Our amazing Erasmus time in Dubrovnik is slowly coming to the end. As a part of live team at the 32nd annual Circom Regional conference, which was this year held in Cavtat, we also visited city and all interesting places around. We tried hard to investigate all the important informations about history and interesting places to see. We also provided recordings of local people and tourist, shooted a lot of pictures and video to bring the best blog about remarkable Croatian jewel of Konavle valley- Cavtat.
Where is Cavtat?
Cavtat, the heart of Konavle valley, is small city with around 2000 inhabitants. It is located 20 km from Dubrovnik. Cavtat is favourite destination for those who are visiting Dubrovnik, and want to take a break from busy city full of tourists and huge traffic. Small city is directly next to the see and boats anchor along the promenade. Salty scent of sea water mixed with light wind will caress your soul and the atmosphere of peaceful and calm city will amaze you. Nevertheless Cavtat have a lot of things to offer. In Cavtat there is a lot of nice hotels and small apartments where you can stay. Prices in restaurants are cheaper than in Dubrovnik, in compare with the rest of Croatia is Cavtat reasonable choice.
What to do in Cavtat?
Cavtat offers you more than you expect. Quite small city have a lot of interesting places to see. You can enjoy delicious Mediterranean cuisine and have some fresh fish or other sea specialities in one of the restaurants, or just enjoy beautiful moments in Café. It also offers stunning beaches, or walking along the promenade, where you can see number of palms which create unforgatable and picturesque view. Cavtat is a born place of many famous people which play important role in Croatian history. There is a lot of historical and artificial places to visit, which you can´t miss on your walk along the promenade. If you prefer sport and adrenaline you have to try Sea Kayaking in Cavtat.
The best view on Cavtat you can see from the Hotel Croatia or from the way to the mausoleum of Račić family. During the day you can buy some original homemade croatian food. It is provided in small local market where you can find also handmade crochet tablecloth, souvenirs, pictures, postcard and a lot of other stuff. Also some olive oil, wine or traditional flavoured levander oil or other extracts and tincture oil.
Haven´t you try traditional Fritule, also called Uštipci? Don´t you know what it is? It is a festive Croatian pastry resembling little doughnuts, made particularly for Christmas. They are somewhat similar to Italian zeppole and venetian Frìtole, but are usually flavored with brandy and citrus zest, containing raisins, and are topped with powdered sugar.
Charm of promenade is that it is also a port for small and middle size yachts and boats. I would not even imagine Croatia without cats and dogs. Also in Cavtat, you can find some friends to cuddle with.
If you are interested in recommendation about what to do in Cavtat from local crazy hero, listen to his funny speech. He will tell you what to do in case you don't want the police to arrest you. :)
If you are interested in recommendation about what to do in Cavtat from local crazy hero, listen to his funny speech. He will tell you what to do in case you don't want the police to arrest you. :)
How to get to Cavtat?
You can get to Cavtat by car, by boat from Dubrovnik, by bus or by bike. Cavtat also offers incredibly beautiful beaches, where you can swim in crisp and clean water. Whatever are you as the visitor interested in, Cavtat is surely worthy to visit. You will never forget to amazing sunset in Cavtat. Croatia is the only place in the world where you can see breathtaking sunset every day at every place.
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