Croatia’s “Green Island:”Mljet

While Hvar island is known for its vibrant city, parties and nightlife; Mljet is just the opposite. It is a sleepy island with no cities, only small villages that find themselves crammed into the small coves of the island.

There is no airport and most visitors and locals, (except the yachting crowd), get back and forth from the mainland as we did: the ferry. In high season it runs up to 6 times a day, low season only 4 times a day. We were definitely nearing the low season as on 3 different outings, (a recommended restaurant, a popular beach and a scenic boat ride), Terri and I were the only people there!

Because of limited tourism there are not many attractions to see. We spent one morning exploring the national park that covers the north end of the island and one afternoon hiking to Odysseus’ Cave, a natural cave that is only accessible by foot or boat. Terri joined me in the water at Odysseus’ Cave and we swam through it despite the water’s relative coolness. Fortunately the Adriatic was relatively calm as climbing up the rocks can be a challenge.

Next stop: Dubrovnik, Croatia 🇭🇷

One of the bays on Mljet, Croatia 🇭🇷 in the background
Having wine on our balcony: nice digs, nice view, good company and only $45 a night….
Another bay on Mljet, there are a lot of them
A village on the salt water lake in the national park
Just a house we liked on the salt water lake
Terri, feeding the donkeys at the monastery. She said that they didn’t have room for me? Huh?
The salt water lake, I floated really well! Terri blames it on all the beer
Sunset
Me, by myself again, who’s driving?
This really is a popular restaurant, no really! The service and food were excellent.
I wanted to show Terri in a picture instead of me but she wouldn’t do it since she was topless 🤓
Odysseus’ cave from above
The cave from the water side

Terri in the Adriatic, & me.

We like sunsets. We had pizza 🍕 and wine 🍷 with this one😋

3 thoughts on “Croatia’s “Green Island:”Mljet”

  1. And another blog post popped up while I was reading the last few! These islands look so cool! I would love the away-from-the-crowd parts. And it’s back to the drawing board for me (well did all the drawing yesterday, painting today.). Working to get 3 done this week plus prep for a class I am teaching in a week). Enjoy Dubrovnik! Xoxo

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