Taste excellent Croatian food

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From the shores of the Adriatic in Istria, Kvarner and Dalmatia to the valleys of Slavonia, each region of Croatia has its own special culinary personality that will surprise you. Create unique Taste of Croatiatour that will enable you to discover all famous Croatian specialties, all year round. This tasteful journey will be full of local dishes served in traditional taverns, first class restaurants and agrotourism (countryside farm), where typical meals are prepared of the original recipes from carefully selected local products.

On your trip, capture the essence of the place and find out the exquisite gastronomic offer from Istria, Kvarner and Dalmatia, the coastline regions– here you can try traditional and high quality food like homemade pasta, asparagus, lamb, excellent sea fish and scampi (shrimps) from the Gulf of Kvarner, considered to be the best in the world, topped with best possible olive oil, but us well as truffles from Istria, Istrian minestrone and Istrian ox – boškarin. Don’t miss to try the famous sheep’s milk cheese from the island of Pag. All that served in high class restaurants or authentic maritime taverns. Croatian inland will honor you with specialties of cheese, vegetables, meat and freshwater fish like shepherd's stew or paprika-based stew. Start with traditional plum or pear brandy or berry liqueur and enjoy the flavors of traditional cuisine together with typical Croatian wines from the best winemakers of the region! Let your taste travel across centuries of tradition and relish every moment.

You can have an unique truffles experience in Istria - a tour where you can experience the truffles hunting, cooking with our host and than tasting a delicious meals with truffles. Find the truffles in Motovun forest, located below the medieval town of Motovun in the valley of the river Mirna. In this interesting adventure, accompanied by real masters in finding truffles- our host - a licensed guide and his tracking dogs, find out all about truffles and the hunt for truffles. Experience unique truffle flavors while tasting a truffle dishes that you prepare together with your host.

While you are in Croatia, don’t miss to try best Croatian wines and olive oils. Include Wine & olive oil tastings on your tour, available all year round, and find out all about rich wine tradition in Croatia, handed down by ancestors, as well as the olive oil - often the only one necessary food supplement to bring out its real natural flavor, but also very useful for human health, due to many nutritional elements. There are more than 16.000 wine producers in main wine regions, and more than 170 olive oil producers in Croatia. Let us help you with choosing best of them to visit and tasting according to your tailored itinerary.

In the spring, from late March to late April, discover the untouched Istrian nature and become a part of the unique experience of picking wild asparagus and tasting meals with asparagus. It's not too hard to find them, very soon you will be able to spot them from few meters. Enjoy the fresh air, recreate yourself, have fun and pick healthy fruits of nature. Than relax while enjoying in the delights of wild asparagus, first-class healthy food!

In September, participate to a grape harvesting on a charming vineyard by the sea, on the island or in the countryside. You can see the process of wine making during the most thrilling operational phases and taste some excellent local wine served during lunch. Grape harvesting, besides fascinating experience, it is a wonderful way to learn a lot about the local wine and production tradition. The atmosphere of a working in vineyard is definitely something unique!

In Croatia, you can experience traditional olive picking , that starts in November and lasts till January in of the olive groves in Istria, Kvarner and Dalmatia. Olive picking is not easy but can be fun and interesting activity. Spend the day in the fresh air, experience the olive harvest and olive oil production in a native environment together with local people, learn about its great gastronomic value and healing properties and enjoy homemade food after the job is done!

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discover all famous Croatian specialties, enjoy in best traditional taverns, first class restaurants and agrotourism across Croatia, where you can taste typical Croatian meals prepared of the original recipes from carefully selected local products all year round all regions
unique truffles experience in Istria - truffles hunting, cooking and tasting a delicious meals with truffles all year round Istria
Wine & olive oil tastings - don’t miss to try best Croatian wines and olive oils all year round Istria, Kvarner and Dalmatia
unique experience of picking wild asparagus and tasting meals with asparagus from late March to late April Istria, Kvarner
grape harvesting on a charming vineyard by the sea, on the island or in the countryside in September all regions
traditional olive picking from November to mid January Istria, Kvarner and Dalmatia