Villa Nelly

SURROUNDINGS

Luxury villa Nelly is located 2-minute walk from the centre of Viganj town, where a small (but very well stocked) supermarket and ATM are located. Practically everything in Viganj is located around the coastal road. It doesn’t take long to reach the restaurant or pub and have a chill-out night. We advise you to visit beach bar Ciringito where you will be thrilled by the best bruschettas, roasted squids with potatoes or fantastic beefsteak with garden rocket.

Just opposite the main beach there is Ponta restaurant where you will find the best pizza. Here you can also order yourself on the daily lunch menu. If you adore sea food, then Konoba Forte is surely the best place for you. However, the best octopus under “peka” (under the lid) is in the Konoba “Kod Ivana” which is located a bit further away from Forte (just follow the road 5 minute up in the hill).

In the direct vicinity you can find smoothie bar, pancake bar (at the main beach) and ice-cream shop called Croccantino (the best in the whole Croatia!)….or you can simply let yourself to be surprised with cocktail or morning coffee in one of the nearby pubs. If you would like to party a bit, then Beach bar K2 (next to the main beach) is the best option. In summer time they have live pop-rock music 2-3 times/week.

With its beautifully clear and calm seawater, channelled landscape and consistent maestral wind at sea (in the summer months), Viganj is hugely popular for its wide variety of water sports. Due to this fact this is one of the most popular wind- and kite-surfing spots in the whole Croatia. Viganj is a charming, unspoilt village combining peaceful tranquillity with an array of activities, attractions and culinary pleasures. In the vicinity on main beach Ponta (where the main action takes place) you will find windsurfing and kitesurfing school Water Donkey. There you can learn you first steps on the board or you can upgrade your skills. If there is no wind then you can rent SUP (stand-up-paddle) boards, kayaks or simply relax in their chill-out area.

Orebic town (where you can find practically everything) is located 10-minute drive from Viganj. Nearest pharmacy, doctor, urgent medical help centre or dentist is located in Orebic town. Gas station and big supermarket Konzum (where you can get practically everything and the prices are lower than in other shops) can be found on the suburb of Orebic town (around 1 km from the town’s centre).

Do you want to rent diving equipment, play tennis, try water skiing or take a ride on water banana? All this and much more can be found in Orebic town on Trstenica beach where you won’t run out of different activities. Ferry terminal to Korcula Island is located in Orebic town (ferry departs in high season practically every hour). Taxi boats which drive to Korcula town have more frequent departure times from Orebic (every hour) then from Viganj (3 times/day). In Orebic you can board a semi-submarine and explore the underwater life and sea bed – especially children will love this experience!

You can also reach Korcula Island (more exactly Korcula town) with a tourist boat which departs from the pier 200 m away from luxury villa Nelly. The boat departs towards Korcula 3 times/day and the ride itself takes 20 minutes. Korcula Island has a charming medieval Venetian town Korcula, also named »little Dubrovnik« because of the resemblance of the Dubrovnik town, one of the most beautiful medieval towns in Europe - Croatia. 

Loviste village in a beautiful quiet bay is a 15 min drive over Mount Ilija from Viganj and there you can find one of the finest local restaurants named »Barsa«, famous for its sea specialities!

There are many vineyards along the Peljesac Peninsula and the area also offers sailing, mountain walking, climbing to the Mountain St. Ilija, biking, kitesurfing, windsurfing and fishing. You can hike (3-4 h walk) to the top of Mount Saint Ilija (961m) that provides wonderful views across the Peninsula and Korcula Island – but do take your trekking shoes and lots of water with you (in summer months the rock heats up very quickly and in the morning there can be over 30°C in the air)! In Ston town you can take a walk around Maloston city walls, buy salt from their salt-works (here you can find the purest Mediterranean salt), enjoy in gastronomical delights with oysters and cuttlefish risotto and visit and taste some of the top vineries on Peljesac Peninsula. 

The World and European windsurfing championships have each been held in Viganj in recent years, and the Croatian windsurfing championships are held here each August.

There are also many vineyards on the road from Dubrovnik - and in the Orebic area. It's a little-known fact that Croatia produces some wonderful wines.

BEACHES

Peljesac Peninsula is also famous by its fantastic beaches. The most common, throughout whole peninsula, is the combination of pebble – rocky beaches.  With few exceptions we can say that beaches in Viganj are mostly small where you can easily get some privacy. Since the whole village is stretched along the coastal area, you can find the beach by your own standards in few seconds or minutes. Further away from the centre and towards the end of peninsula you go more privacy you will get. It is not unusual to find there a completely empty beach even in July or August :)

The most crowded is Ponta beach where you can enjoy on the beach or in the beach bar (when you get tired of sun) and watch windsurfers and kitesurfers in action. Even better pebble beach (smaller and even whiter stones) is in Perna which is located around 2 km towards Orebic town. Just follow the coastal road and you will reach it with bike in 10 minutes. This coastal road is also a great idea for morning run, evening straw or family cycling trip :)

One of the most beautiful beaches on the Adriatic Sea is called Divna beach and is located near Trpanj ferry port (around 25-minute drive). You will fall in love with the contrast colours of green surroundings with high hills, white pebble beach and turquoise blue sea. On the left edge of the bay there is a small island to where you can swim or reach it with the SUP.

Small children will love 1 km long sandy beach Trstenica in Orebic town (10-minute drive from Viganj). On this beach you surely won’t be bored! There is a Water sports centre where you can rent pedal boats, water jets, do water skiing, take a ride on water banana or simply enjoy in floating aqua park.

Pebble beach Mokalo is located further away (5-minute drive) from Orebic. You will be enchanted by small white stones and charming beach-bar. Mokalo is also a paradise for divers. There is a dive centre nearby and a sunken cargo ship called Boka.

To reach Loviste village you need approximately 10 minutes with the car. The first pebble beach is located in the centre of the bay (after you descent to the sea, turn right on the crossroad). In the surrounding areas you will find numerous hidden bays where you can have the complete privacy and peace. You will really need a bad luck to meet anyone there (beside the fishes and crabs). To reach these hidden pearls it takes some time and persistence because you will drive on very tight and bad-maintained roads. But it will be worth it, when you will reach the location! :)