Bella’s Culinary Adventures in Croatia 2026

LASTAVICA Private Luxury Yachts in Croatia the NERA & SWALLOW

Bella’s travelers keep asking for more. More experiences, more destinations, more wine, more olive oil, more delicious food, more unforgettable memories. Who am I to say anything other then YES? When clients asked for Greece that was a huge step outside of my comfort zone. A whole year of planning, stressing, investigating followed by four sold out tours. In September 2025 we just completed our 10th tour in Greece, I will have to say it felt pretty good. Portugal was next on the list for 2025 and I was way, way out of my comfort zone. Talk about being scared to death, it was alot of hard work but I was so very proud and happy of the tours that I put together. So now whats next? CROATIA for 2026!

Again when clients/travelers ask, I will always listen. Many have heard me talk about one of my most favorite vacations was sailing in Croatia, so I was not all that surprised when I received the request. After a couple of years of clients telling me Croatia was on their travel bucket list and asking when Bella was going to organize a tour, I had to decide it was time. I researched four private sailing charters before I chose Lastavica, which I believe is going to be the best choice for our Bella travelers. Those of you who have ever wondered, it is a chunk of money to reserve luxury villa’s and luxury yachts abroad, and then you hope and pray that you sell them out. The thing with a private yacht charter there are 18 cabins, that is like three 6 bedroom villa’s we rent for tours, so there is just a little bit of pressure to fill one quickly. Imagine our surprise to sell out the first weeks tour in just nine days… But then I was receiving emails, phone calls and texts pleading with me to add an additional week. The pressure was on and it was such a difficult decision to add an additional week, I knew it would take a bit longer to sell out a second yacht. I truly cannot believe we did it, I really did scare myself on this one. But I am happy to say that we have sold out two yacht charters for Croatia 2026. I do have to thank Bella Travelers for this, because they are truly the Best of the Best.

I think we can all agree that Croatia is such a beautiful, charming and dreamy location…..

Travelers will be flying into Split, and from there be making their way down to Sibenik. ŠIBENIK CROATIA – the oldest Croatian founded coastal town on the Adriatic. Over the centuries Sibenik was ruled by a variety of powers, Venetians, Hungarians, Austro-Hungarian Empire to name a few. The various powers left their mark on the local cuisine.

This charming city is where all of our travelers will be meeting up before we embark on our yacht for our private cruise of the Croatia coastline and islands. July of 2026 is going to be a great time to be creating some amazing memories.

Once in Sibenik we recommend two different hotels for our guests. The https://www.bellevuehotel.hr/ or https://dresortsibenik.com/ both hotels can arrange transportation from the Split Airport to their properties in Sibenik.