Slano
Village and small harbour in the bay of the same name; 37.5 km northwest of
Dubrovnik. Farming, olive-growing, viniculture, fruit-growing, tobacco, herbs
(sage, laurel, woodworm), fishing and tourism are chief occupations. Slano lies
on the main road (M2, E65). Yachts can anchor in the small protected Banja cove.
Anchoring-ground for larger yachts lies off the entrance in the cove, to the
southwest of Cape Gornji.
The area of Slano was populated already in the prehistoric period (ruins of a
hill-fort and tumuli on the nearby hills) and in the ancient times (a Roman
castrum on the hill Gradina; early Christian sarcophagi, today exhibited in
front of the Franciscan church).
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