Ravno People & Culture

Ravno is village northwest from Dubrovnik;Croatia, just over the border which could be entered at Ivanica, few kilometers outside famous Dubrovnik old town.This pictoresque litlle village with stunning view over flat POPOVO POLJE, with channels full of eel and fish, surrounded with beautiful peaks of typically dinaric mountains is an part of karst region richest with speleology's attractions among the most important is Vjetrenica cave with its Covjecja ribica endemic phenomena-humans like pink skinned amphibic salamander with the small arms and legs. If you pop in any local house of its extremlly friendly peasants you will be treated as a special guest, will be offered to try some local product as cheese IZ MIJEHA(keept in sheep skin bag); honey MED OD KADULJE, corny bred with olive oil and garlic, and they will even try to sing for you GANGA song while sharing VRANAC wine with you!GANGA song speaks about heroic and turbulent history of this proud and rebell people which survived so much even in recent days history but still pray to God and celebrate life which kept them living in this one of the real ecological heavens.As a souvenir you can take some tobacco-SHKIJA which was one of the main trade of this people through history, although today little bit hard to find, but dont quit in advance to look for it because its extraordinary good quality!

Ravno is village northwest from Dubrovnik;Croatia, just over the border which could be entered at Ivanica, few kilometers outside famous Dubrovnik old town.This pictoresque litlle village with stunning view over flat POPOVO POLJE, with channels full of eel and fish, surrounded with beautiful peaks of typically dinaric mountains is an part of karst region richest with speleology's attractions among the most important is Vjetrenica cave with its Covjecja ribica endemic phenomena-humans like pink skinned amphibic salamander with the small arms and legs. If you pop in any local house of its extremlly friendly peasants you will be treated as a special guest, will be offered to try some local product as cheese IZ MIJEHA(keept in sheep skin bag); honey MED OD KADULJE, corny bred with olive oil and garlic, and they will even try to sing for you GANGA song while sharing VRANAC wine with you!GANGA song speaks about heroic and turbulent history of this proud and rebell people which survived so much even in recent days history but still pray to God and celebrate life which kept them living in this one of the real ecological heavens.As a souvenir you can take some tobacco-SHKIJA which was one of the main trade of this people through history, although today little bit hard to find, but dont quit in advance to look for it because its extraordinary good quality!

Ravno is village northwest from Dubrovnik;Croatia, just over the border which could be entered at Ivanica, few kilometers outside famous Dubrovnik old town.This pictoresque litlle village with stunning view over flat POPOVO POLJE, with channels full of eel and fish, surrounded with beautiful peaks of typically dinaric mountains is an part of karst region richest with speleology's attractions among the most important is Vjetrenica cave with its Covjecja ribica endemic phenomena-humans like pink skinned amphibic salamander with the small arms and legs. If you pop in any local house of its extremlly friendly peasants you will be treated as a special guest, will be offered to try some local product as cheese IZ MIJEHA(keept in sheep skin bag); honey MED OD KADULJE, corny bred with olive oil and garlic, and they will even try to sing for you GANGA song while sharing VRANAC wine with you!GANGA song speaks about heroic and turbulent history of this proud and rebell people which survived so much even in recent days history but still pray to God and celebrate life which kept them living in this one of the real ecological heavens.As a souvenir you can take some tobacco-SHKIJA which was one of the main trade of this people through history, although today little bit hard to find, but dont quit in advance to look for it because its extraordinary good quality!

it's a religious place loads of pilgrims coming here every year. from the church it's a nice walk up to the mountain where Mary appeared for some young croats. i recommend to do it early in the morning because it takes several hours.