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Racisce
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Korcula .....
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its natural beauty and well-indented coast, the island
of Korcula belongs to the most attractive
Mediterranean islands. It is 46,8 km long and its surface
is about 276 km2.The coastline is 182 km long
and ennobled by 195 well-preserved coves and capes and 48
small islands and islets. Korcula is covered with
hundreds of different sorts of aromatic Mediterranean
plants and lush pinewoods after which the island was named
Korkyra Nigra, centuries ago. With the
lushest vegetation of all islands in the Adriatic and the
exceptional purity and clarity of the surrounding seawater
washing its shores, Korcula is the island of superior
advantages as a place for holidaymakers, travelers, and
sailors.
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Vela
Luka
is the second largest town on the Adriatic
islands (population 4.500) offering a rich
variety of cultural and entertainment
events, full of restaurants, cafés, shops
... Quite a number of archeological studies
and papers were published about the
prehistoric times of Vela Luka, especially
those about its cave called Vela spilja (Grand
Cave), known for the discovery of skeletons
dating back to the Neolithic Stone Age. The
parochial church of St. Joseph was built in
the 19th century. Vela Luka is
known for its original Dalmatian folk music,
dances, and songs performed by many bands of
singers, a.k.a. minstrels (local: klapa)..
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Vela
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town of Vela Luka is situated at the deep
end of the broad bay of the same name
decorated with a large number of gentle and
cozy coves with small beaches and two small
islets, Osjak and Proizd. For
the most part, there are from just 2 or 3 up
to 20 apartment, boarding, and holiday
houses, whereas the larger coves turned into
small housing estates and residential areas
(Triporta with 30, Nova with 30, Gradina
with over 100 houses).
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None of these coves is more than 10 km away from Vela
Luka. Apartments and rooms in Vela Luka are
mostly 20 - 200 m away from the shore, and
only a few of them are further back
offshore, from 200 to 500 m. The town's
public beach is set up in front of the
Posejdon Hotel, only 150 m away from the
town's center by boat (cruising all day long
to and from) or 2 km by road.
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downtown Vela Luka to the well-known
destinations for day trips, the small
islands of Osjak and Proizd ,
with crystal clear seawater and gorgeous
beaches. By car, the numerous coves with
small beaches are accessible in less than
10-15 minutes.
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Porizd |
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Pebble beach |
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Prigradica
is a holiday resort on the North of the
island (towards the island of Hvar).
Prigradica is only 12 km away from Vela Luka
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4 km away from Blato, and stretches along
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| Apartments and rooms
are just 10 to 100 m away from the sea.
Almost the entire shore is a beach, with
rocks and concrete plateaus and a number of
small pebble coves. Restaurants and shops
are located in the center of the town.
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Prigradica |
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and Zaglav are two adjacent holiday
settlements stretched along the 3 km long
rocky shore to the South of the island of
Korcula, with view at the sea and the
island of Lastovo. These holiday resorts are
7 km away from Blato and 8 km from Vela
Luka. Apartments
and houses are just about 15 m away from the
sea and the rock and concrete-plateau
beaches (usually provided with berths for
small boats). The surrounding pine trees and
tall Mediterranean vegetation provide a most
suitable space for hiking and jogging.
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Grscica is a small tourist settlement to the South of the
island of Korcula (towards the island of
Lastovo), 14 km away from Vela Luka and 7 km
from Blato, with some 30 apartment houses
and a restaurant (the nearest shop is in Prizba
town, 2 km). Apartments are just 10-50 m
from sea and almost the entire shore is one
long beach – rocks, concrete plateaus, and
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Gršćica |
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| Prizba
is a well-known holiday destination to the
South of the island of Korcula (towards
Lastovo), 16 km from Vela Luka and 8 km from
Blato, situated along the 5 km long bay,
with apartment houses only 10 to 100 m far
from the sea. The beaches are rocky with
concrete plateaus. Near the Priscapac
peninsula there is a pebble beach. The town
has a hotel, grocery shops, restaurants,
coffee bars, and a disco club.
