The walls of Ston climb the steep hillside above the village in a long zig-zag, linking Ston with the smaller settlement of Mali Ston on the opposite side of the peninsula. The full circuit takes about an hour and a half and is best done in the cooler parts of the day; the climb is steep, the path uneven, and there is no shade at the top.
The reward is the view: salt pans on one side, the Bay of Mali Ston on the other, and a sense of how seriously the Dubrovnik Republic took its salt monopoly. The salt pans of Ston are still in production using the same Roman-era basins — bags of pure Ston salt are sold in the village. Half an hour by road or boat from Komarna.