Dubrovnik Riviera - Zaton, Orasac, Slano

The picturesque area lying along the coast, from Rijeka Dubrovacka to Neum and Peljesac, with the gentle and rocky coast abounding in natural bays, with a mixture of pine and olive groves, vineyards and the Mediterraneous bush-covered rock, is also the home of the famous temperamental dance called "Lindo" and a 100-years' long folklore tradition characterized by beautiful folk costumes.

 

 

 

RIJEKA DUBROVACKA

The wonderful bay, where sea and river water mix, is situated in the immediate surroundings of Dubrovnik, along the river bed and mouth of the Ombla. The river was called Arion by the ancient writers, and it breaks in a swift current from under the high rocks in Komolac.

This area, characterized by exceptional natural beauty and clear fresh running water, used to be the favourite summer resort of the Dubrovnik nobility. Numerous summer residences are still spread all over the area along both shores, as well as numerous sacral monuments, the outstanding one among them the 14th century Franciscan monastery in Rozat.

Some ten pretty settlements are situated on these shores, the largest being Sustjepan with an old little church of St. Stephen dating from the 11th or 12th century; there are also Komolac, Mokosica and Rozat. Rijeka Dubrovacka is an excellent natural harbour for the "Marina Dubrovnik" situated here, where numerous yachts from all over the world spend the winter season. The hotel "Dubrovnik - Marina" (Yachting) in Komolac was destroyed and looted. The ships were stolen in 1991 and taken to Montenegro. Those that could not be taken were destroyed and sunk. The marine has already been reconstructed.

 

 

The two places, with their sand beaches, in the picturesque decor of nature, are both excellent holiday resorts. Accomodation can be found in rest houses and private houses. There are several good restaurants to be found there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is a picturesque place, with a fine beach, well-water and ancient olive groves. Famous for its restaurants, especially by the "Soderini" castle, once the estate of a Florentine nobleman who had had to leave Florence during the Medici reign and had found shelter in these parts (16th c). The castle has been adapted into a tourist accomodation object. It has an excellent restaurant and a well-equipped auto-camp, the best in the area, with running water, a post-office and an ambulance. Accomodation in private rooms is also possible. The tourist complex "Soderini", Camping site "Rudine".

 

 

TRSTENO

The beauty of nature and the flourishing vegetation make Trsteno one of the finest places in the Dubrovnik area. Trsteno has a long tradition of culture, and it was the place of the summer residence of one of the best known families in old Dubrovnik, the family Gucetic or Gozze. They had their residential home and land here. They were simple but learned, poets and artists, great men and lovers of nature, so they themselves reared and cultivated the present "Arboretum", one of the oldest and finest Renaissance parks on our coast. The enemy burned it and completely destroyed it in 1991. It is currently being restored. Two of the giant trees, several centuries old, attract the attention of all visitors and passsers-by. Accomodation and board of tourists possible in private rooms.

 

 

SLANO

It is one of the most picturesque places of the Dubrovnik area, in a gentle bay 1.5 mile long (2 km), a fine beach, with thick pine and olive groves, a long cultural tradition and numerous historic monuments, from prehistoric to the recent ones. The Franciscan church of St. Hieronymus is among the finest in this area and dates from the 15th century. There is also the rector's palace from the time of the Dubrovnik Republic, and the summer residence of the eminent family Ohmucevic, whose members used to be excellent sailors and men-of-letters. Slano has several excellent hotels and has become one of the best tourist places of the Dubrovacko Primorje. From Slano there is a road leading to Zavala in Herzegovina, the site of the famous rocky cave "Vjetrenica" (11 miles, 14 km).