Omiš – our port for the embarkation and disembarkation.

Omis in Croatia is a small Central Dalmatian town and harbour located between Split and Makarska, situated in the mouth of the Cetina river, surrounded with massive gorges. In the past Omis was notorious because of the pirates of Omiš whose ships were a centuries-long symbol of retaliation, courage and strength. Ancient town of Omis,Omis churches and Omiš fortresses are silent stone reminders of the power and the might of infamous Omispirates. Today, it is the centre of Omis Riviera, one of the most beautiful parts of Croatia’s Adriatic Coast.

Old City of Dubrovnik

The ‚Pearl of the Adriatic‘, situated on the Dalmatian coast, became an important Mediterranean sea power from the 13th century onwards. Although severely damaged by an earthquake in 6737, Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains. Damaged again in the 1990s by armed conflict, it is now the focus of a major restoration programme co-ordinated by UNESCO.

Jelsa town is a small picturesque settlement situated in a bay on the north side of the island of Hvar.

Pucisca with its 6720 inhabitants is one of the greatest places on the island Brač. The town is located on the inner part of the deep retracted bay on the northern side of the island.

Korčula is a historic fortified town on the protected east coast of the island of Korčula
The old city is surrounded by walls, and the streets are arranged in a herringbone pattern allowing free circulation of air but protecting against strong winds. The town’s historic sites include the central Gothic and Renaissance Cathedral of St Mark, the Town Hall and the massive city fortifications.

In front of the town of Hvar there are some twenty islands and rocks called Forski škoji (Islands of Hvar), representing a vast Hvar tourist resort. For all those looking for the charming summer vacation they offer the abundance of sunny beaches, restaurants, and all kinds of other intersting places for mind and body as well.

Baska Voda is a small village and port only 9km north of Makarska and just south of Brela. Once a humble fishing village, Baska Voda’s beaches, pine woods and lovely setting have made it a favorite for seaside tourism.

 

Milna is a town located in a wide bay on the western part of island Brač and 18km away from Supetar. The town developed around the Cerinić family residence. The main activities for  locals are fishing, seafaring and tourism. The center of the town has a large marina with many berths and modern equipment.

Trstenik is a village situated on the southern coast of the Peljesac peninsula.Trstenik was in 19th and beginning of 20th century important harbour for transportation of grapes from Peljesac’s isolated southern vineyards to Italy and beyond.

The Mljet National Park is the oldest marine protected area in the Mediterranean and it has delighted its numerous visitors for over 50 years with the colours and the scent of untouched nature.

The Mljet National Park stretches over almost 5400 hectares, including a marine area of 500 meters from the coast, islands and cliffs, and therefore spans over almost a third of the island. Two deep bays filled with seawater, known as Malo Jezero and Veliko Jezero (Small Lake and Great Lake) are the most famous locations of this area and an important geological and oceanographical phenomenon.

The entire surface area of the park is extremely rich with life, and numerous endemic and endangered species are a testament of the importance of protecting it. The Mljet NP will not disappoint the fans of cultural heritage either, thanks to its numerous archaeological finds and the heritage of our ancestors present in the old island settlements. The Benedictine monastery located at one of the most beautiful locations in these areas, on the island of St. Mary on Veliko jezero is also the most visited location of the National Park.

Hvar, an ancient town with a rich history on the island in the Croatian Adriatic Sea with the same name. Hvar is proud that it has the most sunny hours of all the islands in the Adriatic Sea.

Many people say of the town Hvar that it is a town as from a fairy- tale because its arhitecture, wonderful nature and its mild climate. Everbody can find in Hvar all what gives peace to the soul and relaxation to he body.

We advice you to visit the fortress Fortica (Spanjola), the cathedral of Hvar, the theatre of Hvar(established in 1612) with the arsenal and the Franciscan monastery.

The town of Vis is located in the north-eastern part of the island Vis in the bottom of a well protected bay. It developed from the former settlements Kut and Luka, which became one entity in the 16th century by the building of the church Gospa od Spilica.

The town Vis, the antique Issa, was founded by the tyrant of Syracuse Dionisius the older about 397 B.C. as a base for the Greek colonization of the Adriatic Sea. The settlement of Dionisius had been located in the part of the town, which is now called Gradina and on the peninsula of Prirovu.

Komiza is located in a deep bay on the western side of the island Vis below the 600 meter high mountain Hum.  It is a typical Mediterranean village, which attracts the tourists with beautiful beaches and with narrow roads and houses squeezed together around the harbour.

