Tours in Croatia is the tours brand of A Croacia, a pioneering Croatia travel portal. The project was born in 2005 as sobrecroacia.com, founded by Mario Fajt, a Croatian living in Spain. In 2014 the domain was renamed acroacia.com and a tour booking service with local Croatian skippers was added, with 100% personal customer support.
“I set up SobreCroacia.com in 2005, almost by accident. I’m Croatian, I was living in Spain and I realised there was absolutely nothing about Croatia written in Spanish. I put a form on the website, people started asking questions and I answered them. Those questions and answers stayed online and, almost by chance, a Croatia travel portal was born.”
— Mario Fajt, founder of A Croacia
Our story: 20 years of Croatia travel
2005 — SobreCroacia.com is born
A Croacia was born in 2005, when Croatia was starting to open up to international tourism and there was practically nothing in Spanish about the country. Mario Fajt, a Croatian living in Spain, spotted that gap and opened a simple website —sobrecroacia.com— with a basic contact form.
The idea was original: travellers posted their questions about Croatia, Mario answered them personally, and those questions and answers were archived on the website for the next people to find. Without planning it, that’s how the first collection of travel information about Croatia in Spanish was built, and the seed of what is today a community of travellers who visit the site every summer.
2014 — Rebrand to A Croacia and a tours service
In the early years the focus was on informing: how to get to Croatia from Spain or Latin America, what documents were needed, what to see in each city, where to stay, what to eat. Over time, travellers also started asking us to organise the experience for them directly.
At 2014 we took two natural steps at once: the project was renamed A Croacia (new domain acroacia.com, shorter and more memorable), and we started handling tour bookings with local Croatian skippers under the brand Tours in Croatia. Since then we’ve combined both activities: the general information website at acroacia.com, and the tours service on this subdomain excursiones.acroacia.com.
Today — Twenty years on
A lot has changed over the years: Croatia joined the European Union in 2013, and the Schengen area and the euro in 2023, and direct flights in season have multiplied. But the essence is still the same: looking after travellers the way a friend with local knowledge would, someone who knows the country from the inside.
How we work
Our model is hybrid and designed to give you the best of both worlds:
- From Spain we handle everything to do with the customer: bookings, payments, personal support via WhatsApp, travel recommendations, date changes and refunds. We reply during European business hours.
- In Croatia we work with officially licensed local skippers and guides, born and raised in Dalmatia, who have spent years sailing between the islands around Split, Hvar, Trogir and Dubrovnik. They know the winds, the best times to enter the Blue Cave, and which beach is quiet when others are packed.
The result: you deal directly with us and receive a service run by locals who know exactly what they’re doing.
Our team in Croatia
We work with a steady team of local skippers and guides in each harbour:
- Split and Trogir: officially licensed skippers who run our group and private tours to the Blue Cave, the 5 islands, the Blue Lagoon and Brač.
- Hvar: local skippers specialising in the Pakleni Islands, the Blue Cave and the Green Cave, plus licence-free boat hire.
- Dubrovnik: skipper-guides specialising in private tours to the Elafiti Islands, Montenegro and Mostar.
All of them comply with Croatian regulations on tourist maritime activities: compulsory insurance, life jackets, approved safety equipment and a professional skipper’s licence.
Why choose us
Personal support since 2005
We’ve been answering questions about Croatia since 2005. Mario replies personally by WhatsApp, email or phone, before you book, during your trip and afterwards. If your flight is delayed or the weather turns bad, we reply the same day.
Pay by PayPal or card
We accept Bizum (very rare among Croatian operators), PayPal and cards (Visa, Mastercard, American Express). No hidden currency exchange fees. Customers from Latin America can pay easily with PayPal or international cards.
Flexible cancellation and guaranteed refund
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before before the tour with a 100% refund. Free date changes subject to availability. If the tour is cancelled due to bad weather, an immediate refund or a free change.
Prices without aggregator middlemen
By booking directly with us you avoid the 20-25% commission charged by platforms such as GetYourGuide or Viator. The same boat, the same skipper, the same itinerary, at a lower price.
A Croacia in numbers
- Since 2005 as a Croatia travel portal (more than 20 years of experience).
- Since 2014 handling tour bookings under the Tours in Croatia brand.
- 4.9 / 5 stars on Google Reviews, with verified reviews from real customers.
- 19 active tours on offer from Split, Hvar, Trogir and Dubrovnik.
- 3 languages: Spanish, Croatian and English.
- 4 departure points: Split, Hvar, Trogir and Dubrovnik.
- Destinations we cover: Blue Cave (Biševo), Elafiti Islands, Pakleni Islands, Stiniva, Hvar, Brač, Korčula, Mostar, Montenegro (Kotor), Kravica Waterfalls.
Where we are
Head office in Spain (customer service):
Edificio Portillo
Avenida Ricardo Soriano 34
29601 Marbella, Málaga — Spain
Operations in Croatia:
Split, Hvar, Trogir and Dubrovnik, with departures depending on the tour booked.
Direct contact
- WhatsApp / phone: +34 600 988 287
- Email: mario@acroacia.com
- Response hours: Monday-Friday 9:00-20:00 (Spanish time). In high season (June-September) we also reply at weekends.
- Languages: Spanish, Croatian, English.
Our values
What sets us apart isn’t the biggest boat or the most expensive tour: it’s the way we work.
- Honesty above all. If a tour isn’t right for you — because you’re travelling with small children, because it doesn’t fit your itinerary, because the forecast is bad — we’ll tell you. We’d rather lose a sale than leave you with a disappointing experience.
- Few boats, personal service. We’re not a multinational. Every booking goes through our hands, and every WhatsApp message is answered by a real person.
- Genuine local knowledge. We’ve spent decades on the water. We know why you shouldn’t go to the Blue Cave when the jugo wind is blowing, why Stiniva gets crowded by 11 and which restaurant in Komiža serves the best food.
- Transparent pricing. What you see on the website is what you pay. No hidden extras, no card fees, no last-minute surprises.
First time in Croatia?
If you’re planning a trip and want to get your bearings, here are two useful resources:
- The FAQ page, with 42 straight answers to everything we usually get asked: documents, seasons, transport, bookings, language and more.
- Our complete guide to the Blue Cave, covering how to get there, prices, the best time and alternatives.
And if you already know what you want, take a look at all our tours in Croatia or message us directly on WhatsApp.
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