Klek Croatia - Dubrovnik-Neretva county, Klek accommodation and holliday information

Klek Croatia

Klek is a small coastal place situated in the beautiful bay at the main road between Split and Dubrovnik. It is located in the district Slivno, in Dubrovnik-Neretva county, right by the border of the Republic of Croatia with Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was once a part of the famous Republic of Dubrovnik, and today it has about 200 inhabitants, who are engaged in raising various kinds of fruits and vegetables, fishing and tourism.

Traffic connection
Klek is situated on the main road by the Dalmatia coastline, it is 70 km far from Dubrovnik and it has an ideal location for one-day trips. Among tourist destinations we recommend Ston, Mljet, Korčula, Makarska (70 km) and Split (130 km) and in the neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina Međugorje (50 km), Mostar and Sarajevo.
Nearby are the following cities: Opuzen (10 km), Metković (20 km) and Neum (4 km, it is in Bosnia and Herzegovina) where you are provided with hypermarkets, many restaurants, inns, butcher's shops and fishmonger's, banks and everything else needed for the unforgettable holidays. The nearest airport is Ćilipi – Dubrovnik (85 km).

Klek Beach
Tourist offer
Surrounded by centuries-old olive trees, oleanders and other Mediterranean plants, Klek is the ideal destination for a quiet and pleasant stay for groups of people, couples and families. Big pebble beach is stretched throughout the length of the place. The beach is arranged and visitors are offered the posibility of hiring jet-skis, pedal boats, parasols, deck chairs and bikes. Not far from there are the places with beautiful beaches like Duboka, Repić, Radalj and Komarna.
South of Klek is Mornačna, little sandy beach and a small bay with the intact nature and olive-groves.

Aside from the private renters you can find accommodation in two smaller hotels. A few restaurants, coffee bars, a pastry shop, a pizzeria, two minimarkets, a clinic, a post-office, an exchange office, the newsagent's and stalls with fresh fruits and vegetables are also at your service. Klek has also the art gallery "Stećak".
Long and illuminated promenade by the sea, Lungo Mare, connects Klek with Radalj and it is especially crowded in the evening.

Sport and recreational offer
Aside from bathing and water recreation tourists have access to four tennis courts, a miniature golf course, a table tennis court, a bowling court as well as the children playground. There is a big parking place in the centre of the place, in the shadow of the olive trees.

Kula Nonkovic

The whole-day trips with the wooden ship "Lipa moja" are organised from the place to Mali Ston as well as to the mouth of the river Neretva and to the Pelješac Peninsula. By driving in the traditional boat of Neretva you can enjoy the beauty and the charms of the Neretva valley in close vicinity through photo-safari.
To mountaineering and nature lovers we recommend walking to the hill above Klek, where they can next to the sage and other Mediterranean plants sense the sweet smells of Dalmatia.

Restaurants:
Plaža, Plaža 7
Škoj, Trg palmi 6
Pizzeria Klek, Trg palmi 1
Adriatik, Neretvanska 1

Other services:
• infirmary, chemist's, dentist's office
• post office, exchange office, market place

• shops and baker's
• souvenir shops
• restaurants, coffee bars, pizzeria, fast food...

Special events

History and the cultural sights
In the cutting of Klek, which is densely overgrown with olive trees, mulberry trees and vine, there is a high quadrangular tower from the Venetian time (also known as the Tower Nonković), still preserved as well as a chapel and the rests of the wall from the 17 th and 18 th century. A new church of St Peter and Paul, built in 2004, is also in that place.
There are the ruins of the old city Smrdan above Klek – these are well preserved walls probably from a Venetian fortress, which served for supervising the entrance to the Gulf of Neum. In its desolate inside there is the church of St Mary.Above the ruins on the steep knoll stands the fortress Gradina from the pre-Roman times as even better belvedere. It is protected by three concentric drystone walls with the view on isthmus Ston, the Pelješac Peninsula, the mouth of the river Neretva and on Narona. Not far from the city of Smrdan there is a big necropolis of standing tomb-stones – these are stony tombstones from the Middle Ages.