To Split, with lunch in Ston
Ston is directly on the road to Split, so stopping there costs you very little time. It turns a long drive into a day with a proper break in the middle.
Spend the stop on the town walls, or skip the climb and sit down to oysters in Mali Ston. Afterwards we cross the Pelješac Bridge and follow the coast north.
At a glance
- Route
- Cavtat or Dubrovnik – Ston – Pelješac Bridge – Split
- Planned time
- Around 5 to 6 hours from Dubrovnik
- Also possible
- Split to Dubrovnik or Cavtat via Ston
- Price
- Price on request
- Vehicles
- Kia Ceed Sportswagon, up to 4 passengers, bags checked before confirmation
The stops
Ston
The walls climb the hill above the town and down the other side to Mali Ston. A walk along part of them takes about an hour.
Mali Ston
A tiny harbour with a few restaurants. The oysters and mussels are farmed in the bay in front of them.
Pelješac Bridge
The bridge carries the road over the sea towards Komarna on the mainland. We drive straight across, so keep your camera ready.
Good to know
From Cavtat the day is about half an hour longer, as we pass Dubrovnik first. The same plan works from Split down to Dubrovnik or Cavtat.
Other transfers
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Cavtat or Dubrovnik – Split via Mostar
Inland through Herzegovina with Počitelj and Mostar, then down to the sea at Split.
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Cavtat or Dubrovnik – Split via Makarska
A swim and lunch on the Makarska Riviera under Biokovo, then the last hour to Split.
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Cavtat or Dubrovnik – Korčula via Ston
Ston, then the length of Pelješac through the vineyards to the short ferry from Orebić.
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Cavtat or Dubrovnik – Zadar via Šibenik
The whole Dalmatian coast in one day, broken up by Ston in the morning and Šibenik later on.
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Cavtat – Budva via Perast and Kotor
Over the nearby border and round the Bay of Kotor, with Perast and Kotor before Budva.
Photos: Pelješac Bridge: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0
