Dubrovnik route

SHORT ITINERARY:
Saturday: Dubrovnik/boarding - Slano/overnight
Sunday: Slano- Mljet/overnight
Monday: Mljet - Vela Luka (island Korcula)/overnight
Tuesday: Vela Luka - Korcula/overnight
Wendsday: Korcula - Orebic (peninsula Peljesac)/overnight
Thursday: Orebic - Sipan/overnight
Friday: Sipan /Elaphiti islands/ - Dubrovnik/overnight
Saturday: Dubrovnik/unboarding

To start your holiday in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, is really special feeling:

...walking through the Dubrovnik city walls you could "overhear" the song of the Troubadurs and "breath" the old time...

In the port of Dubrovnik, Gruž, the crew of our sailing ship is ready and expecting you with warm welcome and wishing that your holiday become unforgettable.

Slano is village and small harbour in the bay, 37.5 km northwest of Dubrovnik. Farming, olive-growing, viniculture, fruit-growing, tobacco, herbs (sage, laurel, woodworm), fishing and tourism are chief occupations. Yachts can anchor in the small protected Banja cove. Anchoring-ground for larger yachts lies off the entrance in the cove, to the southwest of Cape Gornji. The area of Slano was populated already in the prehistoric period (ruins of a hill-fort and tumuli on the nearby hills) and in the ancient times (a Roman castrum on the hill Gradina; early Christian sarcophagi, today exhibited in front of the Franciscan church).

Island Mljet
For many tourists it's one of the islands lost in the open sea. It is really hard to reach. But don't let the landscape; mentioned in the stories of Ulysses, St Paul, Benedictines and the Mediterranean she-bear; remain undiscovered. Mljet seems to be an unindented long island, approximately 3 km wide and 37 km long. It's an island of peculiarities and contrasts. The National Park "Mljet" occupies its north-western part and covers an area of 5375 hectares of protected land and surrounding sea. It was declared a National Park on 11th November 1960. and represents the first institutional attempt of protection of the original ecosystem in the Adriatic.

 

The National Park "Mljet" was declared an area of a special destination for: - its unique panoramic view consisting of indented coast, cliffs, rocks and numerous islets, rich orthography of nearby hills that steeply dominate the sea surface screening the numerous rocky fields and ancient stone settlements. Its outer coast, open towards the south sea, is steep and full of "garma" - fell in caves. The coast facing the mainland and north wind "bura" is lower and more approachable; - its salty lakes representing a unique geological and oceanographic rocky phenomenon, important in worldly proportions. These two unique salty lakes were, originally (10000 years ago), fresh-water lakes all the way to the Christian era. On the costal rocks some endemic Dalmatian plants; with the beauty, "dubrovačka zečina" ahead; can be found.

Vela Luka: a place with 4500 inhabitants is situated in a deep, picturesque bay in the west of the island of Korčula. It's known for its friendly hosts, Dalmatian song, mild climate and crystal clear sea and air.

Town Korčula
situated on the end of the island, it's an exquisite example of a well preserved, fortified medieval town. It is located on an islet (3 hectares area) which was later connected to the rest of the island east.

Orebić - a place on the peninsula Pelješac . Picturesque little place, the cradle of naval captains and seamen, whose rich tradition is saved in the Nautical museum. To its guests it offers vergin, clear nature with ancient pines, cypresses, olive trees, almonds and aloe.

Island Šipan - The bigest island of Elafiti group of islands- a really wonderful place for swimming(clear blue water and super beaches).

Dubrovnik
The city was founded in the 7th c. and it is now surrounded by the wall of fortress 2 km long, which was being built from the 11th to the 17th c. Its citizens were known as seamen and tradesmen, and sailboats from Dubrovnik were sailing all around the world. The 15th and the 16th c was the best period of Dubrovnik and it is known as "The golden Age". But the greatest blow Dubrovnik got in 1667. when a big earthquake almost destroyed the city. It was the centre of the Republic of Dubrovnik that went down at the beginning of the 19th c. with Napoleon's arrival.

Through its history, Dubrovnik, with its beauty, always attracted and fascinated numerous explorers, travellers, adventurers and others, as it does even today. The main Dubrovnik street Stradun, unique for its beauty, is the centre of the old city and favourite gathering place of its citizens. With its 17 monasteries and churches and one of the oldest synagogues in Europe, Dubrovnik testifies its religious and cultural heritage. Numerous cultural sights, clear sea, friendly hosts and local specialities will make your stay in Dubrovnik unforgettable.

We are looking forward to cruising with you,
LQC team