Cruising the islands in search of a sandy beach

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Geo: 42.8192, 17.1969

Spent the day on a three island cruise to some of the Elafiti Islands- Sipan, Kolocep and Lopud. 25 minutes after leaving Dubrovnik the boat arrived at the first island of Kolocep. We had about an hour here. This island has centuries old pine forests, olive groves, lemon and orange orchards. I headed straight to the little sandy beach and lay in the sun until it was time to leave for the next island. The boat was a small wooden boat and it was mainly full of one loud, extended Italian family! It was really nice sitting in the sun and cruising along to the next island.

The next island was Sipan. Here Dubrovnik aristocracy built houses in the 15th century. Again I headed straight for the 'beach'- which was small and pebbly. After a nice refreshing swim I went back to the boat for our picnic lunch on board. It was salad, a barbecued fish (which was sooooo tasty) and fresh fruit.

Once again the boat set off and we headed to the last island of Lopud. There are no cars on this island. It has a few churches and monasteries from the 16th century. On the other side of the island there was a sandy beach. So i walked uphill and then down to get to the beach. It was a great beach!! Part of the beach was a clothing optional area- not a good look. Spent about 2 hours here, enjoying the beautiful sand and clear water.

Then it was time to head back to Dubrovnik. Today was very relaxing- Croatia is very different from Italy, much more relaxing, laid back, cleaner and less tourists around.

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Photos

01 Just after leaving
View of the mainland just after we left.

02 First stop
This is the first island of Kolocep.

03 Boats
Three other tour operates ran the same trip, we ended up following each other all day. Mainland in the background.

04 Beach
The little section of sand to the left is where I lay for a while. It was quite exciting to me who hasn't seen sand for a long time!

05 View from the sand
The view from where I was catching some rays.

06 Sand!!
Beautiful sand, glorious sand!!

07 Mountains
Bare mountains.

08 Sipan
The little town on Sipan.

09 Pebbly beach
Pebbly beach where I had a refreshing swim.

10 Lopud
The last island of Lopud and the hill behind the main part of town that I had to walk up and down to get to the beach.

11 Church
The church on Lopud.