Tour guide – to make your journey lovely
Travel writer – to make you feel like on a lovely journey
Croatian born in 1990 in Serbia. Yep, not exactly the best time to pop into the ex-Yugoslav neighbourhood. Thanks to the explosion of neighborly love known as the Yugoslav Wars, my family moved to Zagreb, Croatia. That’s where I grew up, graduated, and began working as a licensed tour guide for an ever-growing stream of curious travelers exploring this passionate, complicated, and stunning region I call home: the Balkans.
Even though guiding often calls for a more “mainstream” tourism approach, I’m always drawn to what lies beyond the polished postcard—people’s everyday rituals, their humor, politics, dialects, frustrations, contradictions… the raw human layer that gives a place its real soul. That curiosity is also what led me to study sociology and work as a journalist—digging deeper, asking questions, and telling stories that aren’t always part of the tourist brochure.
The result? A series of travel essays and cultural reflections you’ll find on this blog—originally published in Croatian media, now translated into English and sprinkled with the same Balkan spice.
Need a guide?
Over the years, I’ve teamed up with travel agencies from Croatia, the UK, and the US—some big names, others beautifully niche. I’ve led groups of professors, journalists, poets, wanderers, and that one couple who thought Dubrovnik was in Greece. Reviews? Some came handwritten from distant corners of the world. Others arrived in the form of stars, surveys, and “highly recommended” boxes. I treasure them all.
If you’re looking for a licensed local guide in Zagreb or a tour leader across Croatia and the Balkans, I’d love to hear from you. Whether your interests lean toward history, politics, food, sociology, or culture, let’s make your trip meaningful, insightful, and unforgettable.
📬 lidijatomislav@gmail.com
And yes, I still use my high school e-mail address 😀
