Southern Dalmatia

Makarska Riviera

After crossing Neum corridor, one can enter the coastal road to Makarska. It’s a picturesque drive, and the city Makarska itself has quite a few sights to visit. Imotski is a good half hour away. There you can visit the Blue lake and take a refreshing bath. The Red lake can only be admired from afar, there’s no possibility to walk down to the crater.

Mljet National Park

Another daytrip took us to Mljet National Park. We entered the ferry in Prapratno, then drove to Polace and Pomena, where you have to park your car. Paths are well marked, the entrance ticket includes the boat round trip to Sveta Marija. The smaller lake (Malo jezero) is especially warm if that’s your thing – up to 30°C!

Ston

One can walk the fortress walls from Mali Ston to Ston, which takes a mere hour. In Ston itself there’s an abundance of cafés, restaurants and souvenir shops. Everything has been built up again since the 1996’s earthquake.

Peninsula Peljesac

After Ston we headed further into peninsula Peljesac until Orebic. On the whole island you can find beaches (some of them deserted, some of them packed despite Covid-19) and excellent fish restaurants (our favourite was the Konoba Dalmatinska kuca in Drace). In Orebic (this town was a bit disappointing, having very little charme) we climbed Sv. Ilja (961m) and made a side trip to Korcula by ferry.

Day trip to Korcula

You can reach Korcula by car or passenger ferry. It’s a 15-minute ride, but only the passenger ferry goes directly to the Old Town. Similarities to Dubrovnik or other coastal towns in Southern Dalmatia are obviously. Climb the bell tower of Sveti Marko, it gives a nice view over the surrounding area.