- Brela
- Pula
- Korcula
- Baska Voda
- Cavtat
- Dubrovnik
- Makarska
- Tucepi
- Porec
- Bol
Brela
Brela is a village in the Split-Dalmatia county of Croatia,
population 1,771 (2001). It is located on the Adriatic coastline
of Dalmatia, about 15 km northwest of Makarska.
Brela is a tourist town located between the Biokovo mountain
and the Adriatic Sea. It's known as the pearl of Makarska
riviera, the pearl of Adriatic or sometimes even the pearl
of Mediterranean. In 1968 Brela was crowned as "Champion
of Adriatic" for high achievements in tourist activity.
Also, during 1960s it was one of the favorite Mediterranean
destinations for Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
Kennedy Onassis, where in 1968 they eventually bought a villa.
In 2005 celebrities such as Mick Jagger, Penelope Cruz, Jean
Reno, Tom Cruise, and Bill Gates were spotted in Brela.
In 2003 American magazine Forbes put this beach on the list
of 10 world's most beautiful beaches, where it's ranked 6th
in the world and 1st in Europe.
Pula
Pula (Italian Pola, Slovenian Pulj) is the largest city in
Istria, Croatia, at the southern tip of that peninsula, population
58,594 (2001). A majority of its citizens are Croats with
71.65% (2001 census).
Like the rest of the region, it is known for its mild climate,
tame sea, and unspoiled nature. The city has a long tradition
of wine making, fishing, shipbuilding, and tourism. Pula has
also been Istria's administrative center since ancient Roman
times.
The city is best known for its many surviving ancient Roman
buildings, the most famous of which is its first century amphitheatre,
sixth largest in the world, locally called Arena. Arena is
one of the best preserved amphitheaters from antiquity and
is still in use today during summer film festivals. Two other
notable and well preserved ancient Roman structures are the
first century triumphal arch, the Arch of the Sergii, and
temple of Rome and Augustus built in the 1st century AD by
the Roman emperor. You can still walk through the city's old
quarter of narrow streets, lined with Medieval and Renaissance
buildings, on ancient Roman paving stones.
Korcula
Korcula (Italian Curzola, Latin Corcyra Nigra, Greek Korkyra
Melaina) is an island in the Adriatic Sea, in the Dubrovnik-Neretva
county of Croatia. The island has an area of 279 km²
— it is 46.8 km long and 7.8 km wide — and lies
parallel to the Dalmatian coast. Its 17,038 (2001) inhabitants
makes it the most populous Adriatic island.
Korcula is also the name of the ancient fortified town on
the protected east coast of the island, population 3,232 (2001).
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik (Latin Ragusa) is an old city on the Adriatic Sea
coast in the extreme south of Croatia, positioned at 42°39'N
18°04'E at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik.
It is one of the most prominent tourist resorts, a seaport
and the center of the Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its population
was 43,770 in 2001, 49,728 in 1991, and the majority of its
citizens are Croats with 88.39% (2001 census). Dubrovnik is
nicknamed "Pearl of the Adriatic".
The city of Ragusa/Dubrovnik was based on maritime trade;
in the Middle Ages, it became the only eastern Adriatic city-state
to rival Venice. Supported by its wealth and skilled diplomacy,
the Latin/Slavic Ragusa/Dubrovnik achieved a remarkable level
of development during the 15th and 16th century. Dubrovnik
was one of the centers of the development of the Croatian
language and literature, home to many notable poets, playwrights,
painters, mathematicians, physicists and other scholars.
Makarska
Makarska is a city in the Split-Dalmatia county of Croatia,
population 13,716 (2001). It is located on the Adriatic coastline
of Dalmatia, about 60 km southeast of Split and 140 km northwest
of Dubrovnik.
It is a tourist centre, located on a horseshoe shaped bay
between the Biokovo mountain and the Adriatic Sea. The city
is noted for its palm-fringed promenade, where fashionable
cafés, bars and boutiques overlook the pretty harbour
where many pleasure craft are moored.
Center of Makarska is an old town with narrow stone-paved
streets, a main church square where there is a flower and
fruit market, and a Franciscan monastery that houses a sea
shell collection featuring a giant clam shell. Most of the
city's hotels are located just off of the bay and their own
private beaches.
Makarska is a center of Makarska riviera, popular tourist
destination under the Biokovo mountain.
Tucepi
Tucepi (pronounced Toochepee) is a small town and municipality
in the Split-Dalmatia county of Croatia. It is located on
the Adriatic coast of Dalmatia known as Makarska riviera,
about 5 km southeast of Makarska, population 1,763 (2001).
Porec
Porec (Italian Parenzo, Latin Parentium), 45.2258° N
13.593E° , altitude 29 m), is a city and port on the western
coast of Istrian peninsula, in Istria county, Croatia.
Porec is almost 2,000 years old, and is based on a harbour
protected from the sea by the small island of Sveti Nikola
(Saint Nicholas). The city population of around 10,500 resides
mostly on the outskirts. Including nearbt municipalities,
there are 17,500 inhabitants, 20,000 within the Porec municipality
limits. The city area covers 142 km², with the 37 km
long shoreline stretching from the Mirna river near Novigrad
to Funtana and Vrsar in the south.
Bol
Bol is a small town on the south of the island of Brac in
the Split-Dalmatia county of Croatia, population 1,661 (2001).
Bol is renowned for its beach the Zlatni rat ("Golden
horn"). It is a promontory composed mostly of pebble
rock that shifts with the tidal movement.
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