Opuzen is a frequent excursion destination of tourists on the Adriatic, but is also frequented by sports fishing enthusiasts. The Neretva river, with its channels and delta lakes, provides excellent conditions for sports fishing. Opuzen is also famous for high quality fruit and vegetables, especially tangerines and kiwis. Local specialities are offered in numerous restaurants in Opuzen (eels).
 

OPUZEN, a small town on the left bank of the Neretva river, 12 km upstream from its mouth; popu-lation 2,778. Economy is based on farming, growing and processing of vegetables and fruit (citrus fruit, tangerines, figs, etc.) as well as on fishing in the Neretva, its channels and delta lakes. Opuzen is located on the railroad and at the intersection of the main roads Split - Dubrovnik (M2, E65) and the road to Metkovic and Mostar (M17.03, E75).
 

Opuzen was mentioned in the Middle Ages under the name Posrednica. In the 14th century it was a market-town of the Dubrovnik Republic (burned down in 1472); at the end of the 15th century it was the location of a fortress called Kos; in 1685 the Venetians built another fortress (Fort Opus) on the same location. - The parish church was erected in the neo-classicist order. The vestibule of the municipal hall keeps several sculptures from the ancient Narona. South of Opuzen is the hamlet of Podgradina with the remains of the mediaeval fortification Brstanik, built in 1373 by the Bosnian king Tvrtko; it was destroyed in the 15th century by the Turks, and restored by the Venetians and Austrians (1878).