Lipcipebble · 20–50 mA strip of pebbles and flat rocks below the prehistoric deer of Lipci, reached by a narrow concrete path, with clear water deep enough to dive into and nothing else at all.Lipci or Risan?
Two beaches 3.3 km apart, measured the same way. Lipci and Risan side by side, on the nine things that decide which one your afternoon should go to.
Lipcipebble · 20–50 mA strip of pebbles and flat rocks below the prehistoric deer of Lipci, reached by a narrow concrete path, with clear water deep enough to dive into and nothing else at all.
Risanpebble · 200 m · water ExcellentPebble coves either side of the harbour of the oldest town on the bay, with the Orjen peaks reflected in the flat water and a Roman mosaic of the god of sleep 300 m from the shore.The short answer
Choose Lipci for
- arriving by road
Choose Risan for
- room — it is half again as long
Measure by measure
| Measure | Lipci | Risan |
|---|---|---|
| Surface | pebble | pebble |
| Entry | rocky | moderate |
| Depth | deepens quickly | deepens quickly |
| Shade | none | none |
| Character | wild | wild |
| Length | 20–50 m | 200 m |
| Latest water | — | Excellent |
| Crowd | quiet | quiet |
| Getting there | by road | on foot |
Bold marks a measure where the two differ.
Each in our own words
Lipci
This is the "hidden beach" of the Lipci guide: no name, no map symbol, a few metres of pebbles and flat rock below the rock-art site, and water the guide calls crystal-clear and deep enough to dive into from the rocks. The village itself has no hotel, no konoba and no shop, so the beach is exactly as empty as that sounds. Combine it with the drawings above — the reason most people stop at Lipci — and with Morinj, 1.7 km on, for lunch.
There are no facilities whatever, the scramble down is rough, and we could not measure or map the beach itself — the coordinates are the village, and the length is a description, not a figure.
Risan
Risan is a swim between two other things: the Roman villa floors with their Hypnos mosaic, and a coffee on the shore road. The bathing is modest — pebble and concrete spots either side of the harbour rather than a beach — but the water at the head of the bay is calm, the mountains stand straight up out of it, and almost nobody else is in. Come in May, June or September, when the mosaics are yours alone.
The bathing spots are small and unmanaged, we hold no water-quality result for Risan, and the two sources we have disagree on the mosaic ticket (€2 or €5) — read the board.