Korcula Blog

Finally, it seems that soon, Korcula Town is going to get its own harbour authority instead of one that is currently run and managed by regional head office.

From the beginning of the last century, Korcula is the traditional stopover destination for numerous larger and smaller cruising ships that are sailing up and down the Adriatic from Venice via Croatian Coast further down towards Greece and Mediterranean Sea. That makes Korcula and its harbour very often, especially during the summer season, crowded and jammed by thousands of people embarking from cruisers and doing their sightseeing in Korcula Old Town. Also, sometimes, these cruisers and noise that is coming from their engines, are making life miserable for residents that lives in near vicinity of the harbour.

According to current legislations, all decisions about Korcula harbour are made by regional government bodies, which make locals very annoyed as we have no any control over it.

As we will soon get this under our control (hopefully) , we will be able to decide for ourselves how many cruisers are allowed to stop in Korcula, where they are going to anchor during that stop over, how are tourists being transferred to the Old Town, at what times etc

Furthermore, new Korcula Harbour Authority will make plans for construction of completely new harbour that will serve large ships (at the location somewhere out of town) so only small boats and schooners will be allowed to anchor at Korcula Old Town’s harbour.

This will eventually, when ready, allow for Korcula Town to become completely car-free zone which most of residents are dreaming about.