A Dalmatian Villa Week

We hand-select the villa to match your group size, but our flagship is Villa Sheherezade in Dubrovnik, a fully restored 1920s waterfront mansion with seven bedrooms, a heated pool above the sea, a private dock, and a 3,000-square-foot terrace built for long family lunches. For larger groups, we look at Villa Dubrovnik Palace on the Lapad peninsula (10 bedrooms across the main villa and guesthouse) or Villa Sky on Hvar for a more boutique island stay. Every property comes fully staffed: housekeeper, private chef, daily concierge, and an on-call nanny matched to your children’s ages and languages.

Morning walk through Old Town with a local historian, the city walls before they fill, the smaller cloisters, an early stop for sladoled. The kids ride the cable car up Mount Srđ; the grandparents tour the synagogue and Rector’s Palace at their own pace. Lunch at Restaurant 360 inside the walls, with views over the harbor. Afternoon back at the villa for the pool, with the nanny watching the little ones so parents can nap.

Built into the itinerary on purpose. Breakfast at your own pace. Adults choose between a guided sea kayak around the Old Town walls, a private cooking class with the chef (focused on peka, meat and vegetables slow-cooked under a bell), or simply staying in a robe by the pool. The children swim, take a paddleboard lesson from the dock, and have an early dinner in the villa while parents enjoy a quieter grown-up meal on the terrace.

This is the day the grown-ups have been waiting for. A private driver takes the adults across the new Pelješac Bridge to the wine peninsula, tastings at Grgić Vina (the iconic Dingăč) and Korta Katarum, lunch at Konoba Mlinica, a slow afternoon at Trstenik beach. Meanwhile back at the villa, the nanny and a beach-club concierge handle the kids, boat to a child-friendly cove, lunch of homemade pizza, an afternoon of inflatables. Everyone reconvenes on the terrace at sunset.

Designed around the older generation’s pace. A late morning, a private guided visit to Trsteno Arboretum (the oldest in Croatia, used as the Red Keep gardens in Game of Thrones), lunch at Konavoski Dvori in the green Konavle valley, and a klapa (Croatian a cappella) performance arranged just for your group in a Konavle stone church. The kids and parents either join or stay back at the villa with the chef and a movie projector on the terrace.

Private transfers handle every departure on its own schedule. The grandparents leave first; the teenagers complain about waking up; the youngest one cries about leaving the nanny. As it should be.