Peljesac Bridge

 

Croatia opened the Pelješac Bridge today. It now allows unrestricted access from every location inside Croatia to Dubrovnik (without having to go through Bosnia and Herzegovina.)

When my Mom and I visited Croatia in December 2010 we flew from Zagreb into Dubrovnik. We then took several day trips from our hotel in Dubrovnik to other parts of Croatia and most of the time we had to go through multiple Border Checkpoints and got lots of Immigration Stamps in our Passports.

Example: When we went by car and Driver from Dubrovnik to another part of Croatia we had go through Exit Immigration in Croatia and then Entry Immigration in Bosnia then after a few miles go through Exit Immigration in Bosnia and Entry Immigration in Croatia (and do the reverse when we went back to the hotel.) For that 1 day trip we went through 8 Border Checkpoints and got 8 Immigration Stamps.

We got many Immigration Stamps and went through many Border Checkpoints that trip (the UK, Germany, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro.)

Back when we went Croatia wasn’t part of the EU (they joined in 2013) so now the Croatian Border with Bosnia is even more important and takes even longer to pass through. Hopefully, this new bridge will allow for people to come and go from Dubrovnik to the rest of Croatia without any more border hassles or waits.

It also still allows Bosnia water access through their only port Neum.