Hills, not valleys …

A lovely ride today through the inland with stunning views of the coast.

Vineyards and olive groves are still around us as we climb up through the mountains.

A hard day of hill climbing, we reached Ston . ‘Hey, this is what I would think of the Great Wall of China’ and sure enough it is sometimes referred to as the European Great Walls of China.

A very hot tourist spot … off we go on the EuroVelo 8, a quiet road along the coast, full of shade and forest before meeting the national highway. Unfortunately, there was no choice, so we are with the big guns, cars and trucks, however, very courteous.

We reach Slano at lunchtime, we meet a German couple, on bikes who we saw on the ferry yesterday. We compare notes of our travels.

We decide to go further and stay in Zaton, a little seaside town about 11km out of Dubrovnik.

The ride, although very hilly, provided us with stunning scenery today of the islands. Garmin ran out of interest and didn’t record all the ride but I guestimate we did about 800+m of climbing today, I felt it when we went up 2 flights of stairs to our accommodation.