Peljesac Wine Tour

Every time, we set off on a Peljesac wine tour, Iof the place. You may well say, nothing new in this
cannot but admire from the very start of ourstatement but I cannot underline it enough that this
journey, the beauty of the coast, tranquility of theis the case.
sea and picturesque offering of nearby villages whichAnd precisely this theory comes to life passing the
we pass somewhat in stride. Two nearby villages ofvillage of Slano. I have often recalled the words of a
Zaton Veliki and Zaton Mali are not only beauty"New Russian" who was filthy loaded although he
whiffing the smells of Mediterranean pine trees butlacked in the department of personal manners.
also an oasis of peace. Nowhere in Dubrovnik RivieraHowever, his hidden sincerity came to the surface
is so shielded of massive scale visitors, bear in mindwhen he even admitted to the fact that he wished
that people coming here throughout summer time arehe could by the house there, not that he did not
almost locals as they have been coming for thehave the money but he wondered who would be a
yanks. The locals count the summer days asking eachfool enough to sell their own heritage as it is priceless.
other about the arrival of certain Hans, Dieters,Was that the case of his own dacha, I would not be
Thomas's, Julies and so on.able to comment but moving on, on this literary
After Zaton, our route passes by the village ofjourney I come to Ston.
Orasac. I have often felt it as a place acting as a hubPeople often think that you lie when you guide them
for the other six villages scattered around, the likesthrough Peljesac wine tour and when you mention
of Gromaca and Ljubac, this last is thought to bethe fact that Ston has the second biggest walls after
known for its amphitheatric valleys.the Chinese ones. A few understand the legacy of
The next village of Trsteno is the home of the twoOttoman Empire, the fact that the "Turks" as we call
oldest oriental plane trees, the village is a residencethem. Rule this part of the world for 500 years.
of famous Gucetic-Gozze family who set up the firstOften people express the signs of confusion stating
Arboretum in 1492, to accommodate botanicalthat the Turkey is so far away so how come they
specimen brought back by merchant seamen at thewere present here. And when we explain that the
height of Dubrovnik Republic might. The park aroundsalt manufactured then in the 15th century is still
the residence is a legacy of Gothic Renaissance andmanufactured now, people literary take this with a
19th century neoromantic period. The facts speak forpinch of salt. At the end they are impressed what
themselves but words are not enough to capturethey see and they hurl towards the fortress, part of
that moment, precisely the one we are seeking onthe city walls, to capture that moment on the latest
any given shore excursion. To be there, "to buy thedigital gizmo.
T-shirt" so to speak is the only way to get the feel