Hi Sylvia,
I've done 10 trips with JY and am booked on the Italian Dolomites & Croatia trip for this Xmas/New Year - any tips please and a review of the holiday?
Cheers,
Hils
Hi Hils
The hotel in the Dolomites is family run and is small and friendly. Our group took over the place when we visited in December 2011! At breakfast we had to choose what we wanted for dinner that evening, so if you sat at a different table confusion would reign!!
On boxing day there is the annual Ski Sprint where local teams (police etc) sprint in relays around the town on skis. If there is no snow, they ship it in the night before, so worth a look at them doing that and the actual sprint.
I stayed in a different hotel in Opatija but recommend that you see the new year in with the locals on the sea front watching the fireworks. Five of us did this and the locals shared their bubbly with us and a bar owner gave us two ladies a rose each!
I hope this helps.
Sylvia