Schildc1

My husband and I will be touring Slovenia and Croatia in September. The tour has a nice balance of included dinners and dinners on our own. That said, we have never been to these two countries and would like some advice for Rijeka and Split. I would prefer places that feature lamb, pork or fish with no terribly hot, spicy dishes. My husband would love the latter and I would just suffer all night. I have read the few posts on this board for the two cities and found few suggestions. Help, please!

Schildc1

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Rhea

Have you been to your library?
In planning my Fall 05 trip there, I have Fodors, Frommers, Lovely Planet & Rick Steves in hand w/more coming from interchange today.

There are suggestions w/price range
in all of these. I just skimmed this portion but I can relate that fish is dominant on the coast & while the
wine is touted, it's claimed to be
pricey.

May I ask whom you are using for the tour?

Schildc1

Thanks for a response! We are using Grand European Tours with whom we did a 16 day tour around France a few years ago. That was the first time we had used them and were extremely pleased.

Carta_Pisana

September should be truffle season in the Istria region (pretty sure) - the spicier dishes are probably more hinterland, closer to Hungary and Bosnia.

You may want to check VirtualTourist.com - some of the members theres should have specific suggestions beyond the guidebooks.

I've been through Split a few times - on my way out to Hvar - so I can't make any recs. Check VT.com

Schildc1

Thanks for your comments. I have looked at VT.com and found the comments pretty sparse for Split. But it is a source.