CROATIA & EASTERN EUROPE DUBROVNIK RIVIERA DESTINATIONS
garden pool. A week in the stone house, which sleeps four, with Vintage Travel costs from £475.
w ELAPHITE ISLANDS This sleepy archipelago, of which only three islands are inhabited, has been a bolthole since 15th-century Dubrovnik aristocrats discovered it made an agreeable place for summer residences. There are ferries from Dubrovnik that combine all three islands in one day, and visits here usually have the effect of making clients want to spend more time in this blissful spot. The smallest of the three,
Kolocep, has a delightful little harbour and one of the few sandy beaches in the region. The ferries then move on to Sipan, the largest island but the least developed for tourism other than for day-trippers. A stroll between the two toy-town harbours reveals ruins of a Roman villa and an old ducal palace among the olive groves and pine woods.
No cars are allowed on Lopud, which makes it an especially tranquil place. There’s also a rare sighting of a sandy beach, Sunj Bay, which is reached via a walk through pine-scented woods. Prestige Holidays offers
breaks in both Lopud and Sipan. A week’s B&B at the four-star Hotel Bozica in Sipan, which lies across the tiny bay from Sudurad harbour and has only 27 rooms, costs from £379, including flights and transfers. In Lopud, a week at the Lafodia Sea Resort, which has wonderful sea views and its own beach, costs from £519, including breakfast, flights and transfers. Thomson offers an all-inclusive week at the adult-only Sensimar Kalamota Island Resort in Kolocep from £600, including flights and transfers.
w MLJET
Mljet is another of those islands where Odysseus is said to have stopped on his travels – well, he did get around a bit. But it
ABOVE: Old Town, Dubrovnik
doesn’t need a mythical Greek hero to attract clients who want a seriously relaxing holiday. In contrast to the scrubby mountains that loom over the Adriatic coast, the island of Mljet is one of the greenest in Croatia. Covered in forests and walking
trails, Mljet is an unspoilt national park where the best way to get around is on foot or by bicycle – although beach buggies are a fun way to pootle around the island. In this quiet place lie the ruins of what had been Croatia’s second-largest Roman castle
LEFT: The Konavle region BELOW: Lafodia Sea Resort, Lopud
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