Vrgorac

Vrgorac lies beneath Mount Matokit in the Dalmatian hinterland, where fertile fields and karst ridges meet routes linking the Makarska coast, the Neretva valley and Herzegovina. The medieval Gradina fortress dominates the old quarter, while an exceptional concentration of Ottoman-period towers from the 16th and 17th centuries gives the town a distinctive silhouette. They include Avala on the path to Gradina, the Cukarinović or Friars’ Tower and the Dizdarević Tower, remembered as the birthplace of poet Tin Ujević, born on 5 July 1891. Vrgorac is as strongly associated with farming as with poetry: its fields produce strawberries and wine grapes, while local tables feature Dalmatian prosciutto, goat’s cheese, dried mutton, ćupter grape-must sweets and bikla, a mixture of wine and goat’s milk. A walking circuit can connect the town park, Tin’s monument, the Church of the Annunciation, the towers and the climb to Gradina. Baćina Lakes, the Neretva mouth, Makarska, Roman Narona at Vid, Kravica waterfall and Međugorje all lie roughly 23–36 kilometres away according to the city’s visitor information.