Ston Salt Pans

The oldest salt pans in Europe that still operate using the same method as over a thousand years ago — seawater is dried in the sun and wind through a series of shallow basins until only salt remains. The white salt flats alongside the Ston walls were for centuries the city's primary source of wealth and the reason for the construction of its mighty fortifications. A visit reveals how salt is still harvested by hand, following a tradition centuries old.