A reservation deposit of €300 per person is required at the time of booking. 50% is due 90 days before the date of departure and the final payment is due 60 days prior to the date of departure. If you sign up for a tour within 60 days of the tour departure, full payment will be required before we can confirm you on the tour and the deposit portion will be non-refundable. Missing the final payment deadline, as noted on your tour invoice and your initial tour confirmation letter, may result in your being removed from the tour. Please make a note on your calendar of your final payment due date. Reminders will be sent out.

When using PayPal please use the following: put “Down Payment – (Your surname + the instructors name)” in the ‘Item’ area. When making the first payment of 50% please put (50% – Your surname and the instructors name) When paying the balance please put “Balance – (Your surname + the instructors name)”.

Single Room Occupancy: no single supplement fee​

• Non-painting partner is €200 less

We do not offer a shared room option for unrelated individuals, only non-painting partner may share a room. 

Hotel Astarea, Mlini

• Our accommodation is in a large scale hotel. It is listed as a 3 star hotel, however missed a 4 star after renovations only because the rooms smaller than what a 4 star requires. Our accommodations are all clean, comfortable and well looked after.

• Rooms have 2 (two) twins, some may have a double.

• Rooms are given out in order of deposits received. Unfortunately requesting a room is not possible.

• This Hotel has a No Smoking policy, therefore no smoking will be allowed in the rooms.

• When you check in you will be asked for you credit card so that any charges during your stay, you can add to your room, and pay at the end of your stay. 

Breakfast will be served buffet style at the hotel.

Alcoholic beverages and drinks at the hotels (or at any location on the premises) are not included in your tour price.

A daily boxed lunch will be prepared by By the Way Cafe in Cavtat, except on your free day.

4 dinners are provided as part of your tour price. You will need to find your own dinner on your free day and 2 other day in Mlini.

Unless you will be traveling around before the workshop, we recommend you fly to the Dubrovnik airport. There are no direct flights from North America, but you can change in the European city associated with your airline. A transfer will be organized for you, from the airport to Mlini on whatever day you arrive.

We request that members organize their flights to arrive on or before the start date of the tour. You are welcome to arrive at any hour, a transfer will be organized for you from the airport to Mlini.

Members are asked to depart on or after the last date of the tour.  You are welcome to leave at any hour, a transfer can be organized for you, at your expense.

Cancellations received in writing 61 or more days from the date of departure will result in a loss of your deposit but a full refund of the balance of your tour price. Cancellations received 60 or fewer days before departure will result in a loss of all payments made. 

There are no refunds for services not utilized while on a Painting Tour. All cancellations must be sent to Slikamilina Painting Tours in writing via email to slikamilina@yahoo.ca, and will be effective on the date received by Slikamilina Painting Tours.

Travel insurance is highly recommended to cover Tour members for the consequences of unforeseen events during the Painting Tour and for cancellation fees that could result from illness, accident, death or other contingencies. Slikamilina does not hold any responsability in case of any injury, loss of life, damage or theft during the whole duration of the tours. 

All tour participants are required to complete, sign and return, prior to their tour starting date, a Release and Waiver Agreement and Medical Form. Should a failure to return a complete and accurate Release and Waiver Agreement and Medical Form occur, Slikamilina keeps the right to exclude the participant from the tour. 

In the unlikely event that the Painting Tour tutor is unable to perform his or her duties due to unforeseen contingencies, Slikamilina Painting Tours reserves the right to substitute another artist as tutor or to continue with the Painting Tour as planned or to refund the entire amount you have paid to Slikamilina Painting  Tours for the applicable tour.

Fitness: Slikamilina Painting Tours can involve a small amount of walking and stair-climbing in the regions visited and it is important that all members have a level of physical fitness that allows them to take part in these activities without the need of assistance from others. We will offer assistance when we can, however this is not always available. All participants are responsible for their own luggage and items throughout the tour. 

Art Supplies: All art supplies must be brought with the tour participant for all days of painting. Supplies may be limited in the towns that you will be visiting. A folding chair and easel should be considered part of your art supplies.

Tipping: We always encourage our guests to value good service, tipping is never included in bills in Croatia. We would suggest 10% but this of course is at your discretion. 

Transportation: Guests will encounter buses, ferries, boat taxi’s and mini-buses on this trip. Croatians are speedy drivers and the roads here are very curvy. If you have motion sickness problems, mild or major, be sure to bring whatever remedies work for you.

Electrical Adapters and Converters: Europe’s electrical system is different from North America in two ways: the voltage of the current and the shape of the plug. The United Kingdom differs only in the shape of the plug.  Please bear in mind when packing, that you may have to check if your appliance is adaptable to a 220V and beware that you will need an adapter for European plugs. These can usually be found in the airports.