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Riviera
Prizba |
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Brna is
a small peaceful tourist village with pebbly
and rocky beaches located approximately at
the middle of the south side of the island
of Korcula, with the view at the island of
Lastovo. You can reach Brna by taking the 3
km long byroad, which turns off the main
road from Smokvica town and takes you
through the picturesque vineyards. The
village is the favorite place of water sport
and fishing lovers. Nearby, there is a cove
called Istruga, known for mud baths (and
tennis courts).
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another small tourist village situated in
the cove of the same name, directly in the
middle of the southern shore of the island,
with the view at the island of Lastovo.
Zavlatica is accessible by the 3 km long and
winding road from
Cara village, passing
through the cultivated
Cara vineyards known
for the production of the world famous white
wine "Posip". Places worth seeing
in
Cara are the
Cara parochial church of
St.Peter's built in 16th century
and and the chapel of Our Lady of the
Cara
Field from 14th century, which
has a richly decorated marble altar and
embossed alabaster ornaments (relief –
work of the Art School of Nottingham).
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Zavalatica
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| Lumbarda, population 1.200, is a picturesque tourist
destination to the Southeast of the island,
just 5 km from the city of Korcula and with
excellent connections to the mainland: Orebić
on the Peljesac peninsula – 2 n.m. (15
min by ferry), Split – 55 n.m. or 240 km
overland, and Dubrovnik – 47 n.m. or 120
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Lumbarda has all a tourist may need to make the
holiday unforgettable. It is loaded with
events and entertainment and other contents:
numerous sandy, pebbly and rocky beaches,
unpolluted clear seawater, safe marines for
yachtsmen and sailors, restaurants with
first-rate foods and drinks, fruits and
vegetables cultivated and grown on the
pollution-free soil, fish caught in the
clean seawater, top quality white wine
"Grk", green vineyards with blue
skies in the background, islets full of
hidden coves, historic and cultural
locations and buildings worth seeing such as
the "Lumbarda Decree" (Psephysm of
Lumbarda, local: Lumbardska psefizma
) – the oldest stone-written memorial (4th
century BC) found in this part of Europe,
medieval churches and chapels; it is the
birth place of the world famous sculptor
Fran Krsinic.
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| The City of Korcula is
the tourist, economic and cultural center of
the island of the same name. It is one of
the best-preserved medieval cities in the
Mediterranean. The city is situated at the
traffic intersection of the island, and it
has been attracting travelers and colonists
of all times. The antic writers refer to the
city as the stone city by the name of
Korkyra Melaina, founded by the Greek
colonists. Following the Greeks, Illyrians,
and Romans, in the 9th century,
Croats colonized the island and the city of
Korcula, abode and now are the only
population of both the city and the island.
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Korcula |
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| The Statute of Korcula, one
of the oldest legal documents in this part
of Europe, was adopted in the year 1214. In
the same century, Marco Polo, the legendary
traveler and globetrotter, explorer of the
Far East, skilled merchant and diplomat at
the court of Kublai-Khan was born in Korcula,
in the year 1254. His birth house still
stands in Korcula. Beside the remainders of
the Romanic style, the dominant in the
architecture of Korcula are the Gothic and
Renaissance styles applied in the final
phase of construction of the city walls and
towers. The sites worth seeing in Korcula
are the City Museum, Treasury of the Abbots,
collection of icons, picture galleries and
old church buildings where the priceless
works of art made by famous masters, from
Leonardo da Vinci to Jacoppo Tintoretto, are
kept safe.
The impression with Korcula
could not be complete if we did not mention
the old play of knights called Moreska, the
spectacular combat dance with swords. The
battle of two kings and their armies for
love of the beautiful lady (local: bula),
set up in impressive costumes was performed
worldwide, at festivals and guest
performances, by the only know-how-to
performers from Korcula. |
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