La Villa

Eating

Breakfast is served in the front garden at a long table beneath a vine-covered terrace overlooking the sea. The pace is leisurely, with guests welcome from 8.30 to 10.30am. If everyone arrives at the same time, they share the same table, which makes for a friendly atmosphere. Expect fruit juice, yoghurt and muesli, platters of cheese and salami, eggs, bread and butter and a selection of jams, marmalade, honey and nutella, plus tea or coffee.

La Villa's restaurant uses home grown vegetables and herbs from the garden (serving from midday until 10pm). Lopud also has some half-dozen eateries to choose from. If you plan a lazy day bathing on Sunj, there’s a rustic beach bar doing sandwiches and barbecued snacks for lunch. Palma Cafe, on the waterfront, apparently has over 30 flavours of gelato, all made by the owner. If you decide to go out for dinner, the most memorable venue is Konoba Peggy, up on a hill above the harbour, with a fine view of the floodlit church belltower over Lopud’s terracotta rooftops. Take an outdoor table and watch the owner-chef prepare freshly caught fish on the open fire, then round off with a shot of homemade rakija (a potent Croatian spirit). Down on the seafront, Restoran Obala is slightly more formal, with a waterside terrace and occasional live Dalmatian music.