The Blue Cave, one of the most extraordinary places on the Croatian coast, is located in the Balun Cove on the east side of Bisevo, a small island near to the west coast of Vis island. The cave can only be visited in small boats from the sea through a small natural opening of only 1-foot-high by less than 2 wide. Around noon, the sea is calm the sun’s rays penetrate through an underwater opening in the Blue Cave, reflect from the white floor and illuminate the cave with blue and silver objects in the water color.

Stari Grad, one of the oldest towns in Europe, its position at the end of a long, protected bay and next to prime agricultural land has long made it attractive for human settlement.

The most ancient part of Stari Grad falls within the UNESCO Protected World Heritage Site of the Stari Grad Plain, while the entire municipality lies within the surrounding buffer zone.

Split is one of the oldest cities in the area. While traditionally considered just over 1,700 years old, counting from the construction of Diocletian’s Palace in 305 CE, the city was in fact founded as the Greek colony of Aspálathos (Aσπάλαθος) in the 4th century BC, about 2,400 years ago. It became a prominent settlement around 650 AD, when it succeeded the ancient capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia, Salona: as after the Sack of Salona by the Avars and Slavs, the fortified Palace of Diocletian was settled by the Roman refugees. Split became a Byzantine city, to later gradually drift into the sphere of the Byzantine vassal, the Republic of Venice, and the Croatian Kingdom, with the Byzantines retaining nominal suzerainty.

Zlatni rat is the beach situated to the west of Bol in the island of Brac. That geomorphologic natural monument is one of the biggest and most beautiful Adriatic natural attractions. It is little known that this golden tongue of gravel, which moves according to the currents and winds in turquoise blue Brac channel is a relatively recent phenomenon.

The Lastovo Archipelago was declared a nature park due to its mystic beauty, immense landscape value, thick forests and fertile fields rich with ponds, high coastal cliffs, land and sea caves, numerous rare sea and land species and habitats.

Sućuraj is a picturesque small town on the east cape of the island Hvar in Croatia.

The pretty town of Sipanska Luka has a traditional Dalmatian feel, with terracotta roofed houses, marble streets and some great fish konobas (the Croatian equivalent of tavernas).

Trogir is a picturesque town arranged with parks where every stone is a monument and its coast is surrounded from all sides by the sea.The wealth and the variety of its cultural heritage and the interesting history of the town are the main reasons, why the town is since 1997 under the protection of the UNESCO.

Primošten is picturesque small towns on the Adriatic, with a number of typical narrow streets in the old town core on a small, hilly peninsula.

Šibenik, a gem in the Croatian Adriatic, is situated along the mouth of Krka on the most picturesque part of the eastern Adriatic coast. As the oldest Croatian autochtonous town it was first mentioned in 1066 during the reign of the Croatian King Kresimir IV.

The rich cultural and historical heritage of the city is visible in the impressive Cathedral of sv. Jakov, built by the famous architect Juraj Dalmatinac and is under UNESCO protection. Numerous churches, monasteries, palaces and four fortresses ‚frame‘ the city, and also testify to the perseverance, renunciation and faith of generations of people of Šibenik.

National park Krka is a vast and primarily unaltered area of exceptional natural value, including one or more preserved or insignificantly altered ecosystems. The purpose of the park is primarily to serve science, culture, education and recreation, while tourism activities have also been introduced for its visitors.

With its seven waterfalls and a total drop in altitude of 242 m, the Krka is a natural and karst phenomenon. The travertine waterfalls of the Krka River are the fundamental phenomenon of this river.

Zadar is an ancient city, built in the center of the Croatian Adriatic, full of historical and cultural monuments. It is three thousand years old, a city of old, tumultuous and dynamic history, often destructed, looted, devastated, every time emerging from the ruins stronger, richer and more beautiful.

 

Stretching along the central part of the Croatian Adriatic, are the Kornati islands. With their immense natural beauty, diverse coastlines, and preserved marine ecosystem, most of the Kornati islands were declared a National park in 1980. National park Kornati sizes about 220 km2 which consists of 89 islands, islets and reefs. National park Kornati was named after the biggest island in the group – Kornat. Vegetation on the islands is minimal, giving the islands a bald look, however, nature still thrives with plant life on the rocks. Crystal clear water, and uncover the all kinds of reefs, shellfish and many species of fish below the surface.

Nature Park Telašćica is located in the southeastern part of the island and with the surrounding waters as well as 13 islands, islets and rocks it makes a miraculous harmony of nature on 70,5 km².

 

Zlarin, another island in Sibenik Archipelago with just under 300 permanent residents and area close to 9 square kilometers.  It is the third largest island in the archipelago located just 1.5 miles offshore in Sibenik channel.

The island is well known for its tradition of harvesting red corals and handmade coral jewelry.

Stomorska, on the north-east side of the island Solta. It is a small village with a few hundred inhabitants. It is famous for its old sailboats and there are about dozen of them.