This morning we had a leisurely breakfast then sauntered down to the entrance to the old city in order to catch a bus to the village of Trsteno, which is where the arboretum is located. It turns
out that the bus to Trsteno leaves from the main bus station which is in Gruz, so first we had to take a bus there. Fortunately, the bus which we needed arrived a few minutes after we got to the station so we were on our way quickly.
The bus stops on the main road, where there is a 500 year old oak tree with a huge circumference. The arboretum itself is located about 200 yards away down a gravel track. The entrance fee was only 35 kn (less than 5 euro), although of course one has to get there (bus fare there and back was another 32 kn). Supposedly this is one of the best arboretums in the world with a wide variety of plants from different climes, but my gardener wife wasn't too impressed.
Unfortunately we didn't have the same luck regarding a bus when returning - we had to wait close on an hour. If one is going there, it's worth checking the times of buses before entering the gardens so that one knows when to leave.
I had noticed on our way north that we passed very close to where we live, so on the return journey we were able to get off the bus near our lodgings instead of going to the main bus station and catching a bus back.
One thing which no one seems to mention is that Dubrovnik is both hot and humid; after returning home from the arboretum, we closed the windows, turned on the air conditioner and chilled out for a few hours.
In the evening, we walked back to the old city - we counted about 300 steps from our doorway to the Pile Gate; Dubrovnik is not kind on the knees! We discovered that neither of us was hungry so we skipped dinner and compensated ourselves with a small cone of ice cream from Gossip on the Stadun. We came home on the number 8 bus which again went out to the main bus station before returning past our stop. We're learning the routes.
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