Growth has been seen over the past several years in
the Split-Dalmatia County area in the development of village
homesteads as tourist destinations, and a growing number of
tourists are opting for this new experience off the coastal belt.
Staying in an old stone house on a village homestead, meeting
animals that can nowadays be seen in urban areas only in books
and zoos and the not-to-be-missed rural cuisine are a real
draw for the modern tourist. Some 50 village homesteads are
registered across the county as tourist destinations, dispersed
evenly across the Dalmatian “Zagora� hinterland and on the
islands, and some of them are true miniature pictures of indigenous
villages.
The Å*kopljanac family out of RadoÅ¡ići, a small village situated
in the Kaštel hinterland have plans for the future of constructing
a real ethno village.
Of the ten stone houses that surround a small square forming
the core of the future ethno village, only a few have been renovated
up to now. A traditional Dalmatian “konoba� (tavern)
has been made in a former stable that sits about 50 guests and
offers the indigenous specialities of the region – bread baked
under a baking lid (“pod pekom�), spit-roasted lamb and many
more.
There is quite a large ethno collection of folk costumes, tools
and antiques used both in work and play in the konoba such
as gusle and diple - old musical instruments. Rooms that sleep
about 15 guests have been built in the attic of the konoba and
next to it a house has been renovated in which a romantic village
hearth forms the centrepiece on which various specialities
are prepared under a baking lid. In the plan for the coming
period are six more apartments and another konoba.
Along with the classic offer of wines and cuisine the Å*kopljanac
family offers tourists plenty of “village entertainment�. Anybody
who wants to can try their hand at ploughing and hay mowing
and working on their farm with its wild rabbits and other domestic
animals. Near the complex is a large grounds with numerous
attraction for amusement and the infrastructure needed to
organise one-day excursions.
The family will soon launch the construction of a small grain
mill and they also plan to acquire five riding horses.
Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board
e-mail: info@dalmatia.hr
web site: http://www.dalmatia.hr
Å*kopljanac – RadoÅ¡ići Village Homestead
GSM: + 385 98 173 33 33
web site (under construction): http://www.radosici.com


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