Zaton, Dubrovnik-Neretva County

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Zaton
Settlement
Zaton is located in Croatia
Zaton
Zaton
Location of Zaton within Croatia
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Country Croatia
County Dubrovnik-Neretva County
Municipality Dubrovačko primorje
Population (2001)
 • Total 858
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 20235 Zaton Veliki

Zaton (Italian: Malfi ) is a village in southern Croatia, located on the coast of the eponymous bay, 8 km northwest of Dubrovnik, next to the village of Orašac. Chief occupations are farming, viticulture, olive growing and tourism.[1]

Zaton is a tourist resort on the Dubrovnik Riviera, with restaurants, watersport venues, and an uphill hiking path to the village of Podbrezje (4.5 km), on the way to the Mociljska stalactites' and stalagmites' Cave.

Zaton bay

The Zaton bay is a picturesque 2 km long bay, located 10 km northwest from Dubrovnik, divided into Veliki and Mali Zaton. The settlements around it have local names: Zaton Veliki, Zaton Mali, Stikovica and Vrbica.

The Renaissance summer manors of former Dubrovnik aristocracy are historical sites which characterize Zaton bay as a Dubrovnik summer manor region. Noble families Gučetić, Menčetić, Sorkochevich, Saraka i Lukarevich have built their summer cottages around Zaton bay.[2]

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