Twenty minutes’ drive West of Slano, one arrives in Ston and Mali Ston, two small towns built to an agreed plan, and connected by 5.5 kilometre long walls fortifi ed with towers and outposts.

They were built by the DubrovnikRepublic to defend the peninsula of Pelješac and the salt-pans which were greatly exploited by the Dubrovnik
state. The salt produced in Ston is renowned throughout the world..