Trsteno Arboretum — Attraction in Dubrovnik

Visited 09:00, early May 2024. I had the place to myself. Jasmine and other scents filled the air. An interesting variety of trees and efforts seem to be underway to increase the variety of flowering plants. Lovely vistas over the neighbouring islands. A self service coffee snacks and cold drinks machine, in a visitor space with a video in English showing the main parts of the garden - there is a lot more than the leaflet you get at the entrance suggests. Much of this is outside the fenced main garden. The olive groves were particularly good - many wild flowers in the meadow beneath the trees including orchids and broomrapes, and the songs of nightingales and golden orioles everywhere - both were quite easy to see too. It would be good if this olive grove meadow was more widely practised. Some areas were being strimmed which was a loss...

Arboretum Trsteno is the oldest monument of park architecture in Croatia. It was founded in 1498 on the country estate of the Dubrovnik noble family Gučetić-Gozze. It stretches over 28.5 hectares and has a collection of more than 400 species of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals. The space of the arboretum unites several different units: a renaissance park with a summer house; olive grove and natural vegetation of medunca oak, Aleppo pine and cypress forests, macchia and coastal rock vegetation. In the arboretum can be seen a large number of exotic species of trees whose seedlings were brought by sailors from their long voyages. Within the Arboretum there is a baroque fountain from 1736, named after the Roman god Neptune. Arboretum Trsteno has been protected since October 27, 1962 by a decision of the Institute for...

We were very disappointed with our visit to the Trateno Arboretum . We are cycling from England to Istanbul and our family had told us we must stop and explore this beautiful garden. I am sure it is beautiful but our experience was far from it . We arrived at the entrance and the ticket cabin was all locked up but the gate was open so we proceeded with our .There were other people in the garden so we didn’t think we were in the wrong . After about 10 minuets waking through the man that was in front of us turned around and very rudely asked what we were doing . He then very rudely told us we had to pay him or leave . We didn’t have a clue who this man was and his arrogance and tone was far from friendly and welcoming. Feeling very taken aback and un welcome we left the garden and pushed our bikes all the way back...