Popovići: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Popovići combines significant religious and cultural heritage with routes through the Konavle area. On a hill above the village stands the single-nave Church of St. George, whose present appearance dates from the 18th century. Around it are about ten decorated medieval stećak tombstones; the village also preserves evidence of an earlier Late Antique fortress.

Culture and History

The grounds of St. George include a preserved cistern carved into the natural rock. It is accessible through an opening to the west; water can also be collected through an opening to the east.

Popovići is also home to the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a votive chapel for all the villages of Konavle, preserves a rare example of mural painting in the sacred architecture of Konavle, and is generally dated to the 17th century.

Landscape and Geographical Setting

The surrounding area of Popovići includes Gradac, Golubinac, Topolje, Ilijin Vrh, Presjeka, Sveti Ilija, Sveti Petar and Veliki Vrh. Sveti Luka is located nearby. Sponza Palace is also located in the wider regional surroundings of Popovići.

Routes and Nature

The Konavle Cliffs Educational Trail begins in Popovići, extends for 4 kilometres and offers views of the open sea. Hiking trails in Konavle can also begin in Popovići and reach hidden beaches, including Pasjača.

Exploring Konavle

Hikes beginning in Popovići may include stops at local households offering traditional local cuisine.

Those who choose Popovići for their trip may wish to rent a holiday apartment there.

For the higher-level travel overview: Općina Konavle.

Further Destinations

Other places within the same destination:

Palje Brdo, Cavtat, Čilipi, Lovorno, Mihanići, Komaji, Uskoplje, Poljice.