Mljet and Elafiti Islands

Mljet is Croatia's greenest island with its lush Mediterranean vegetation, clear and clean sea, gentle sandy shoreline and a wealth of underwater sea life.
This island is well known far and wide for its southern sorts of white and red wine, which receive a special flavour and aroma from the sun and the specific Mljet soil. The island is also well known for its goat's cheese and honey which, in the past, was served in emperor's courts, and mostly for the warmness with which the islanders greet visitors to their island. There are daily ferry and boat connections with Dubrovnik, while in the summer months, ferries also travel on the route Trstenik (Peljesac peninsula) - Polace, significantly shortening the travel time to the island of Mljet. During the summer months, numerous tourism and excursion boats arrive to the area of the Mljet National Park (at the harbours of Polace and Pomena) from Dubrovnik, Korcula, Makarska and the Peljesac peninsula.

Kolocep - a green island with centuries' old woods of pine and carob, olive groves and gardens filled with oranges and lemons, with beautiful beaches and a large fragrant park is one of the most beloved excursion destinations from Dubrovnik. Two settlements, Donje Celo and Gornje Celo, one on the east coast and the other on the west, are connected by a windy road through olive groves and gardens. Many remnants of old architecture have been preserved, and are dispersed throughout the island (an old pre-Romantic chapel, ruins of the basilica, summer homes, guard tower and more). In the Chapel of St. Anton is the polyptych of Ivan Ugrinovic (15th century), one of the best works among the Dubrovnik painters. The beautiful landscape of the artist has enthralled and attracted many a painter. There are boat connections to Gruz Harbour several times daily.



Lopud - an island of lush Mediterranean and subtropical vegetation, beautiful gardens, parks and beaches, Lopud is one of the most developed islands for tourism in the Dubrovnik region. In the past, it was an island of captains, which provided the most sailors for the navy of the Dubrovnik Republic. Also from Lopud was the famed sailor and ship owner Miho Pracat. According to the Dubrovnik historian Razzi, Lopud had 30 churches in the 16th century, as well as numerous summer residences, several monasteries and many more inhabitants than today. Visible on the island are the ruins of early medieval churches, summer residences and fortresses. The Franciscan monastery from 1483 with its cloister, defensive towers and walls and its Church of St. Mary of Splica holds much valuable art: the polyptych of Pietro de Giovanni, the triptych from the workshop of Nikola Bozidarevic, the polyptych of Girolan da Santacroce, paintings by the Flemish master Bassan and more. The Church of Our Lady of Sunj dates from the 15th century is a valuable cultural monument and contains paintings by Palma the elder, Natalino da Murano, Mateja Juncic and others. The island has good boat connections with Dubrovnik from Gruz Harbour.



Sipan - The largest island in the Elaphite archipelago, with its quiet bays, beaches, cypress trees, groves of orange and lemon trees, full of old structures (churches, summer residences of the landowners and plebeians) dispersed throughout the forested slopes, with a long history interwoven with many stories and legends, is one of the pearls of the Dubrovnik region. Two settlements, Sudurad on the eastern and the Port of Sipan on the western part of the island receive numerous tourists in their beautiful homes. There are good regular and excursion connections to Dubrovnik.

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