Otok Lopud Travel Guide

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Lopud - Headquarters of Dubrovnik
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Lopud

From 1457 Lopud became the regional headquarters of the Republic of Dubrovnik, and the economic growth of the republic was reflected on the island too. Lopud had it's own fleet of about 80 ships, as well as it's own shipyard. This area is considered as one of the finest examples of15th and 16th century urban planing. The center of Lopud started moving closer to the sea as local wealthy merchants had a dock built.

Updated Dec 3, 2005

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Mansions
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Lopud was home to many wealthy sea captains - some lovely detail to notice on their old villas in the village of Lopud as we strolled along the promenade.

Updated Nov 16, 2005

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Lopud
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Lopud is the second largest of the Elaphiti chain at 4.6 km2. It has a mild climate as evidenced by its lush vegetation lining the promenade. It only has one main settlement, located in a bay, named Lopud on the far side of the island towards Šipan.Two parallel hills are connected by a dolomite valley with the Lopud bay on one end and the Sunj bay on the opposite. The northeast part of the island is inaccessible as it is very steep. The highest peak on the island is Polacica, which is 216m high.

Updated Nov 7, 2005

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Churches and Fortifications
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Lopud fortifications

According to the Dubrovnik historian Razzi, in 16th. century Lopud had 30 churches, a vast number of Dubrovnik aristocracy summer manors, several monasteries and greater population. Today on Lopud you can see numerous remains of early-medieval churches, summer manors and fortifications dotted around its hillsides.

Updated Nov 7, 2005

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Monastery
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At one end of the promenade on Lopud is a Franciscan monasatery, dating from 1483 with a cloister and a defence tower with walls. The monastery holds many valuable art works in its church of St. Mary of Spilica, with works of Pietra da Giovanni, Nikola Božidarević, Girolama da Santacroce, Bassana and many others.

Written Nov 7, 2005

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Lopud Beach
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Lopud Beach

Lopud hasa a sandy beach in its centre - that looked a pleasant place to sunbathe and to have nearby facilities..but for something a bit more peaceful and a beautiful setting head over to Sunj beach (see next tip).

Written Nov 7, 2005

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Botanical Gardens
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Halfway along the promenade at Lopud is a staircase leading up to a park - the botanical gardens. This park is very well known as a former garden of a villa from the 19th century, where plants collected from over the world such as bamboo and various types of cacti grow. Not much sunlight in there so we didn't sped too long in this area.

Written Nov 7, 2005

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Sunj Beach
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If the town get too busy then take a 30 minute walk to the quiet beach of Sunj on the other side of Lopud. Lopud is only 2.km wide at its narrowest point. Its well signposted from the main promenade. Just see how peaceful and unspoilt that beach is! The walk here was quite nice along country paths - another time we would explore more on foot or by bicycle.

Written Oct 31, 2005

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Transportation  

Lawnmower Men!
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local transport on Lopud

In a throw back to a popular sitcom on BBC - "the Good Life" the locals of Lopud have been ingenious about transport here in that they have adapted lawnmower engines to get around. Its a real funny sight to see them trundling along the promenade.

Updated Nov 7, 2005

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