Lagos de Pomena
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- Distance
- 7.54 mi
- Elevation gain
- 771 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 771 ft
- Max elevation
- 439 ft
- TrailRank
- 55
- Min elevation
- 24 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 3 hours 9 minutes
- Time
- 7 hours 44 minutes
- Coordinates
- 2121
- Uploaded
- September 10, 2022
- Recorded
- September 2022
near Pomena, Dubrovačko-Neretvanska (Hrvatska)
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Tour around the big and small lakes from the town of Pomena.
Without trying to avoid paying the corresponding ticket, we started the route marked as route "E" from the same town; on the way back we saw that the ticket office was further up the road. No control warned us of the error so we made a circular covering both lakes, yes, without the right to the little boat that would have transported us to an island where there is an old convent converted into a restaurant.
You can also cross it from a point on the route in a curious way: waving a red flag ready for that purpose, with which they would come looking for us with a boat, a free service for restaurant customers.
The first section of the aforementioned route "E" runs on a slope through a Mediterranean forest; On a hot and humid day like the one we had, it became quite painful to the point of considering turning back. Dehydration would have been almost certain if he had not brought good reserves of water.
Luckily we continue forward, since when we reached the shore of the big lake, the hardships gave way to a pleasant walk where you can choose a paved track (designed for the abundant rental bikes), or a path next to the water from which we will find numerous idyllic corners where we can bathe in transparent and warm waters.
The large lake is connected to the sea (both are salt water), so to circumvent it we cross a small bridge (another option is to cross by boat later on).
After the bridge we leave route "E" and continue skirting the large lake to the point where it empties into the small one through an artificial channel.
In the latter, the water maintains a clear color but loses some transparency due to the aragonite that is washed away by the springs that feed it; Something similar to what happens in the Red Sea.
The greater transparency of the large lake as well as the lower influx of visitors make it highly recommendable to choose it as a bathing place, being able to repeat the task at each stretch as the heat requires it. Only bathing is prohibited around the piers.
It is important to wear booties for the feet.
In the park there are abundant well-signposted routes.
Without trying to avoid paying the corresponding ticket, we started the route marked as route "E" from the same town; on the way back we saw that the ticket office was further up the road. No control warned us of the error so we made a circular covering both lakes, yes, without the right to the little boat that would have transported us to an island where there is an old convent converted into a restaurant.
You can also cross it from a point on the route in a curious way: waving a red flag ready for that purpose, with which they would come looking for us with a boat, a free service for restaurant customers.
The first section of the aforementioned route "E" runs on a slope through a Mediterranean forest; On a hot and humid day like the one we had, it became quite painful to the point of considering turning back. Dehydration would have been almost certain if he had not brought good reserves of water.
Luckily we continue forward, since when we reached the shore of the big lake, the hardships gave way to a pleasant walk where you can choose a paved track (designed for the abundant rental bikes), or a path next to the water from which we will find numerous idyllic corners where we can bathe in transparent and warm waters.
The large lake is connected to the sea (both are salt water), so to circumvent it we cross a small bridge (another option is to cross by boat later on).
After the bridge we leave route "E" and continue skirting the large lake to the point where it empties into the small one through an artificial channel.
In the latter, the water maintains a clear color but loses some transparency due to the aragonite that is washed away by the springs that feed it; Something similar to what happens in the Red Sea.
The greater transparency of the large lake as well as the lower influx of visitors make it highly recommendable to choose it as a bathing place, being able to repeat the task at each stretch as the heat requires it. Only bathing is prohibited around the piers.
It is important to wear booties for the feet.
In the park there are abundant well-signposted routes.
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117 ft
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