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50 dubrovnik neretvA CountY are a number of harbour ports in Mljet. Polače is its largest and main port of call in the north. Other harbours include Okuklje, Luka Prožura, Sobra, Kozarica and Pomena (which has daily connections to Dubrovnik. Watch out for reefs and shallow water. At Lokve or Gonoturska port where you can throw anchor just before the entry canal toward the Big Lake. N 0 500 1000 1500 1 : 50 000 MLJET Hr Šij Crna seka Pomeštak Hr Štit Glavat Crna seka Pomena Maslinovac Goveđari Pristanište V. Jezero Iryna Khotenko Adrien Therond What to See National Park Mljet (Nacionalni Park Mljet) Pristanište 2, Goveđari, tel. 74 40 41, np-mljet@ np-mljet.hr, turizam@np-mljet.hr, www.np-mljet.hr. Established in 1960, the park is Mljet’s top attraction. The park encompasses 54 square kilometres at the western end of the island, with an astonishing interior and coastline beauty. Veliko Jezero and Malo Jezero (Big Lake and Small Lake), and the villages of Soline, Babine Kuće, Pomena, Polače and Goveđari all lie within the park boundaries. Of interest, this park represents the first institutionalised attempt to protect the native eco-system in the Adriatic. Polače Tajnik Soline Moračnik Ovrata Kobrava Vanji školj The lakes, 145-hectare Veliko Jezero and 24-hectare Malo Jezero, are the park’s dominant features. Thirty-metre-long channels link the two lakes and provide an outlet from Veliko Jezero to the sea. The current in the channels, swift enough to power mills during the Middle Ages, switches direction every six hours. On foot or by pedal you can enjoy a 9-kilometer path which circumnavigates the lakes, and other paths wind up and over the hills. It’s OK to swim or paddle in the lake, but scuba diving and motor boats are not permitted. The usual national park rules apply: Don’t pick the flowers, steal the artifacts, fish without a special permit, nor litter, and most of all, don’t start fires. Mjet is one of the most verdant of Croatia’s islands because it wasn’t heavily logged or used for farming or herding. Nevertheless, a 1917 fire took out many of the deciduous forests. Tickets to the park cost 40 - 90 kn and during the winter you should call prior coming for the ferry to be organised to St Mary Island in the middle of Veliko Jezero, where you will find the Benedictine monastery. Benedictine Monastery on the islet of St Mary (Samostan Sv Marija) This tiny island, in a lake on the island of Mljet, is at the island’s cultural and spiritual heart. For a time, the monastery was the island’s governmental centre. Benedictines, members of a monastic order who live in autonomous communities dedicated to work, prayer and peace, came to Mljet from Monte Gargano, Italy in the 12th Century to establish a monastery and build a Romanesque church dedicated to St Mary, which they completed in 1198. In the process the Benedictines became the island’s feudal lords, but they are credited with developing literacy, culture and art. The Church of St Mary was repeatedly modified over the centuries, acquiring by the 13th Century decorative reliefs of saints and a typical Romanesque belltower. Renaissance features such as the Gundulić coat of arms over the church portal, defensive towers and walls, the two-storey structure of the monastery and Baroque side chapels were added during the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1809, during the rule of Napoleon, the monastery was abandoned and the Austrian Forestry Office for Mljet used the buildings for offices until 1941. In 1960 it was renovated into a lovely hotel but given back to the bishopric in 1997, just under 800 years from the church’s inauguration. The church has been reconsecrated, but other than a restaurant in the monastery cellars (during summer), the buildings are unoccupied. The island is small but offers a pleasant walk past two chapels. You can close your eyes for a moment and imagine the monks carefully pruning, weeding, and feeding in the gardens, which are now fairly overgrown. Polače The village is named for the ruin of a significant Roman palace and fortifications – one tower is 20m high -- built between the 2nd and the 5th centuries. Second in size Kozarica Polje Slatina Svinjac Dubrovnik In Your Pocket dubrovnik.inyourpocket.com Hr Kula Dugo polje Blatina Spilja B latsko polje Crkvište Ropa Roparsko polje BLATO Lazove laze Podlaze Uzdolačje Dubovca M l j e t s k i k a Žanjevac Sv. Mihajlo Lokve Hripe Zasad Podvršje P ropadi Dočić D Glog
