Plat Hotels

up. Unless you want to get the cheap local bus into Dubrovnik or Cavat you will not need to do this!

There are 4 stony beaches in the bay: one just north of the hotel and one with a bar just below the swimming pool between the hotel and the harbour. Between the harbour and a small promotory is a small beach where clothing seem optional though there is no formal notice to this effect.
Beyond this is the fourth bay. So there is plenty of choice!

Your holiday rep will offer a number of excursions from one of the big two tour companies, Atlas and Elite. The Hotel reception can give details of the one your rep doesn\'t as not all tours are the same. These pick you up by coach at the hotel entrance. A good trip is that to the Elafiti Islands with a fish lunch.

Rather than the main tour operators who take you by coach to the Dubrovnik main harbour to pick up a boat, the local boat operator runs a similar trip (at less cost) which takes you all the way by boat leaving from the harbour at 10:10 in the morning. (You transfer to a bigger boat for the main trip at Dubrovnik). Good value. (This boat will also take you to Dubrovnik and back - but see below.)

They also run trips to Cavat, but there is also a local boatman who runs a water taxi and will take you Cavat or the island of Supertar. The cost is a little more but you get drinks on the way. First trip to Cavtat is at 10:00. Highly recommended.

Now, how to get to Dubrovnic. You really need to be there early to walk the walls before its too hot and to avoid the cruise ship groups. The boat gets you there ~ 11 am and that\'s really too late. A firm in the hotel complex run a shuttle minibus and the first leaves at 8:45 getting there by 9:15. There is also a cheaper tourist bus that leaves at 9:30. We went by minibus and came back by boat - a pretty good compromise. Boats return about every hour from the old town harbour.

The only other trip that we took - with one of the main tour operators - was that to Korcula. This travels along the coast with some stuning views then out along a 77km pensinular which is the local wine growing region. There is then a 15 minute sea crossing to the island where the little medieval walled town was the birth place of Marco Polo. On the way back there is a short stop at Ston where the salt pans are that helped make Dubrovnik rich. A good trip to get a broader picture of the region.

than Dubrovnik or Cavtat, car hire, coach trips and adventure activities bookable on site. Everywhere was quiet, even the sea gulls were silent.Being a mountain, rising from the sea,it is not suitable for those with mobility problems. We could have thrown a pebble from our balcony into the sea but it was 55 steps down to the beach from the hotel entrance. We had an amazing 2 weeks. Thank you Orphee.