Must-SeeBay of Kotor
About 37 miles away
A walled Venetian town at the head of a fjord-like bay. Climb 1,350 steps for the view.
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A town of salt pans and oyster beds, with medieval walls that climb the hills for more than five kilometers.
- Open
- Every day; shorter hours on the walls in winter
- Price
- Free; paid for the walls
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Ston, 20230 StonDirections
- Getting There
- About an hour's drive northwest, or the bus toward Korčula.
Why Go
The Republic of Ragusa built the walls in the 14th and 15th centuries to guard the salt pans at the neck of the Pelješac peninsula, still worked by hand. You can walk sections of the wall between Ston and Mali Ston.
Mali Ston's bay is famous for its oysters and mussels.
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