While I was recently surfing on the net looking for new pages about Korcula and Croatia, I found brand new page about recently opened folk musem in Blato on Island of Korcula.

This family run museum, called Etno Kuca “Barilo” aka Ethnographic House “Barilo”, houses collection of various objects from Blato and surrounding area that was collected and displayed by local family of folk ethusiasts.

Click here for more info about Folk Museum in Blato Etno Kuca “Barilo”

Click to have a look at the short video clip about Folk Museum in Blato Etno Kuca “Barilo”that I re-edited from TV footage and adjusted for online watching…

People in Lumbarda are as always buzy improving facilities in their village.

The latest improvements are these really smart bus stop shelters which are now available for Lumbarda’s bus passengers waiting for buses on rainy days.

There are all together 5 shelters available around Lumbarda at locations of Lumbarajsko Ra?i??e, Cemtery, Church Sveti Rok, Javic and Church Sveti Bartul.

Bus shelter photos are kindly provided by Ratko of Roko and Ela Apartments

POLICE in Croatia believe they have found the body of an Australian hiker, eighteen months after he went missing.
Officers in Peljesac said they believed a body found by two men looking for snails in nearby hills was that of Adelaide man Andrew Modistach.

His rucksack, bearing an Australian flag, was found nearby.

DNA tests were being carried out on the remains to confirm the identity, but a police spokesman said: ?We are 90 per cent certain it is him.?

A forensic test was also being carried out to establish the cause of death.

Mr Modistach, 24, went missing in September 2005 when hiking alone up the 961m Sveti Ilija hill on the Peljesac Peninsula in the Adriatic region.

The civil engineer had been island-hopping along the Croatian coast with friends before he disappeared.

He was staying on the island of Korcula, the birth place of adventurer Marco Polo, when he left the group to visit Peljesac.

A massive search was launched involving helicopters, sniffer dogs and more than 50 people.

His distraught father, John Modistach, flew to Croatia, vowing to stay until his son was found.

But after weeks of scouring the area, no trace of him could be found and the search was called off.

John Modistach, who later flew home, said at the time he had accepted that he may never find out what happened to his son.

source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
related articles : Young Australian hiker missing at Sveti Ilija Mountain

Under the title “Sunny for nothing”, Korcula’s backpacker hostel “Happy House” as well as restaurant “Konoba Briskule” are two places selected in yesterday’s Guardian as one among the other four travel destinations around the world, where one can get “Sunny for Nothing … or almost nothing”.

Here is an excerpt from the article featuring Korcula:

“Sunny for nothing …… or next to nothing. Five hot places to chill this spring - from rooftop hammocks to a tree house:

Cheap eat Mussels. Yup, you heard me. Korcula is one of the cheapest and best places to eat mussels on the Adriatic, usually caught and consumed within half a day. The Konoba Briskule (Setaliste Frana Krsinica) serves up a giant plateful for under four quid.”

Read the whole article here

In latest newsletter of Croatia Tourist Board, renovation of Hotel Marco Polo is also featured. This is what they say:

A well-known Korcula hotel, the Marko Polo, will kick off this season revamped and ? as the only hotel on this southern Dalmatian island sporting a four-star category offer. In the hotel and around it construction work is in full swing that will see a new indoor swimming pool and a series of additional sports & recreation and wellness amenities. With these new additions the hotel will be able to keep its doors open year-round, something its top management believe it has excellent predispositions for, in particular for groups of athletes and sports clubs for whom, in collaboration with the municipal administration, a top-quality sports offer with sports halls and numerous outdoor sports pitches will be secured.

Along with the new sports & recreation and wellness centres, the hotel will also get a new kitchen and a new entrance from the southern side facing the sea. The hotel, whose renovation will be complete at the end of May, is only six hundred metres from the centre of the city of Korcula, there is an expansive pebble beach in the direct vicinity of the hotel and a series of existing sports facilities for tennis, table tennis and mini golf.

If you fancy all these new features and want to book a room in Hotel Marco Polo, click here for booking info

Just received some photos of the new ship that was made in Korcula’s shipyard.

Here she is at the very moment when, for the first time ever, she touched the waters of Jezevica:

Photos supplied by Roko of Ela and Roko Apartments
Read more about ShipBuilding in Korcula

Here is a brand new map in our Korcula Map Collection:

Click to enlarge this Map od Korcula Old Town and Surrounding Area

The map shows areas around Korcula Old Town that are in its close proximity.

Have a look at the map and click on the yellow buttons to read more about particular area.

Enjoy while I am adjusting and preparing some other maps to publish soon…