Villa Mimosa
Mali Ston, near Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia

Exclusive, luxury villa with pool; 3 bedrooms; sleeps 6 to 8; elegantly furnished; garden and terraces; 100 metres from beach.

Villa Mimosa is an elegant stone built house located in the picturesque community of Mali Ston, a fortified medieval town just 40 minutes drive from Dubrovnik and less than an hour from Dubrovnik airport. With the help of local architects and craftsmen this exclusive villa has been tastefully renovated to create luxury accommodation for six to eight people. The villa stands in a beautifully landscaped garden of 800 square metres. The garden rises in terraces offering a variety of secluded areas for relaxing and sun bathing, and incorporates a swimming pool, 9 metres x 4.5 metres, sun bathing terraces, a shady terrace under a pergola and a barbecue area.

The villa is situated about 100 metres from the water’s edge in an elevated position with views to the sea and across the town and the castle walls. Within only a few minutes walk of local restaurants the villa is in a secluded and quiet location well away from the sound of traffic. The villa sleeps six in three rooms (two double one twin) with the possibility of sleeping a seventh person on a fold out bed in the main bedroom or two extras on a bed-settee in the lounge. Interior furnishings are to the highest standard. The kitchen is equipped with a range cooker, a fridge freezer, dishwasher and microwave oven.

GROUND FLOOR
All floors in stone with under-floor heating. Air conditioning throughout.

Large Living Room with stone floor, beautifully furnished in French Provencal style. Corner seating area for eight people. Additional bed settee in alcove. Door to garden and terraces.

Living Room (click to enlarge)

Kitchen Dining Area. Built in kitchen with granite worktop; fridge freezer, microwave, range style oven with electric hotplates, dishwasher. Dining table to seat at least eight people when fully extended. Door to garden and terraces.

Dining Area (click to enlarge)

Kitchen (click to enlarge)

Downstairs Shower Room with WC, shower, hand basin and washing machine

FIRST FLOOR
All bedroom floors in wood. Air conditioning/heating in all rooms. Bathrooms tiled with under-floor heating.

Main bedroom. Double kingsize bed; couch that can fold out to form an additional single bed. Double doors to external balcony and staircase to garden. Views to sea. Ensuite bathroom with bath, basin, WC and bidet.

Main Bedroom (click to enlarge)

Double bedroom. Double bed. View to garden and countryside.
Twin bedroom. 2 single beds. View to garden and walled town.

Double Bedroom (click to enlarge)

Twin Bedroom (click to enlarge)

Shower room with shower, basin, WC and bidet.

OUTSIDE
Professionally landscaped garden of 800 sq metres planted with Lavender, Rosemary, Mimosa, Fig, Olive, Pomegranate, Orange and Almond.

Sun loungers
Garden dining table and chairs
Terraces and sitting areas under pergolas and trees; sunbathing terraces around pool.
Car parking for up to three cars.

"We had wonderful hot weather and we loved this house, Mali Ston and the Peljesac peninsula"
Family T-W from San Francisco, USA
June 2008

"A lovely week in this beautiful house"
Family K from Stockbridge, UK
June 2008

"Outstanding stay. We loved the home and especially we were grateful for the pool. Everyday was sunny and 33 degrees."
Family T from Toronto, Canada
June/July 2008

"We had a great time here. It’s a wonderful location"
R & J E from London, UK
July 2008

"Thanks for a magic week. We’ve loved it all"
Family I from Bledlow, UK
July 2008
And from William, aged 7:
"We had a great time here and caught three tortoises. We had a go at swimming at night"

"We had a great time. Our experience here was un-paralleled. Villa Mimosa is a perfect place for a two week retreat. All three restaurants in the village are excellent."
Family M from Malibu, California, USA
August 2008
And from Alissa aged 14:
"Villa Mimosa was an amazing place and the experiences here were priceless. Croatia is beautiful and the villa added to the two weeks spent here. The many day trips we took were wonderful and there was never a day when we had a bad meal. It was amazing!"

