INTRODUCTION - Croatia and Slovenia - page 13

5 Drive through the Karst and Piran to Rovinj * Rovinj

6 Tour Istria Rovinj

7 Drive to Plitvice Lakes via Istria's hill towns Plitvice

8 Hike the lakes, then drive to Split and drop car Split

9 Split Split

10 To Hvar or Kor č ula Hvar / Kor č ula

11 Relax on Hvar or Kor č ula Hvar / Kor č ula

12 To Dubrovnik Dubrovnik

13 Dubrovnik Dubrovnik

14 Rent a car or hire a driver to day-trip to Mostar or to Monte-

negro's Bay of Kotor

Dubrovnik

* To save the substantial extra cost of picking up your car in one country and then
droppingitoffinanother(see here ) ,comeupwithastrategyforturninginyourrent-
al car in Slovenia and then taking public transportation to Croatia, where you can
pickupadifferentrentalcarforyourtimethere.Forexample,youcouldtakethebus
from Ljubljana or Portorož (near Piran) to Rovinj, then pick up a rental car in Pula;
or take the train from Ljubljana to Zagreb or Rijeka, then pick up your rental car in
one of those cities.