CAVTAT, a town and port in the southern part of the Zupa Bay, 20 km southeast of Dubrovnik; popu-lation 1,930. Major tourist attractions include a very pleasant climate, luxuriant vegetation and nice shores. Economy is based on tourism, while chief occupations in the surroundings of Cavtat include farming and fishing. The port is enclosed by two peninsulas: the south-western Sustjepan separates it from the channel, which is enclosed by the Cavtat reefs of Bobara and Mrkan. East of the Rat peninsula is the Tiha bay. Accommodation and catering facilities are located in the background of the town port and the Tiha cove. Nice beaches stretch all the way to Cape Prahljevac. Cavtat is located on the main road (M2, E65). It is very well con nected with major Croatian cities through Dubrovnik and Cilipi Airport, while local com munications with the surroundings include ship and bus lines. Cavtat, a town of beautiful palaces, summer mansions and hotels, with a pleasant climate and luxuriant vegetation, nice beaches and peaceful coves, is the tourist centre of the southernmost part of the Croat ian coast. Apart from various forms of accommodation - hotels, boarding houses, apartments, intensive exploitation of economic resour ces of the hinterland, i.e. home-made food, Cavtat also offers excellent recreational opportunities - pleasant walks in the town which may be called a museum,
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