Lokrum Island

Lokrum Island is small island just off the coast of Dubrovnik. It takes less then 30 minutes to get there and is well worth spending an afternoon.

The island is covered with forest and as it’s a nature reserve so you’re not supposed to touch any plants or leave rubbish and smoking is strictly forbidden. This means the island is pristine although I think every Croatian island I visited was pretty clean anyway.

At Lokrum you can visit the ruins of an old monastery. It’s very beautiful and the only inhabitants now are a few families of peacocks. I saw at least 20 peacocks while walking around the island and a couple even joined us for lunch at the monastery restaurant.

After eating another delicious fish lunch, we explored the island some more and went swimming off the rocky coast in the freezing, crystal clear water.

Lokrum Island is quiet, beautiful, clean and with loads of native birds and secluded swimming locations. This was one of my favourite islands in Croatia.