Sea Cave & Swimming
Odysseus Cave
Mljet · Southern Dalmatia
QUICK INFORMATION
- CATEGORY
- Sea Cave & Swimming
- COUNTRY
- Croatia
- REGION
- Mljet · Southern Dalmatia
- DURATION
- 2 days
ABOUT THIS ATTRACTION
On Mljet’s south-western outer coast, where limestone cliffs take the full force of the open Adriatic, a collapsed cavern has left a near-circular grotto open to the sky and connected to the sea by a low, wave-carved arch. Local tradition ties it to the Odyssey — the cave where the storm-driven Odysseus swam ashore and spent seven years with the nymph Calypso — and whatever the truth of the legend, the reality is dramatic: a deep blue pool of open sea, vertical rock walls, and a shaft of daylight that turns the water luminous around noon.
HISTORY & BACKGROUND
The story behind it
WHAT TO SEE
What to see here
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Before you go
THROUGH THE LENS
From the road
MAP & LOCATION
Odysseus Cave
Odysseus Cave, Mljet, Southern Dalmatia, Croatia
42.6911, 17.6017
MORE ATTRACTIONS
More to see in Mljet
FOOD & DRINK
Where to eat nearby
Konoba Ana, Pomena — lakeside fish and island lamb
Hotel Odisej restaurant, Pomena — park-side terrace dining
Maestral, Pomena — grilled catch on the bay
Konoba Žurej, Babino Polje — village kitchen, peka by order
Konoba Ferijalac, Babino Polje — island classics off the tourist path
HOTELS & STAYS
Where to stay nearby
Hotel Odisej — the park’s only hotel, on the bay at Pomena
Rooms and apartments in Pomena, steps from the lake
Stone-house stays in Goveđari above the lakes
Village apartments in Babino Polje for the southern loop
Guesthouses above Saplunara for the beach end of the island
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Day-by-day routes
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