Beach Sunj
Crescent of pale sand and shallow water, backed by pine woods on a car-free island.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Beach Sunj on Lopud tells the story of Maria, a fisherman's daughter, and Ivan, a shipwrecked nobleman she nursed back to health nearby. Forbidden by his father from marrying beneath his class, Ivan entered a monastery on the island you can still see offshore, and the two kept meeting the only way left to them: Maria swimming at night toward a fire he lit to guide her home. You'll hear about Cvijeta, the friend who helped nurse him, and Niko, a rejected suitor who could not let the arrangement stand. The beach today is calm and ankle deep, reached by the same pine-shaded walk Maria would have known.
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