If you love cycling, a tour around the lake is a must. And if you are a fisherman, get your fishing rod and you will catch good carp. Up north in the valley of beautiful Ričice is an artificial Green Lake. If you like sailing, here's your opportunity to give it a try, if you like rowing, you don't need the sea, here is your track for real regattas. It's been half a day, you haven't eaten yet, and you like to taste good food. Well, let's go to the spring of the beautiful Vrljika River. The water is so clean you will want to drink it, but the host is already waiting.
- Here is some homemade herb or grape brandy for my guests, maybe some walnut or cherry brandy for the lady, to whet your appetite. It's made from these walnuts and cherries right next to the house. The appetizer is homemade prosciutto and healthy goat cheese.
A short break with local, top-quality Kujundžuša wine. And then here's the veal 'ispod saća' (baked under a bellshaped metal lid) with potatoes and lettuce from our garden, the organic product. Then comes the lamb on the spit. The lamb had grazed on nearby hills, where immortelle and basil grow. It is a scenario that is difficult to reject.
Later in the afternoon is the best time to go down to Blue Lake for a swim. It is peaceful down there, the birds are chirping, water is fresh, and you can even drink it while you swim. It's clean, tested, something you haven't experienced before. I know you stay longer, but we have a few more things to do before we call it a day, well the first day at least.
It is already evening, time for the premiere of "Hasanaginica", a famous love ballad originated in Imotski. The ballad, translated even by Goethe and Pushkin, is performed by amateur actors from Imotski, at the top of Topana fortress. Right at the spot where the heroine Hasanaginica threw herself into death. Two hours of pure joy if you love open-air theater.
Imotski cake and rafioli
In the evening, it is best to eat something light, such as breaded frogs caught here in Imotski field. Here in the north of the town, peace and quiet await you, only a few crickets and a good night's sleep. And the environment of the heart of the Dalmatian hinterland is the Makarska Riviera, Medjugorje, the mountains of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the beautiful Blidinje-
If you want to stay in Imotski, you should visit the Franciscan Museum or the Imotski Homeland Museum, to see the rich heritage of the region. The next day we will go for a delicious barbecue, again by the Vrljika River. And for dessert, the famous Imotski cake and rafioli are a must. And after that we will go cycling again, because you love it. We can go around the Blue and Red Lakes to Ričice and then descend to the Imotski field and enjoy the scent of vines, mountain immortelle, and basil for kilometres.
So we give the Imotski region, the heart of the Dalmatian hinterland, for the enjoyment of all who come.
| 1. Red Lake/ Sergio Gobbo | 2. Imotski/ Ivo Biočina | 3. Dalmatian hinterland/ Ivo Biočina | 4. Dalmatian hinterland/ Sergio Gobbo | 5. Blue Lake/ Ivo Biočina | 6. Dalmatian hinterland/ Luka Tambača | 7. Imotski/ Sergio Gobbo | 8. Rafioli/ Damir Fabijanić | 9. Smoked ham / Maja Danica Pečanić | 10. Lamb and veal/ Maja Danica Pečanić | 11. Bread baked under 'sać'/ Maja Danica Pečanić
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