I loved the countries that we visited but was disappointed that the food and wine portion of this tour did not meet expectations.
I loved traveling to Venice, Croatia and Greece for the first time but this was advertised as a food and wine tour in these locations and that portion fell short. Only one of the planned group dinners and wine met my expectation. Definitely need to continue the partnership w/ restaurant Marco Polo in Dubrovnik, because their attention to detail and quality of meal was amazing. There were also discrepancies in the quality of the accommodations for some of the couples on the cruise because they were not identified correctly by WorldStrides (based on what we were told at reception) so they had to sleep on 2 single beds instead of the full/queen, that others had. This was communicated but not acknowledged/ addressed for 2 nights. Mine was fine. As for our guide, he seemed as if he was preparing our itinerary last minute and was impatient/ short when we asked questions. I have been on two Explorica/ WorldStrides trips before and understand that locations selected for lodging help to keep students secure and contained in areas that would be less tempting for them to get into trouble but this was an adult only trip, I would have preferred to be lodged closer to the cities that we were visiting because it would have allowed us the opportunity to explore during our free time. I loved traveling to these 3 countries. I wish that we had been able to enjoy a consistent quality of meals, since this was part of what we paid for on this trip.