MakarskaMakarska is situated between the mountain Biokovo, in a port surrounded by two peninsulas – St. Peter and St. Osejava. The St. Peter and Osejava are attractive for visitors as there are wooded parks where all recreatives and nature admirers can enjoy. There are also walking and running paths from where extends a beautiful view on the town, open sea, islands and the mountain Biokovo. The Kačić square. In the town centre, on the biggest town square there is a monument of Andrija Kačić Miošić (work of art of Ivan Rendić), built in 1890. From the northern part the Kačić Square is closed by the church of St. Mark built in 1766 while behind the church there is an old school built in the 19th century, having classic and Neo-Renaissance elements. On the Kačić Square, between the monument and the church there is a Venetian fountain from the 1775 when this town got drinking water. On that fountain is engraved prohibition to wash clothes and watering. Vepric is a Marian sanctuary near Makarska. It was founded in 1908 o |
Baška VodaBaška Voda, once a farm worker' and fishing village, today is a tourist destination with the characteristics of a true Mediterranean small town. The development of tourism began in the 1920s whilst today Baška Voda is the proud owner of the “Blue Flag” award. Beside its magnificent beaches and clean sea, this coastal resort is proud of the interesting events it holds throughout the whole year, as well as with its old churches and interesting museums that attract tourists and create an interesting tourist offer at the same time. |
ŽivogošćeŽivogošće is situated along the 6 km long small pebble beaches. It is surrounded by olive-orchards and pine wood while the joint of a clean sea and high mountain leave everyone breathless. |
IgraneHistory of this small village reaches to the Roman times about which testimonies founded sarcophagus. Igrane are well known for their ancient olive-orchards, situated above the village, near the church of the St. Michael. At the other side of Biokovo, at the northern part, there is a village Gornje Igrane, the first residence from where inhabitants gradually migrated toward the coast, cultivating in the same time olive-orchards and vineyards and fishing. Today, Igrane as well as other villages of the Riviera of Makarska, are tourist village,but still taking care about their olive-orchards, cultivate them and give to their descendants as inheritance. |
BrelaAn ancient village of some two thousand years old, Brela has been an attractive location since ancient times. So it is not unusual that the first protector of ancient Beryllia was the Illyrian – Roman god Silvan, protector of woods and untouched nature. Thanks to its natural beauties and rich tourist tradition weaved into the mentality of the local population, Brela today is a modern tourist village, with a particularly rich offer of hoTelephone and private accommodation. It is proud of its Green Flag award as well as its three Blue Flags awarded for Dugi rat, Berulia and Stomarica beaches. |
DrvenikHistory of Drvenik starts high within the cliffs of the Biokovo mountain from where the inhabitants fenced from the Ottomans’ attack, within the homonymous fortress surrounded by walls. In the middle of the 20th century, after a strong earthquake, inhabitants moved near the coast. Today Drvenik is a quiet tourist place ideal for a family holiday, with small sandy beaches situated in the shadow of spicy pines. |