Pelješac Peninsula Traverse

The Pelješac peninsula — a 65km finger of land projecting into the Adriatic between Ston and Orebić — offers the finest cycling touring in Dalmatia. The main road traverses the peninsula's spine, climbing over a series of limestone ridges and descending to vineyard-covered slopes that produce Dingač and Plavac Mali, two of Croatia's finest red wines. The 55km from Ston (where the world's longest defensive walls after the Great Wall of China span the land bridge) to Orebić accumulates 1,100m of climbing on roads that are quiet even in summer. The Pelješac Bridge, completed in 2022, has added a new cycling access option from the mainland without requiring the Bosnia-Herzegovina transit that was previously necessary.