"Mimosa is a lovely villa – equipped and decorated with great taste. The air-con saved the day as we had a very hot week."
Family G from London, UK
August 2008.

"We loved this place! Had a great week."
Family K from London, UK
August 2008

MALI STON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA
This information is also on the Villa Katarina web page

Mali Ston Harbour (click to enlarge)

Mali Ston is a picturesque fortified medieval town standing on the water’s edge at one end of the narrow isthmus that joins the Peljesac peninsula to the mainland.

The Dubrovnik Republic acquired control over Peljesac in 1333 and proceeded to construct massive fortifications in the form of a 5.5 kilometre wall spanning the isthmus and circling the towns of Ston and Mali Ston that stood on the coast at either end of the wall.

The wall was built between 1336 and 1358 and is considered to be the longest defensive wall in Europe. Above Mali Ston and forming part of the town’s fortification stands the impressive five-towered castle, Koruna. Mali Ston itself is laid out in terraces rising up the hillside and overlooking the sheltered harbour with its landmark circular Toljevac Tower built in 1478.

Just across the isthmus lies Ston, laid out to a grid plan in the 14th century, the town is reminiscent of Dubrovnik and contains some fine public buildings dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. The ancient wall surrounding Ston is 930 metres long.

The nearby saltpans provided the wealth to the region and are estimated to have generated two thirds of the Dubrovnik Republic’s revenue. Nearby the small community of Broce, reached by a causeway running beside the Ston channel, was established in 1349 and has historic buildings and a delightful beach.

Ston - walls and salt pans	Ston; town and salt pans

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EATING OUT
Mali Ston is famous for it seafood, particularly oysters harvested from the oysterbeds in the Neretva channel. There are several excellent restaurants in Ston and Mali Ston.

Notable is Kapitanova Kuca on the harbour front in Mali Ston. The restaurant run by Croatia’s celebrity chef, Lydia Kralj, who has a regular cooking programme on Croatian TV, is renowned for its seafood and without question ranks amongst the very best restaurants in Croatia. The restaurant is just a minute’s walk from Villa Mimosa.

Another restaurant worth a visit is Bota Sare, situated on the water front and occupying and old salt warehouse where the interior walls are still seeping salt

BEACHES

Mali Ston Beach

You can swim from the shingle beaches in Mali Ston (just a minute’s walk from the Villas) or make the short drive (4 kilometres) to the sheltered Prapratno Cove on the opposite side of the peninsula where you will find one of the finest sandy beaches in Croatia. The water is crystal clear and the bay is edged with olive trees.

Prapratno Beach

Visit the Beaches of Croatia web site for pictures and a description of Prapratno Cove. For a quieter setting swim from the beach in the delightful village of Broce on the Ston Channel (2km drive).

The Peljesac peninsula contains some of the very best beaches that can be found on the Adriatic. A 30 minute drive up the peninsula will take you to the delightful village of Zuljana.

The village houses front a small harbour and sandy beach which offers excellent swimming against a spectacular backdrop of woodland and mountains. There are other excellent beaches close by. Visit www.croatia-beaches.com for more detail of the beaches around this village and www.croatia1.com for a detailed map of beach locations and a great picture gallery.

Broce Beach

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Boat hire and skippered excursions are available locally, for more information please visit our boating page.

Dubrovnik Just 40 minutes drive down the spectacular coast road will bring you to Dubrovnik. A day in Dubrovnik is a must. Walk the city walls to view the beautiful roofscape of the old town and the seascape beyond. Visit the Franciscan and Dominican monasteries and enjoy strolling the streets and alleyways and relaxing in the cafes.

Mljet
The most wooded of Croatia’s 1100 islands Mljet is 30km long and only 3km wide. One third of the island is a national park that contains two lakes that are linked to each other and to the sea. In the centre of the large lake is an island with a Benedictine monastery first established in the 12th century and rebuilt in the Renaissance period.

