With Korčula Town as an administrative center on one side and Vela Luka on the other side of the island, there are at least 7 other villages and small places worth visiting and exploring. Let’s start from the far east of the island and move towards the island’s western part.
Lumbarda
Around 7 kilometers away from Korčula town, this is our favorite village. We love it for its beaches, cool beach bars, and that something, the air and peace, vineyards, and local Grk wine of top quality to be found only here. If you like wines and you happen to be here, it’s a must to try! Also, locals know and not only them, but the best pizza is also
found in Torkul pizzeria. We have to recommend two other family-run places for dining, especially for sea dishes and of course a good selection of wines –
Agrotourism Bire and
Konoba Diva Faustina.
History tells how Lumbarda’s first inhabitants were Illyrians, ruling the island during the Bronze and Iron Age. Then came the Greeks leaving behind the Lumbarda Psephisma, a stone inscription with a written decree detailing the agreement surrounding a Greek colony’s establishment in the 4th or 3rd century BC. Love Lumbarda. Definitely, has a special place in our heart. Artifacts and other findings from Lumbarda’s rich history can be found in the Korčula Town museum. And also, one insider note – stone masonry is quite big in this area, as well as the stone related art.
Račišće
Known as ‘the pirate bay’ of the island, Račišće is a small, peaceful, and simply put – true and real Mediterranean place you might be looking for. It is around 12 km west of Korčula town, and it is often a cycling destination for those who rent a bicycle in Korčula town for a day. Nearby hidden bays Samograd and Vaja are superb!
Žrnovo
Why do we love Žrnovo? Because it is also very quiet, rural, houses are made of stone, numerous small churches scattered throughout the village and its hamlets – Prvo Selo, Brdo, Kampus, and Postrana. Imagine August, it is scorching hot, around 3 PM. Almost everyone is on the beach or is hiding from the sun, cooling down inside the house, protected by thick stone walls. You can hear the crickets; no one is to be found on the streets. The local cafe bar at the center of town, under a lush tree providing so much needed shade, is open. For us, it is an ultimate zen state of mind to sit there, have a coffee, daydream, read a book or write. Interested?
Gastronomy wise, once in Žrnovo, you definitely want to try the local delicacy – Žrnovski macaroni. In August, there is a whole event with workshops and competitions on how to make Žrnovski macaroni. If you have the chance, really beautiful gastro happening that will have your appetite most certainly satisfied.
Also, you may want to visit Kočje, a nature park in Žrnovo vicinity. A fairy-like place.
Pupnat
Around 12 kilometers away from Korčula town, with its 500 inhabitants, Pupnat is the smallest village on the island, famed for Konoba Mate, home run family restaurant with amazing dishes, sweets, grappas, and wine is carefully chosen and designed to satisfy and surprise guests who are in search for food that is homemade, organic and local. About 4 kilometers to the southwest of Pupnat, you can find a bay of Pupnatska Luka. It is becoming a rather popular destination during summer when locals and guests choose it as their spot to find refreshment in its waters or in the near Beach bar Mate (yep, run by the younger generations of the aforementioned Konoba Mate team).
Pupnat is also a great place from where you can start your walking or cycling tours to the peak of the island (Klupca, 568 meters), to the village of Račišće on the northern coast, to the Zukovica valley on the southern coast, and to the town of Korcula, by a prehistoric walking path (around 3 hrs walk). The dates when you want to be in Pupnat – 5th of August when Our Lady of the Snows – ‘Gospa od Sniga’ is celebrated and on 24th of August when Blazeni Marko of Pupnat is celebrated. Then you will probably have a chance to see Pupnat Kumpanija sword dance. Pretty impressive.
Čara, Smokvica, Brna, Zavalatica
In case you rent a scooter, a car, or a bicycle. You decide to cross the whole of the island that is around 46.8 kilometers long, you will pass through Čara and Smokvica inland villages, and in case you decide to stop somewhere by the sea, you may end up in nearby Brna or Zavalatica villages for such refreshments. Or for a really nice, relaxed family holiday for that matter. On your way, you will notice how green is the inland of the island, and once in Čara and Smokvica, you will notice neat vineyard fields together with a big wine distillery in Čara. Most famous wine produced here? Pošip.
Blato&Vela Luka
Blato and Vela Luka are actually towns on Korčula island. Blato is around 40 km away from Korčula town, and Vela Luka around 47 kilometers. Both Blato and Vela Luka are amphitheatrically built on several hills around a relatively small central valley. Blato is known for its long avenue of lime trees called Zlinje and is especially visited by catholic believers because of
Marija Petković sanctuary. The patron of Blato is St. Vincenza and is celebrated on the 28th of April, so if you happen to be nearby, join the people of Blato in celebration of their biggest day of the year. And also, good to know, people from Blato are probably one of the most connected islanders with the rest of the world due to its people’s mass exodus during 1924 and 1925 when
phylloxera attacked the grapevines. About 890 residents then abandoned their homes and left Blato. Whole families immigrated to Australia and Brazil (especially São Paulo). Far from sucking up to Blato people, the word going around about them is that they are very hard-working people. And where do people from Blato and their guests go swimming and resting by the sea? Prižba,
Gršćica, Karbuni, Prigradica.
Vela Luka is the last settlement and town where you will end up in case you started your trip from Korčula town. Several hugely famous Croatian singers are from here. If you want to get to the famed Proizd island and beach, you do so from Vela Luka. Also, note – many archeological and architectural points of interest are located in Vela Luka with Vela Spila (Big Cave), one of Europe’s most important prehistoric cave dwellings.
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SEAT.
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вашего авто.
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