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Southern Dalmatia is the smallest and the most southern part of Croatia. This region does not have a natural background like the rest of Dalmatia. It borders with Bosnia and Hercegovina which also has access to the sea in the town of Neum and their coastline is 9km long.
Southern Dalmatia includes the area south of the Neretva river, the Pelješac peninsula and the Dubrovnik which borders with Montenegro in the inlet of Boka Kotorska. The city of Dubrovnik is the main center of the Dubrovnik – Neretva county as well as the main tourist center of Southern Dalmatia and Croatia. Dubrovnik is a city full of history and cultural heritage and lies under the protection of UNESCO. Its beautiful natural surroundings, preserved cultural and historical architecture, ecological standards and tourist industry have made Dubrovnik one of the most visited cities on the Adriatic Sea.
The Old Town of Dubrovnik is surrounded by a monumental wall which is 1940 m long and 25 m high. The oldest and most well-known street within the old town is Stradun.

Cavtat is located about 20 km south of Dubrovnik and is a well-known tourist destination and offers a wide variety of accomodations such as room and appartments in private homes and villas, pansions, campsites and hotels. townspeople are known for their fishing expertise.
The Peljesac peninsula, along with Istria, is the largest peninsula on the Adriatic coast. Its inhabitants occupy themselves with the wine production, shell ranching and fishing, and of course tourism. The larger towns on the peninsula are Orebić, Trpanj, Ston, and Kućište.

The island of Mljet is one of the islands with the most vegetation and one third of the island was declared as the National Park of Mljet. It was declared a national park because of its exceptional natural beauty, richness in fauna and flora, beaches, fishing grounds.The Elafit islands lie just west of Dubrovnik and are part of the Dubrovnik archipelage. The Elafiti (greek for: stag islands) are closely tied to Dubrovnik and its history.

Baška voda

At the foot of Mt. Biokovo, at the edge of the warm and crystal clear Adriatic Sea, you'll find Baska Voda. Once a farming and fishing town, this idyllic spot is now a modern tourist attraction on the Makarska Riviera in the heart of Dalmatia.

Baska Voda is not only sun, transparent sea and beautiful beaches amidst pine woods and fresh mountain air. Besides the wonderful scenery you will find accommodation and facilities of the highest quality: food, sport, recreation and historical sites - excavations of remains dating back to the 1st - 7th centuries AD, the churches of St. Lawrence (1750) and St. Nicholas (1889), fine examples of Dalmatian rural architecture, ethnographic and malacogical museums.

Brela

It is located on the Adriatic coastline of Dalmatia, about 15 km northwest of Makarska.

Brela is a tourist town located between the Biokovo mountain and the Adriatic Sea. It's known as the pearl of Makarska riviera.

Tučepi

Tučepi is located along the middle of Southern Croatian coast, in the heart of Dalmatia. This famous tourist mekka is eighty kilometres from the Split airport and linked to all European centres by roads and a large ferry port nearby. Due to its unique location, Tučepi is a little tourist paradise within reach.

Along the Tučepi coast are an unbroken series of beaches bordered by the turquoise sea and a green necklace of Mediterranean vegetation, pine forest and parks that shelter hotels and modern apartments, restaurants, sport facilities, and other opportunities for daytime and night-time entertainment. Part of Tučepi is located on the slopes of Mountain Biokovo.

Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik (Italian: Ragusa) is a historic city on the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme south of Croatia, occupies an area of 364.05 square kilometers, extending from the Duboka Ljuta gorge in the east, near the village of Plat, to Imotica in the west - a distance of 53 kilometers. It is one of the most prominent tourist resorts, a seaport and the center of the Dubrovnik–Neretva county. Dubrovnik is nicknamed "Pearl of the Adriatic". The city of Dubrovnik is surrounded by a group of islands known as the Elaphite archipelago (Šipan, Lopud, Koločep, Olipa, Tajan, Jakljan and Daksa). The geographical position of the area is typical of a mediterranean climate with mild and damp winters, and hot dry summers with quite low air humidity (approx. 2,600 sunny hours). The average air temperature is 17°C and the summer sea temperature is approx 21°C.

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