tender; the yacht anchors outside. From there the course is north-east across the channel to the Pakleni Islands, the chain of pine-covered islets off Hvar town. The night is spent at Palmižana on Sveti Klement, the largest of them, a marina in a bay with a botanical garden planted around it a century ago and a handful of restaurants under the pines, a ten-minute taxi boat from the Hvar waterfront for anyone who wants the town in the evening. The afternoon is for the coves on the south side of the islands, which are the quietest swimming within reach of Hvar. Night at Palmižana.

Thursday — The oldest town, the Blue Lagoon and Trogir

Day 6: Pakleni Islands to Stari Grad and Trogir | ~34nm

Round the western tip of Hvar to Stari Grad, in a long fjord-like bay on the north coast. Founded by Greeks from Paros in 384 BC, it is the oldest town in Croatia, and the field system they laid out behind it, the Stari Grad Plain, is still farmed in the same stone-walled plots and is a World Heritage Site. The morning is the town: the Tvrdalj, the fortified summer house the poet Petar Hektorović built in the 16th century around a fish pond, the Dominican monastery and the lanes behind the waterfront. After lunch the yacht crosses to the Blue Lagoon at Krknjaši, the shallow turquoise channel between Drvenik Veli and two islets, for the last swim of the day, and goes on to Trogir, a town on an island the size of a few streets, joined to the mainland and to Čiovo by bridges, with a cathedral whose portal was carved by Master Radovan in 1240 and the Kamerlengo fortress at the end of the quay. Night on the Trogir waterfront.

Friday — Diocletian's city

Day 7: Trogir to Split | ~12nm

A morning in Trogir, which is at its best early, before the day visitors, and then a short passage along the Kaštela coast, past the seven castle villages built by the Split nobility in the 15th and 16th centuries, into Split. The afternoon is for Diocletian’s Palace, the Roman emperor’s retirement home of about AD 300 that the old town still lives inside: the peristyle, the cathedral built in his mausoleum, the cellars under the palace, and the market outside the eastern gate. The Riva, the palm-lined waterfront, is the evening walk, and Marjan Hill west of the old town is the view. The last dinner is ashore, in the old town, or on board. Night in Split.

Saturday — Farewell

Day 8: Split | Departure

Breakfast on board and disembarkation at the yacht’s main port, at the time she sets, morning or noon depending on the boat, Split, Trogir or Marina Sumpetar, depending on the boat. The crew bring the luggage ashore and arrange the transfer to Split airport. If the flights allow, Split keeps a day: Salona, the Roman capital of Dalmatia, is 15 minutes away, and the ferries from the harbour reach Brač and Šolta in an hour.

Charter Costs

What a week like this costs

What this week costs depends entirely on the boat. A crewed catamaran on the Adriatic runs a median of about €20,400 and a motor yacht €85,000, before APA and VAT. See the full breakdown by boat type with real yachts at every price point.

FAQ

No. Every itinerary is a plan, not a timetable: it is always subject to the weather and to what you feel like doing. Most islands on this coast offer both a lively town and a secluded bay a few miles apart, and the captain can stop at either, depending on the experience you are looking for that day. Tell the crew what matters to you at embarkation and the week is shaped around it.

Either. A one-way charter between the two cities is the best of Croatia in one trip: the whole of southern Dalmatia, with no day spent sailing back. Split to Dubrovnik and back is too far for one week, so the yachts that operate this route sail it one way, and the direction depends on the particular week and dates. There is a lot to see and do along the way, and the crew plan the week around what you want.

This route takes the outer islands: Lopud and the Pelješac wine coast, Lastovo, Komiža and the Blue Cave, Stiniva, the Pakleni Islands, Stari Grad and Trogir. The Split to Dubrovnik route calls at Milna on Brač, Hvar town, Vis town, Korčula, Mljet and Šipan. Both start and end in the same two cities, and the crew will happily swap a stop from one into the other if it suits you better.

May to October. July and August are the warmest and the busiest, with the harbours of Hvar and Trogir full by mid-afternoon; June and September have the same weather with more room on the quays and cooler evenings. The prevailing summer wind is the maestral, a north-westerly that fills in after lunch and dies at sunset.

Some yachts charge a relocation fee for ending in a different port from the one they are based in, and some do not. We state it with the rate when we quote the yacht.

A crewed catamaran on the Adriatic runs a median of about €20,400 a week and a motor yacht about €85,000, before APA and VAT. Between the two sit the motor sailers, a good middle ground and quite unique to Croatia, where many of them are built: they take larger groups while keeping the budget relatively down, and some are really luxurious, a great alternative to a standard power yacht. The sliders on this page show real yachts at every price point.

Dubrovnik to Split

The Best of Croatia in One Trip

Total Distance: ~160nm Cruising Time: ~14 Hours

Day 1: Dubrovnik | Boarding

Day 2: Dubrovnik to Lopud and Pelješac | ~38nm

Day 3: Pelješac to Lastovo | ~25nm

Day 4: Lastovo to Biševo and Komiža | ~28nm

Day 5: Komiža to Stiniva and the Pakleni Islands | ~24nm

Day 6: Pakleni Islands to Stari Grad and Trogir | ~34nm

Day 7: Trogir to Split | ~12nm

Day 8: Split | Departure

What a week like this costs

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