In the event, St Paul would have set sail for Rome soon after arriving on Mljet.

BBC: The perfect trip: Croatia

Few places can induce a state of happy torpor like Mljet.

BBC: The perfect trip: Croatia

Less than an hour by ferry from the mainland, Mljet is an island of just a few hundred souls, a dozen villages, two tidal lakes and one solitary road that scrambles its way across the thickly wooded hills of the interior.

BBC: The perfect trip: Croatia