Peljesac

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There are two ferry terminals in Orebic – one for car ferries to Korcula (Domince) and another one for foot passenger ferries to Korcula town. For foot passengers, there is nearby car parking where you can safely leave your car while visiting Korcula Town (see below photos). There are no …

Busy Year for Jadrolinija’s Ferry Lines to Peljesac and Islands

1.33 million passengers were transported on ferry lines to Peljesac Jadrolinija, the largest and state-owned ferry company in Croatia transported more than 1.33 million passengers and almost 473 000 vehicles in 2021, on three of the most popular ferry lines, all connecting Peljesac with the Croatian mainland and nearby islands …

Peljesac Bridge

Peljesac bridge was opened in July 2022. The access roads are expected to be finished by the end of 2022. The bridge connects Komarna on the Croatian mainland with Brijesta on the Peljesac peninsula. At the present, the project stays on schedule, and currently, construction works on the bridge are …

Supava Tunnel

The excavation of the last tunnel on the access roads of the Pelješac Bridge has been completed The 1290-meter-long Supava Tunnel was successfully breakthrough at the beginning of November this year. The tunnel is part of the Ston bypass, part of the access road to the Peljesac Bridge, which is expected to open …

Polakovica Tunnel

The third tunnel breakthrough in the Peljesac bridge project, the Polakovica tunnel, near Ston town, is completed in July 2021. The Greek company Avax successfully completed the excavation of the 1242 meters long Polakovica tunnel. The tunnel is part of the 4th phase of the Ston bypass and, together with the Ston bridge and the Supava …

Peljesac Bridge Map and Facts

I was going throught some old press cuttings, looking for something completely unrelated, and found some old articles from local press with lot of info about future Peljesac Bridge. So, below is compillation of some facts and figures about this project:

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Kamenice tunnel

Works began on Kamenice Tunnel @ Peljesac Bridge The works began on the excavation of the Kamenice tunnel. With a length of 499 meters, this is the shortest tunnel of the project and the second tunnel on the routes of access roads to the Peljesac Bridge. The previously excavated tunnel …

How to get from Zagreb to Korcula

How to get from Zagreb, the Croatian capital to Korcula is a question that is sometimes asked by people who arrive in Croatia by flying to Zagreb Airport. Although Zagreb is a city that is not in the near vicinity of Korcula, due to the fact that Zagreb is the …

Photos of Peljesac

Small collection of Peljesac photos:

Fishing near Peljesac (1950s)

A collection of photos about fishing in Mali Ston Bay, a narrow bay that divides Peljesac from the Mainland. A local fisherman is using fish nets to surround the large school of fish and harpoons to get them. The fishing technique is called ‘zagrada‘. The photos are taken in the …

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