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Lopud is an island with the village bearing the same name and a small harbour in the Elaphite Islands group.
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LOPUD is an island with the village bearing the same name and a small harbour in the Elaphite Islands group, northwest of Dubrovnik. It has population of 348 people. The relief is characterized by two parallel limestone crests; the higher, north-eastern crest (216 m) descends abruptly to the sea, so that the north-eastern coast is more difficult to approach.
The Lopud island is the second biggest island belonging to the Elafiti islands, situated between the islands Kolocep and Sipan, 7 NM north-west from the town Dubrovnik. There are two bays: the Lopud bay and the Sunj bay in which one of the most beautiful beaches on the Adriatic is located.
The place itself is situated in the middle of a wide bay with a spacious pebble beach. Thanks to sandy beaches, copious subtropical vegetation and breathtaking landscapes, the Lopud island can offer a pleasant vacation.
In these oases there is no traffic and nothing disturbsthe peace and beauty of Lopud. There is a splendid promenade alongside the Sea, from the harbour to a belvedere where there is a magnificent view of the islands Mljet and Sipan and further to the immense open sea.
As an extension of those crests in the north-west stretches a reef called Sveti Mihajlo (St. Michael), and in the south-east the islands of Mali and Veliki Skupio and the islet of Skupio. In the middle of the island is a dolomite valley with olive-groves, vineyards and citrus fruit plantations; its submerged edges form the cove of Lopud in the north-west and the cove of Sunj in the south-east.
Economy is based on farming and fishing. The only village, Lopud, lies on the inner edge of the cove of Lopud (large beach).
In ancient times Lopud was known as a Greek (Delaphodia), later as a Roman (Lafota) habitation.
From the 11th century, Lopud was attached to the Dubrovnik Republic; from 1457 it was the seat of a principality. In the 15th century the island was settled by the refugees from the areas occupied by the Turks. The inhabitants of Lopud were oriented to seafaring from the early days. In the 16th century they participated with their ships in the invasions of Spanish rulers on Tunisia, Algeria, Portugal and England, so that the saying about the three hundred Vica widows of the fallen seafarers from Lopud became legendary (a poem based on the legend was written by Antun P. Kazali).
Lopud - Beaches :
There are two bays: the Lopud bay and the Sunj bay in which one of the most beautiful beaches on the Adriatic is located.
Sunj beach is for those who prefer long sandy beaches. First half of the beach is for textile sunbathers and second part is for naturists. But there are some naked people among the dressed ones, and vice versa. It is probably one of the best sand beaches in the region.
The place itself is situated in the middle of a wide bay with a spacious pebble beach. Thanks to sandy beaches, copious subtropical vegetation and breathtaking landscapes, the Lopud island can offer a pleasant vacation.
Lopud - Accomodation :
Tourist accommodation on the island of Lopud is diverse, with apartments, rooms, boarding houses and villas, there are also 3 hotels.
Harmoniously inserted in the landscape by the medieval Franciscan Monastery at the western end of the bay, stands a villa made of stone - The Villa Vilina, the Šimunović-Vilina family hotel opened in the summer of 2002. with three suites and fourteen rooms and with the bay and the sandy beach right at hand from a beautiful large terrace in front.
-hotel Villa Vilina ****
Only 9.00 Nm from Dubrovnik bridged by four daily boat lines, the hotel has been refurbished with care and set to meet any demand by a most choosy tenant. The atmosphere is hardly of a classical hotel, because in Villa Vilina each client is surrounded by personal care of the members of the family.
The historic building is carefully equipped with latest technologies, each room with satellite TV, air conditioning, direct telephone line, Internet access, a mini bar and a safe deposit.
Hotel Glavovic is an impressive stone-built building dating from 1927, located in the very centre of the only settlement on this small island, facing the sandy beach in front of the hotel.
- Hotel Glavović ***
The hotel has been completely renovated and is an ideal place for a family holiday. In its immediate vicinity are a botanical garden, the local museum, the small church of St Elias dating from the pre-Romanesque period, and the 12th-century church of Our Lady of Sunj.
A peaceful holiday is complemented by excursions through the island, and with a number of sports activities, such as diving, tennis, boccia and volleyball, as well as a variety of music events.
