Orebic    Tourist offer of Orebic
Today town has about 4.000 beds in hotels and in very modern, good furnished apartments in family houses. Most of this accommodation is within a short walking distance of the town's beaches. Among the beaches, Trstenica is well known.Offer for active holiday includes, windsurfing, sailing, hunting, hiking and tennis.There are two diving centers, gym, renting a bike and many forms of water fun on the local beaches.For yachtmans there is a marina that has 200 berth .It is also popular base for walking and hiking on Sveti Ilija Mountain ( the mountain above town)
Peljesac is well known because of its vineyards and top quality wines, there are many excursions organized such as walking tours on signed paths, visit to vineyards and vine cellar.Originate wines from the Peljesac peninsula are: "Dingac", "Postup", "Plavac" i "Peljesac". Gastronomic offer is excellent, it's certainly worth to try oysters and mussels from the local breeding sites offered in many restaurants.
History and herritageIt is founded in the late 15th and early 16th century. In 1586th seafarers families Orebic restored the castle in the middle of the fortified settlement, which was called by them Orebic, which is to 16 century named Trstenica. From 17 Century ships from Peljesac constituted an important part of Dubrovnik's merchant fleet.Two kilometers west of town, on a nearby hill, is a Gothic - Renaissance Franciscan monastery from the 15th century in which the art collection, offering a magnificient view of the unique natural beauty of this region. On the hill above the monastery is a Gothic church, restored in Baroque style church of Our Lady of Karmen. Next to it are ancient sarcophagi and several age-old, huge cypresses, as a Baroque loggia and the ruins of the castle Trstenica Duke. In the village, visit the Maritime Museum. EventsTraditionaly St. Anhony is celebrated on June 13th in Stankovici, Our Lady of Karmen on July 16th in Karmen, St. Jacob on July 25th in Mokalo, The Assumption of Mary on August 15th in Podgorje and Postup, St. Roko on August 16th in Crkvice and Mala Gospa on September 8th in Nakovana.Sailors nights and Night of the sails are the central festivities in the summer on the first thursday in August. During the summer there are open-air theater performances and other cultural manifestations such as painter exhibitions, classicals music concerts and poetry meetings. Traditional Fisherman's nights, held during August How to getIt's approximately 200 km from Split on the north and about 50 km from Dubrovnik on the south. It has good road traffic connection. With fast coastal ferry lines is connected with Rijeka, Split, Hvar, Korcula and Dubrovnik. The nearest airports are Dubrovnik Airport and Split Airport.return from Orebic to Dalmatia return from Orebic to Exploring Croatia travel & tourism guide New! CommentsHave your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment in the box below. |
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