Gastronomy Capljina

Gastronomy and tourism have much in common, so that the development of one without the other almost unthinkable. Going back a few years in the past, tourism has amounted to a tour of historical and cultural sites, and a tour of natural beauty such as national parks, nature parks, and general landscape which knows itself to be beautiful. If the away team's luck, but it is on his journey accompanied a nice time, he was able to experience the full splendor of natural beauty, but otherwise, we can say with certainty that he fully enjoyed the study of cultural and natural beauty. As the standard of living has increased, increased the need to offer a variety of content in tourism. One of the most comfortable way of getting to know people with the culture and way of life of people in a particular area is through food. Thus, in addition to good weather and natural beauty found in the tourist industry and gastronomy. Through a variety of culinary delights can be guest or tourist familiar with the delicacies that are native to the place that we present. Through old authentic dishes can see how life in the area once looked like, what kind of foods are used and what methods of food preparation are known, the diversity of plant and animal species in the area, both in the countryside and in the towns, inland and coastal, every meal can tell the historical and cultural story.

The city of Capljina is located on the right bank of the river Neretva, not far from the Croatian border. Here, the main municipal hall is located. Parts of the city are Gradina, Vrgorac, Musa, Capljina-city and the New part of town. The outerlying towns are: Dretelj, Tasovcici, Grabovina and Struge (strong local community). The archeological habitats are: a roman town, a cemetary on Kuka, a burial ground covered in tombstones on Kuka (destroyed), Mala Gradina (a prehistoric and roman town), Morgorjelo-villa suburbana, etc. Many monuments are located in Capljina: the statue of King Tomislav in King Tomislav Square, in front of the post-office an untitled sculpture by author Ante Brkic and in front of the hotel „Morgorjelo“ (which was destroyed in the war) there is a sculpture called „The Flower of Hercegovina“ (Cvijet Hercegovina) who's author is Franjo Beslic.