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Dubrovnik Surroundings<br />
Metković Tourist Board Archives<br />
where accommodation, tours by boat and photo safaris<br />
are also offered. The area is also rich in bird life, particularly<br />
storks and coots, the latter being traditional hunting game.<br />
Near the town of Ploče you can see the Baćina lakes from<br />
the main road - a spectacular chain of seven interconnecting<br />
freshwater lakes, plus one separate one. They are beautifully<br />
clean and have beaches suitable for swimming. It is<br />
hoped that the region will be proclaimed a nature park in<br />
the near future.<br />
Metković Tourist Board<br />
QAnte Starčevića 3, Metković, <strong>info</strong>@tzmetkovic.hr,<br />
www.tzmetkovic.hr. Open 07:00 - 15:00. Closed Sat,<br />
Sun.<br />
South of <strong>dubrovnik</strong><br />
South of Dubrovnik and following the coastal road you will<br />
find yourself in Župa Dubrovačka, where there are a handful<br />
of bays that have a promenade which passes through<br />
small romantic places such as Srebreno and Mlini.<br />
If you continue further south, you will find yourself in a vortex<br />
of history. The small town of Cavtat will enchant you<br />
with its architecture, nature and charm. Historically known<br />
as Epidaurum, it used to be a key part of Dubrovnik’s history<br />
and development of the city, which the citizens of Cavtat<br />
built respectively.<br />
From Cavtat to the border with Montenegro stretches the<br />
Konavle municipality which was named after the Latin<br />
word ‘canalis’, referring to water channels that used to bring<br />
water from water-wells across Konavle Fields to the ancient<br />
city of Epidaurum (present-day Cavtat).<br />
72 Dubrovnik In Your Pocket<br />
Župa Dubrovačka<br />
The road south from Dubrovnik snakes alongside a<br />
broad bay dotted with some of the loveliest beaches to<br />
be found on the Mediterranean.Their white pebbles are<br />
probably the reason why the village of Srebreno was<br />
given its name, which means “Silver”. The water here is<br />
that perfect aquamarine colour so beloved of the holiday<br />
brochures. The town of Mlini is named after the water<br />
mills that you can still see here, driven by streams that<br />
race down the mountainside and emerge right on the<br />
beach, bringing the sea to a temperature that could be<br />
named “refreshing” or “freezing” depending on the hardiness<br />
of the swimmer in question.<br />
These resorts are not “fashionable”, one of the reasons being<br />
that this part of the coast was occupied by the Yugoslav<br />
army during the early 90s. The village of Kupari is all<br />
but devastated, as it was a military base. Clearly a dismal<br />
situation for the local people, with a once thriving industry<br />
lying dormant and some fine old buildings on the<br />
waterfront empty and pockmarked by bullets, but renovation<br />
is presently going on and things will get better.<br />
We highly recommend these resorts for the following<br />
reasons. The bathing is superb (tingly refreshing, mmm!)<br />
There is plenty of excellent accommodation in private<br />
apartments, and prices are more than reasonable. With<br />
Dubrovnik just 20 minutes away by bus, this is a great<br />
place to stay if you’re on a budget and appreciate a quieter<br />
environment and clean beaches.<br />
Srebreno is the centre of this little region, and here you’ll<br />
find necessities such as the tourist <strong>info</strong>rmation centre,<br />
banks, the post office and a large supermarket.<br />
Mlini’s waterfront is possibly the most unusual we’ve ever<br />
seen: a picturesque village aspect is created by a stream,<br />
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