Surrounded by sea and by palm trees, and enclosed in a marvelous natural setting illuminated by reflections from crystal-clear water and the colors of lush, flourishing Mediterranean vegetation, the Lafodia Sea Resort is the perfect solution for people who are looking for a world without borders, where you can let yourself go and forget about everyday life. The peace and tranquility of Lopud Island is further assured by the complete absence of motor vehicles, so you can forget about the noise and traffic you hear every day in the city! You can enjoy intimate dining as you take in a splendid view of Lopud Bay in one of our 182 comfortable rooms - all with a view of the sea - where warm, Italian-style colors are a unique, elegant complement to the interior furnishings. And, you can take advantage of the full range of services we provide. Choose from the sports activities offered by Lafodia Travel, such as jet skiing and excursions, or simply let yourself be caressed by the sun at our swimming pools and whirlpool tubs, as you sip your favorite cocktail prepared by our bartender.
- Hotel Lafodia ***
It is interesting to mention on of the villas of the island, Villa Mirijana. This villa is situated in the most peaceful part of the island Lopud. Villa is, according to high tourist standard equipped with air conditioned rooms and modern arranged interiors. From each room of our apartment there is a view of sea and in evening hours you can enjoy in beautiful sunset.
Villa is surrounded with Mediterranean and subtropics vegetation which ensures you to spend peaceful vacation considering there is no traffic on the island (with exception of few bikes).
Lopud - Gastronomy :
Local delicacies on the island are : eel and frog stew, game dishes, pecial wild duck (liska), cheese in oil, zelena meneštra (meat and cabbage stew), oysters, mussels and freshly prepared fish.
Famous pastry in this area are kantonjata (cooked dessert made of melon), mantala (cooked dessert made of must, carob and walnuts) and arancina (sugared orange peels), bruštuloani mjenduli.
Lopud - Sport and recreation :
There are various possibilities for sport on the island. Guests can find there : tennis court, beach volleyball, multifunctional playground and table-tennis.
There is also possibility to rent mountainbykes, surfing-boards, pedalos and paddle boats.
There is also possibility to rent mountainbykes, surfing-boards, pedalos and paddle boats.
Lopud - Cultural Heritage :
The oldest monuments on the island are the ruins of a pre-Romanesque church of St. Elias (wall painting), St. Peter, St. Nicholas, St. Maurice and St. John (fragments of "pleter" - interlacery ornaments).
The cove of Lopud was defended by two fortresses: one on the peninsula and another one (Sutvrac, 1563) at the foot of the highest peak. At the entrance into the harbour is the Holy Trinity church (16th-17th c.). Above the harbour is the Franciscan monastery with a cloister from 1483, abandoned in 1808. The monastery church of St. Mary of Spilica keeps a number of valuable works: a polyptych by the Venetian painter Pietro di Govanni (1523), a triptych from the workshop of Nikola Bozidarevic, parts of a polyptych by Girolamo da Santacroce, The Crucifixion, a work by a member of the Venetian family Bassano, the painting of Mary in a Wreath of Flowers, a work by a Flemish Baroque painter, the carved choir stalls from the 15th century.
Along the coast are the restored summer mansion of the Dordic family (later Mayneri) with a nice park, as well as a deserted Dominican monastery, built in the transitional Gothic-Renaissance style (1482). On a prominent location above the village are the ruins of the Duke's Palace, a two-story Gothic structure with a terrace garden. On the south-eastern side of the island is the cove of Sunj, with the church of Our Lady of Sunj (12th c., reconstructed until the 17th c.) with the wooden, carved main altar; the church keeps a number of paintings: Our Lady with Child (Jacopo Palma the Elder), The Holy Family, The Annunciation (an early Baroque Umbrian painter), parts of the polyptych by Matej Juncic from 1452.
Lopud - Excoursions :
Guests have the possibility of various individual or organized excursions by their own car, by bus or by ship: Dubrovnik, Ston, Korčula, Mostar, Međugorje, Elaphite islands, Mljet, Trsteno (arboretum), hinterland villages.
* Excursions boats at the harbour
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