Peljesac Peninsula Tours and Tickets

We took this tour on Sunday 17th May, and had Matko as our deiver/guide. Matko spoke perfect english having lived in Dublin for 10 years and explained a lot about the history of Dubrovnik and Croatia generally. Our trip initially went to the lovely small town of Ston, which has a strong wall built around it expanding right up the hill. You can walk the walls for which the cost of the ticket is €10 per adult, but be prepared that the wall does rise quite steeply and is fairly narrow, but ok for most people if you take your time. Part of the wall was vlocked off due to repairs takubg place, which meant if you wanted to walk nearly all the walls, you needed to walk up to approx halfway, nearly back down again, and then back up again (although you can exit when coming down if you prefer, or have limited time). We left Ston and proceeded to 3no different wineries for wine tasting, where we had 3 different wines to taste at each. All the wines were very good although there was normally one based on the main local grape, Plavic Mali. The first winery we went to, Putnikic, had a museum, abd the guide shiwed us around before the wine tasting. The Edivo winery was a bit different to the other two insofar as some of their wines were aged in the bottle at a depth of 20m in the bay for 2 years (whilst the last winery also do this, it was for 1 year only). The bottles in the clay pots at Edvio were quite expensive, but would involve quite a bit of theatre when opening the bottle, as was shown on the CNN video, so appear to be unique. The last winery was Marlais Winery, which was run by a young local family since around 2013, and they have been continually expanding their range of wines and their vines. After we had finished at the wineries, Matko kindly offered to take us down to a lovely bar at Mali (little) Ston to an oyster bar for us to try out sone, as we had never had them before. We had 3 each of the fresh oysters (their oyster farm being effectively right next door to the restaurant) and grilled oysters. I preferred the grilled oysters, but my partner preffered the fresh oysters. We then got taken back to our hotel The overall tour took approx 8hrs including the extra stop at Mali Ston. Matko was a lovely chap who couldn't do enough for you. We would definitely recommend this tour, even if you don't do the extra stop.

Highly recommended! Easy and educational. 3 totally different wineries and plenty of time for lunch and sights.

Dejana was very informative, went above and beyond with a great sense of humor. She has a wonderful way of sharing history and her love of Croatia. Jospa (?), was an excellent driver!