Mljet is best appreciated by walking or cycling through the national park area. There is a bus service that takes you into the park and which links with a boat to take you out to the monastery. There are several excellent seafood restaurants in the village of Polace. The new ferry service running from Prapratno to Mljet provides convenient access to the island from Mali Ston. (www.np-mljet.hr).

Korcula
Both car and passenger ferries run from Orebic on the Peljesac Peninsula to the Town of Korcula on the island of the same name. Korcula Town, considered to be the birth place of Marco Polo, is a beautifully preserved mediaeval town dating from the 13th Century. The town is fortified and positioned on a small elevated peninsula providing a commanding position over the straight between the island and the mainland. Today Korcula’s narrow alleyways and town squares provide the setting for bars, restaurants, shops and galleries.

The Neretva Delta, Mostar and Medugorje
The contrasting ladscape of the Neretva Delta, with its fertile fields and networks of lakes, rivers, canals and irrigation channels is no more than 30 minutes drive from Mali Ston. Over the border in Bosnia, the historic town of Mostar, with its iconic bridge, is 95 kilometres from Mali ston and can be reached in one hour 15 minutes. A similar distance is the town of Medugorje, a popular pilgrimage destination for Catholics

Wine
Local wines from the Peljesac peninsular are considered to be amongst Croatia’s finest. Notable are the red wines. Dingac is most highly regarded but we would also recommend trying Postup and Plavac. There are several wineries located in the village of Potomje on the road running up the centre of the peninsular. It is possible to taste wine and buy directly from the wineries.

LOCATION MAP

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GETTING THERE
Dubrovnik airport (located near the town of Cavtat to the south of Dubrovnik) is less than one hour drive from Mali Ston. Travelling from the UK, British Airways flies daily to Dubrovnik during the summer months and three days a week during the winter season. EasyJet flies from Gatwick to Dubrovnik 6 days a week during summer months and from Liverpool 3 days a week. Easyjet also flies direct to Dubrovnik from Geneva, Berlin, Milan and Paris. Flybe flies to Dubrovnik on Sundays from Birmingham, Exeter and Southampton. Both Monarch Airlines and Thomsonfly fly to Dubrovnik on Sundays from Gatwick and Manchester. Globespan flies direct from Edinburgh to Dubrovnik on Wednesdays. Croatia Airlines also provides direct flights from Gatwick to Dubrovnik on Fridays, Sundays and Mondays as well as daily flights from Heathrow to Zagreb with connecting flights to Dubrovnik. An alternative, and usually cheaper, route to Zagreb is by Wizzair from London Luton. From Scandanavia, Scandjet fly to Dubrovnik from Stockholm and Malmo.

An alternative is to fly to Split and drive the 3 hours down the spectacular coast road from Split to Mali Ston. EasyJet fly daily directly from London Gatwick to Split and three days a week from Bristol. Croatia Airlines flies daily to Split via Zagreb and direct on Saturdays from Heathrow and on Mondays from Gatwick. Flybe fly direct to Split from Birmingham and Southampton. Scandjet flies directly to Split from Stockholm and Gotenborg. German Wings flies to Split from Cologne and Berlin. Easyjet fly direct from Geneva to Split.

For travellers with some time to spare the Split option provides the chance to visit Diocletian’s Palace in the centre of Split or take a detour on the southerly route by crossing by ferry to Supertar on the island of Brac and returning from the southern end of the island to Markaska on the mainland.

RATES & AVAILABILITY
All rates are per week for the whole villa Saturday to Saturday (or Sunday to Sunday subject to agreement) and are in Pounds Sterling (GBP). Payment can be made in GBP or Euros at the prevailing exchange rate. There are no extras. Tourist tax and cleaning are included. Prices are shown on the chart in the left hand (grey) column.

TO BOOK
Please email or telephone us to make a provisional reservation. Then download and complete the appropriate booking form.

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