Orebic peninsula Peljesac

Town with more than 2500 inhabitants, on the south side of the Pelješac peninsula, turned towards Korčula, at the foot of the Sv.Ilija mountain(961m). Colorful town, birthplace of navala captains and sailors whose rich tradition is kept in the Orebic naval museum.

What to see in Orebić Peljesac?

•Franciscan monastery with a lookout point
•Our Lady’s church and museum
•Maritime museum
•Skvar
•captain's houses
•prince's palace
•captain's cemetery
•sv.Ilija mountain
•wine-cellars

Maritime museum is located in the center of Orebić. It was founded in 1957. with a diverse historic material of that vital activity in local scope. Archaeology department consists mainly of roman, pagan and early christian artifacts from everyday life and fragments of artwork.
Further adding to the depiction of chronological sequence of cultures that intensively built and shaped the more valuable community for human existence, there are nice fragments of pre-romanic church furniture from the times when Croats were baptized.

Showcase contain fragments of glass jars, wall paintings, bronze artifects, buckles, byzantine amd medieval coins and other small objects of church, household and fishermen's use found in the ruins on island of Majsan from pre-history till 11th century. They belonged to the pagan villa, early medieval monastery and church.

Museum also contains paintings of Pelje?ac's sailing ships shown on vayages and in combat with pirates from 17th to the end of the 19th century, ship's tools, weapons, atlas, nautical and school books, health and travel papers, ship's pharmacy, medals and mariners pictures, documents, reglations, crewlists, shares and Pelješac maritime society's Rulebook about sailors insurance.

Also exhibited is ships's kit, balls made of ship's with which sailors played, shipbuilder's carpenter tools from the short lived shipwright founded in Orebić in 1875. It's neobaroque pillares can still be seen, doorway along the road in the area known as Škvar. Documents about activities of Pelješac maritime society, that lasted from 1855. to 1891. and perished when the more powerful steamboats appeared and Orebić seafaring in general.

Accommodation in Orebic peninsula Peljesac

Orebić offers accommodation in facilities of different type and quality. This makes it possible for everybody to find the suitable type of accommodation. On our web site You can find Hotels, villlas and apartments in peljesac.


Entertainment
•Starting the middle of May until the end of September, visitors can see various painting exhibitions in the galleries of the Church of the Sacred Annunciation, on the ground floor of the Maritime Museum, and in cloister of the Franciscan Monastery at Podgorje, where concerts of classical music are also held
•dicotheques on Trstenica Beach
•walks along the walkpaths
•half - day or whole - day excursions 

Sport and entertainment, windsurfing Orebic, kitesurfing Orebic

All those seeking more active vacation, Pelješac offers various possibilities of recreation at sea: from swimming, windsurfing (ideal locations in Pelješac canal in front of the Punta Liberan and tourist complex Perna), water skiing, rowing and sailing, underwater fishing. Scuba diving offers exploration of various sea flora and fauna and underwater archaeological finds. Also great variety of the windsurfing possibilities as well as the kitesurfing courses in Orebic.
 Recreation possibilities on land are also diverse: walking along nature trails, far away from cars and traffic, cycling, and mountaineering, especially to the highest peak of Pelješac, Mt Sveti Ilija (961m) with the help of the members of the Orebić mountaineer society who are guides for organized groups of climbers. From high slopes of Mt Sveti Ilija descend the daring flyers, who enjoy the flight and a beautiful view of Pelješac canal, numerous isles, Korčula, Mljet and Lastovo.

 

Excursions from Orebic Peljesac Croatia

Pelješac is a fascinating destination for half-day or whole-day excursions. It has picturesque little towns and villages, a rich cultural and historical heritage, beautifully cultivated vineyards (especially those precariously placed on the slopes of Dingač), and many monuments to human endeavour and skilfulness.

Ston
 during your stay in Orebić, you can take field trip to Ston and Mali Ston, two picturesque towns, after Dubrovnik the most important and most fortified towns of Dubrovnik Republic. Powerful medieval walls of Ston that are still standning today, were built in 14th and 15th century and were protecting the estates and natural salt pans, the real treasure od the Republic.
Ston is a traditional center of shellfish farming, abundantly rich in fish, so that you can enjoy oysters, other shellfish and various fish specialities.

Visit to the donkey farm
 For guests resting on the Pelješac riviera visit to the donkey farm owned byAntunović family in Kuna is organized, where the guests can, beside riding, try home made goat cheese, on return they can taste dingač and other wines in "Matuško" wine-cellar in Potomje and in Bartulović tavern in Prizdrina there is a food feast that awaits them. Guests also like to go to the fish picnic in Lovište.

Korčula
 On th eother side of the Pelješac canal there is a forested island of Korčula. Illyrs inhabited the island and so did the Greek and the Romans. In medieval times Croats arrived. From 15th century and up untill it's fall at the end of the 18th century This strategic island was governed by the Republic of Venice.
Korčula should be certainly be visited because of it's centuries long historic and monumental ambient, graceful urbanistic arrangement and architecture, with works of Korčulan architecs and masons from 15th to 19th century. It's cultural and artistic heritage and the history of the island, from greek colonies dating from 4th century BCE, through the medieval times, when the Town statute from 1214. was voted, the oldest statute among the Dalmatian towns, the succesfull defence from the Turks in 1571. and all social and political events till today, are a testimony of our continious creative and persevering presence on the Adriatic.

Mljet
 From excursions organized out of Orebić and other centers, excursions to Mljet island and it's National park are well visited (by hydrofoils and fasts boats).
Mljet island is the greenest island of of Dubrovanik islands, mentioned for the first time in times of Ilyric wars, and today it is a National park and a real treasury of cultural and historic monuments. On the isle of Sv. Mary in the Great lake a Benedictine monastery was built in 12th century, which has in modern times been rebuilt as an attractive hotel "Melita".

Pelješac wines

 
It is simply not possible to visit Pelješac, Croatia's second largest peninsula, and not see the Pelješac vineyards and allow you palate the pleasure of tasting top quality wines. The hard to cultivate land and the painstaking work of the diligent people from Pelješac resulted in renowned wines that have made Pelješac name known around the globe.

Quality soil and beneficial Dalmatian sun allow the grapes to produce abundant grape bunches, traditionally used to make Croatia's most renowned wines that originate from the Pelješac peninsula: "Dingač", "Postup", "Plavac" i "Pelješac".

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