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Nakovanj offers accommodation in private rooms, apartments and houses.

From Nakovanj you can go on group or private car excursions on peninsula Peljesac and visit historical settlements and many forts on peninsula.

From peninsula Peljesac you can also go on group or private boat excursions to Split, Dubrovnik, island Korcula, island Hvar and many other destinations within the coast.

Peninsula Peljesac has car rentals and boat rentals if you wish to travel in privacy. If you don't want to worry about parking and fuel, you can use private car transfers or private boat transfers depending where you wish to go.

Island Peljesac has a lot to offer to its tourists. Beautiful nature, gorgeous beaches, hidden bays, rich gastronomy, cultural life and historical sites, this is all here for you to fullfill your days. You can visit restaurants and taverns on peninsula Peljesac. For night life you can visit town Dubrovnik, town Makarska, town Korcula or city Split.

Attractions in and near Nakovanj:
- Remains of village Gornja Nakovana;
- Church of Our Lady;
- Cave Spila Nakovana;
- Illyran shrine from 4. BC;
- Illyrian fort Gradina;
- House of Ivan Lupis Vukic...

Gornja Nakovana was left without inhabitants in 1991. Cave was found in 1999. Oldest findings in the cave come from Neolithic. During those ages inhabitants lived in small communities. Cave has one area around 15 m wide and deep. First hall was used as shrine.

Cave Spila Nakovana is the richest finding of Illyrian culture in the world.

Nakovanj (South Dalmatia, Croatia) is small settlement in Municipality Orebic, on peninsula Peljesac, in region South Dalmatia. Nakovanj is situated in Dubrovnik-Neretva county, within local road Viganj-Loviste.

Nakovanj (also Nakovana) is consisted of two villages Gornja (Upper) and Donja (Lower) Nakovana.

Nakovanj has 4 inhabitants according to the list from 2001.

Climate in Nakovanj is Mediterranean.

You can come to settlement Nakovanj with car or bus. You can rent a car or use private car transfers from Split, Dubrovnik and other towns.
Nearest airports are Dubrovnik and Split, and from there you can come to peninsula Peljesac with private boat transfers or boat rentals.

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Name Nakovana is old unknown name, first time mentioned in 1335. as Nacovalda and in 1357. as Nacoualna.

Historian Igor Fiskovic believes that Nakovanj was named after hill which is today called Grad, which looks like tool anvil (Croatian nakovanj).

Nakovanj is one of the oldest settlements on peninsula Peljesac. Archaeological findings show that this area was inhabited 8000 years ago.

Since the end of 19th century development in this area has been slow, especially during World War II. After the war many inhabitants moved to Loviste and Viganj and younger population moved to Australia and New Zealand. Last inhabitants of Gornja Nakovana left in 1991.

From Nakovanj is inventor of the torpedo Ivan Lupis Vukic.

Legend says that in this area of peninsula Peljesac lived three brothers. They decided to divided properties so one brother gained forge (today settlement Kuciste), seconnd brother gained blacksmith's tool viganj (today settlement Viganj) and third brother gained anvil (today settlement Nakovanj). Legend says that this is how these settlements were founded.