Things To Do in Cavtat
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Cavtat Attractions
Konavle Kool
The Konavle is a low-key, stress-busting alternative to Dubrovnik’s high-powered pace. It’s a strip of fertile land flanked by mountains and the sea that stretches southeast of Cavtat and ends at the Montenegro border. A Sunday afternoon drive to watch the weekly folklore show in Čilipi and a stop for lunch at Konavoski Dvori near Gruda comprise the ideal itinerary for a visit to Konavle.
- Religious Site
Franciscan Monastery and Our Lady of the Snows Church
The monastery recently was converted to an eight-room bed-and-breakfast, and guests can explore the adjoining church at their leisure. Look for the church's medieval altarpieces and the remains of what may be an ancient Roman amphitheater nearby. Inside, you'll find a 16th-century… - Museum
Gallery Bukovac
The highly acclaimed Croatian portrait and landscape painter Vlaho Bukovac was born in 1855 in the house that now holds his namesake gallery. He studied in Paris, spent time in England (where he was commissioned to paint portraits of aristocrats), traveled to America, and then moved… - Cemetery
Račić Mausoleum
From the center of town, on the west side of the bay, a long set of stairs leads up to the town cemetery, which occupies a small peninsula. Here, on the highest point, you will find this elegant white stone mausoleum, designed in 1921 for the Račić family by Croatia’s best-known… - Religious Site
Rector's Palace and St. Nicholas Church
This Renaissance mansion is located near the bus station and was renovated in 1958 to make it a suitable home for the Baltazar Bogisic Collection, documents, and volumes that belonged to one of Cavtat's native sons, who was a 19th-century lawyer. The Baroque building next door houses… - Cemetery
Town Cemetery
A long set of stairs leads from the monastery up to this cemetery, which contains the beautiful white stone mausoleum made by Croatia's preeminent sculptor, Ivan Mestrovic, for the Racic family in the 1920s.
