From Mostar’s Old Bridge to Korčula island — one of Croatia’s most beautiful Dalmatian islands, reputed birthplace of Marco Polo. Drive to Orebić’s ferry terminal, cross the short strait, and arrive in Korčula Old Town.
Drive from Mostar to Orebić in approximately 3 hours, then take the ferry (15 minutes) to Korčula town. Ferry ticket not included (about €20 per person as passenger, or €50 per car).
Your driver picks you up anywhere in Mostar. The road heads south-west through Herzegovina toward the coast.
Oyster capital of Croatia — the Ston-Mali Ston fjord produces some of the Mediterranean’s best oysters. Also home to the “Great Wall of Ston” — medieval fortifications running 5 km over the hills.
Your driver drops you at the Orebić ferry terminal. The Orebić–Dominče (Korčula) car ferry runs hourly in season. Passenger ferry is faster (15 min) with more sailings.
Arrive at Korčula Old Town — a walled medieval port on the northern tip of the island. Small, photogenic, reputed birthplace of Marco Polo.
Per vehicle, not per person. All prices include tolls, fuel, border crossing assistance, luggage handling, water, and child seats on request.
Picked up and dropped off at your exact address
Driver manages all paperwork at crossings
Short photo stops may be included where operationally possible
Professional, local, English-speaking driver
Mostar Airport (OMO) to Korčula follows the same route — we meet you at arrivals with flight tracking and 60 minutes free waiting, then drive you door-to-door.
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Traveling the other way? Korčula to Mostar is the same route in reverse.
Book Korčula → Mostar →Korčula is a long, thin Dalmatian island (46 km tip to tip) off the Pelješac peninsula, famous for its walled medieval old town — often called “Little Dubrovnik” and reputedly the birthplace of Marco Polo, with the Kuća Marka Pola house-museum on Depolo street. The island is equally known for white wine (Pošip from Smokvica and Grk from Lumbarda vineyards grown in stone-walled, wind-sheltered plots) and for the Moreška sword dance — a Moorish-Christian stylised combat tradition uniquely preserved on Korčula and performed in the old town every Monday and Thursday in summer. Getting there from Mostar is a three-hour drive plus a short ferry, and the route happens to cross Croatia’s greatest oyster grounds and most dramatic medieval wall.
From Mostar the M17 runs south down the Neretva valley, crosses into Croatia at Doljani, and cuts across the delta wetlands. Since the opening of the Pelješac Bridge in July 2022, the route bypasses the old Neum corridor entirely — the bridge carries the D8 over the Bay of Mali Ston directly onto the Pelješac peninsula without any Bosnia re-entry. From the bridge foot it is a 75-km drive the length of Pelješac (Croatia’s second-largest peninsula, famous for Dingač and Postup red wines from the steep south-facing slopes) to Orebić at the far tip, where the short ferry crosses to Dominče on Korčula island, 2 km from the old town.
Ston is the essential stop on this route — a 5.5-km defensive wall (the longest in Europe after the Great Wall of China) built by the Republic of Dubrovnik from 1334 to protect its saltworks, plus the oyster beds of Mali Ston bay producing Ostrea edulis native European flat oysters. Kapetanova Kuća and Bota Šare are the canonical oyster-and-mussels restaurants; plan 60-75 minutes for a proper tasting lunch. Further along Pelješac, the Dingač wine road between Potomje and Trstenik runs through 50°-gradient vineyards with sea views; ask your driver to detour via the Dingač tunnel if you’re a wine traveller. On Korčula itself, Lumbarda (5 km from the old town) is where Grk wine is made and where the island’s best sandy beach, Prigradica, lies.
June and September are the sweet spot: warm sea, full restaurant and ferry calendar, manageable crowds. July-August are peak — book accommodation weeks ahead and be aware that Orebić–Dominče car-ferry queues can stretch to 90 minutes on Saturday changeover day; foot-passenger ferries run more frequently and are faster. Mid-October to April is off-season with reduced ferry schedules (last sailing often around 20:00); winter is quiet and atmospheric but many Korčula restaurants shut. The Mostar–Orebić road is reliable year-round since the Pelješac Bridge removed the old winter ferry bottleneck at Mali Ston.
Our transfer drops you at Orebić ferry terminal on the mainland. From Dominče (the car ferry landing), taxis are usually waiting; the foot-passenger ferry docks directly in Korčula old-town harbour. Korčula old town itself is a fishbone-planned medieval peninsula — the main streets run north-south to catch cooling maestral breezes and block the bura north wind. Key sights: St. Mark’s Cathedral (15th century, with Tintoretto’s Three Saints altarpiece), the Land Gate and Revelin Tower (where Moreška is performed), and the Marco Polo House. If you want a Korčula-island drop-off beyond the old town, we can continue on the car ferry and drive you onward — arrange in advance.
Public transport Mostar–Korčula involves a bus to Dubrovnik or Split, a separate bus to Orebić, then the ferry — 8-10 hours with two bag-handlings and rigid departure times. Private transfer does the road leg in 3 hours with Ston as a proper lunch stop and drops you at the ferry terminal for the next sailing of your choice. Combined with the ferry, total door-to-ferry is 4 hours and door-to-old-town around 4.5 — roughly half the public-transport time, with no luggage lifts between vehicles.
Everything specific to this route.
Approximately 3 hours drive from Mostar to Orebić ferry terminal, then 15–20 minutes by ferry to Korčula. With a Ston stop, plan for 4–5 hours total.
No. Ferry tickets are purchased separately at Orebić port or online via Jadrolinija. Approx. €20 per passenger for foot ferry, €50 per car one-way.
Yes. The Orebić–Dominče car ferry accommodates vehicles. Book in advance in high season (July–August). Our transfer option includes driving you to Orebić — we don’t continue on-island unless pre-arranged.
Absolutely — it’s one of the best stops on the route. Ston has a tasting restaurant culture for fresh oysters (Kapetanova Kuća, Bota šare). Allow 60 minutes for a proper lunch stop.
Euro (Croatia adopted the Euro in 2023). Card payment widely accepted in the Old Town.
Yes. We can collect you at Orebić terminal on your return and drive back to Mostar. Book the return separately when your dates are set.
“The Ston oyster stop was incredible — best lunch of the trip. Driver coordinated with the ferry schedule so we caught the 14:00 boat with no waiting.”
“Way easier than taking the bus + ferry combo. Door-to-door from Mostar to the ferry terminal, arrived in Korčula by afternoon.”
We operate minibuses and full-size coaches for groups of 8 to 50 passengers. We usually respond promptly during business hours.
Sprinter-type · Families, small groups
30-seat coach · Tour groups, weddings
50-seat touring coach with WC
Tell us about your group and we’ll send you a custom quote — we usually respond promptly during business hours.
Fixed road price €385 sedan, €462 minivan to Orebić ferry terminal. Ferry ticket separate. Free cancellation 24h before.