Highlights
- Superb views overlooking the Adriatic Sea, Cavtat and Dubrovnik airport. Dubrovnik old town also visible in the mid distance. The summit has a large stainless steel cross, memorial to a 1996 USAF aircraft crash. Climb Strazisve using The Ronald Brown memorial trail; The full version starts from sea level at Cavtat or to shorten begin at the mountain village of Velji Do where there is a bar/restaurant. The trail (a well constructed stony ‘donkey track’) is an old Austrian military road just about OK in trainers, way marked and easy to follow once you’re on it. Take lots of water in the summer heat!
Routes
1 summit • 9.5 km • 659 m gain • 2 hr 48 min
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"Superb views overlooking the Adriatic Sea, Cavtat and Dubrovnik airport. Dubrovnik old town also visible in the mid distance. Giant stainless steel summit cross, memorial to a 1996 USAF aircraft crash; Strazisce is less than 2 miles off the approach path used by planes landing at Dubrovnik.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Croatia_USAF_CT-43_crash
I did Strazisve using The Ronald Brown Pathway for the most part. You can start from the main road near Cavtat for the full version, or shorten by starting at the mountain village of Velji Do where there’s road access and a bar/restaurant. The well constructed stony trail’s an old Austrian military road (aka ‘donkey track’) just about OK in trainers. Take lots of water in the summer heat!
Once you’ve located the trail start point the route is waymarked and easy to follow. Recommend you stick to the Ron Brown trail and summit loop; Do not go via the tiny church (Crkva Sv.Ana, locked closed) like I did. Above the church initially I took a farmers path rising up through pleasant terraces of olives, figs and citrus but the top terraces have fallen into disrepair and the path evaporated amidst unpleasant thorny scrub some distance ..." — davidb • Aug 21, 2021