Zaton, Dubrovnik-Neretva County

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Zaton
Settlement
Zaton
Location of Zaton within Croatia
Coordinates: 42°41′27″N 18°02′23″E / 42.69083°N 18.03972°E / 42.69083; 18.03972
Country Croatia
County Dubrovnik-Neretva County
Municipality Dubrovačko primorje
Population (2001)
 • Total 858
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 20235 Zaton Veliki
Zaton bay

Zaton is a village in southern Croatia, located on the coast of the eponymous bay, 8 km northwest of Dubrovnik, next to the village of Orašac. Chief occupations are farming, viticulture, olive growing and tourism.[1]

Zaton is a tourist resort on the Dubrovnik Riviera, with restaurants, watersport venues, and an uphill hiking path to the village of Podbrezje (4.5 km), to visit Mociljska Cave with stalactites and stalagmites.

Zaton bay

The bay of Zaton is picturesque 2 km long bay, located 10 km northwest from Dubrovnik, divided into Veliki and Mali Zaton. The settlements around it have local names Zaton Veliki, Zaton Mali, Stikovica and Vrbica.

The Renaissance summer manors of former Dubrovnik aristocracies are a historical sight that makes Zaton bay recognizable as a Dubrovnik summer manor region. Noble families Gučetić, Menčetić, Sorkochevich, Saraka i Lukarevich had built their summer cottages in Zaton bay.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Croatia by Jeanne Oliver
  2. ↑ Dubrovnik and its Surroundings: Tourist Guide by Miljenko Foretic

Coordinates: 42°41′27″N 18°02′23″E / 42.69083°N 18.03972°E / 42.69083; 18.03972

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