n a l račevac ovac Zabriježe Ocinje Frank Therond to the Palace of Diocletian in Split, you can’t miss it: the road to Pomena slips right between its high walls. Archaeologists have also discovered two 5th Century basilicas west of the palace, baths, an arsenal and shipyards. The palace’s economy included salt production, olive oil, wine, honey, meat, cheese and fish. A paved route from the palace will take you up the hill. When you reach the road, bear right and continue straight to Mali Gradac, site of an Illyrian fort. A posted turnoff on the way will take you to Montokuc, the highest peak in the park, which grants breathtaking views over the lakes and the Adriatic. Pomena Located on the western coast of Mljet in the National Park, about 200 m from Malo Jezero. This village, built after World War II, has only about 50 inhabitants living among charming thick alpine woodlands and working in agriculture, fishing and tourism. The bay of Pomena is perfect for small yachts, which can pull up to the pier while you enjoy the hotel’s amenities. Goveđari Settlement began here in the late 18th Century when two families of land workers and fishermen from Babino Polje were given permission to settle by the Benedictines to work as cattle-breeders (goveda means cattle in Croatian). Located in the national park, 5km inland, this ethnologically interesting site is a great place to be surrounded by peace, serenity and lush vegetation. Babine Kuće This picturesque little fishing village is located on the shores of the Veliko jezero just beneath Goveđari. It offers a splendid view of the islet of St Mary. Babino Polje The central and largest inhabited area with around 350 people, Babino Polje is the administrative centre of the island. Stretched along a ridge above a bypass road and a field (the name means “Grandma’s Field”), Babino Polje is surrounded with pine woods, groves of old, twisted olive trees and vineyards, and 514m Veliki Grad, the highest hill on the island. There are also a high per-capita number of churches: Pajac B a b i n o P o l j e Sv. Spasitelj Zakršće Lokve Sršenovići Zadublje Sv. Andrija Hajdići Andričević Odisejeva spilja Sv. Vlaho Sv. Ivan Karaula Brak Duboka Sobra dubrovnik.inyourpocket.com dubrovnik neretvA CountY Zaglavci Veja njiva Lisovac Brnjestrovac St Pancratius, St Andrew, St Michael, St George, St Blaise, St Salvation, St Paul, St Joseph and Our Lady of Mercy. The three oldest are the pre-Romanesque churches of St Andrew, St Michael and St Pancratius, which was built in the 11th Century. You can reach the church, and neighbouring St Blaise, by way of an unmarked turnoff below the town. When you turn in, the road immediately forks; take the sharp right, which bends again to head straight into the valley. On the left among the olive trees you’ll pass the single-storey Renaissance manor of the Ragusan governor of the island. Clustered around the village cemetery are St Pancratius, the 15th Century Gothic parish church of St Blaise, and the sotnica, a Renaissanceera government building in whose courtyard the governor sometimes issued judgments. Odysseus’s Cave (Odisejeva Špilja) Technically that would be Calypso’s cave; Odysseus, shipwrecked on his way home from the Trojan War, only stayed with the nymph seven years, and most of the time he was pining for his wife and his home. After walking along a path lined with rock walls and wildflowers, which takes you out above a deep grotto and the crashing waves, you may wonder why he was in such a hurry to leave. You can pick your way down into the cave, come back Prožurski Porat Okuklje Sv. Trojstvo Prapatni Sv. Nikola Djedovac Prapatna Sv. Roko Sv. Ilija Sv. Vid Goveđak Zaplatačje Gospa Glogovac Grubanje Maranovići Polje Struje Sv. Antun Vinogradi Prožura Na Izvan Kosmač Hr Seka od Lukovca Lukovac Prečki školj Korita Za brijeg M. Golić Spilja U. Benova Hr. Mrkjente Profundica Podstrane Žara Pod Kućice M. Školj V. Školj Winter 2011/2012 51
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