Cara (pronounced Chara) is an old Korcula's village with about
700 inhabitants located in the central part of Island
of Korcula , along the main road, about 25 km from Korcula
Old Town. Cara is one of the oldest settlements of
the Korcula Island and is spread on the south slope of
the surrounding hills, just above a large and fertile
field called Carsko Polje ( pronounced Charsko Polye),
covered with olive groves and vineyards. Due to it's off-the-coast
location, Cara enjoys a lot of sunshine all year around,
especially in the winter, when it southern position give
this village an abundance of pleasurable afternoon sunshine.
Cara
has it's parish church Sveti Petar located
in the very centre of the village, dating back to 15th
century, where valuable painting Christ with Disciples
by L. Hassano is hanged above it's altar. In front of
the church, on the small paved square, there is a huge
( 50 m height ) and couple hundred years old cypress
tree ( some say it is 500 yrs old! ) , that is
probably one of the oldest cypress trees in Europe. Because
of it's age and size, this cypress tree is protected by
law since 1825.
In
the huge filed Carsko Polje is located the old graveyard
with the it's church of Our Lady of Cara Field ( Gospa od Carskog polja ) dating back from from
the 14st century, later stylised in Baroque manner. The
church contains an impressive marble altar with a colored
English bas-relief in alabaster depicting four scenes
from the life of the Virgin Mary. This church is the a
centre of pilgrimage tradition on the 25 of July every
year ( day of Sveti Jakov - St. Jakob's Day ) when locals
are having their traditional church procession ( click
for similar procession held in Korcula Town)
Cara
has it's Kastil ( Spanica Kastil ) too - an old fortified summer houses built in 17th
century by Korcula Old Town's landowners Spanic, who at
the time owned the whole of the Carsko Polje field. Kastel
' Spanic' in Cara is located on the very entrance to the
village, (coming from Korcula it is on the right-hand
side) on the steep and hilly position with beautiful views
over Carsko Polje filed all the way to Adriatic sea and island of Lastovo and Monte Gargano in Italy...
Cara
is traditionally village of vine growers. In Carsko Polje
( the filed - left ) Cara's winegrowers built their large
wine cellar where a well known white wine Posip is made.
This wine cellar is located near the little road that
connects Cara and it's bays of Zavalaticaand Zitna on the south. Zavalatica harbour used to be the port for
wine exports. Nowadays, it is a small tourist resort where,
as well as in the the nearby bay of Zitna visitors can
find apartments and rooms to rent as well as few cafes
and restaurants offering good food and great wine..
There is a daily bus service from Korcula to Cara that
runs about 6 times a day.
Cara (pronounced Chara) is an old Korcula's village with about
700 inhabitants located in the central part of Island
of Korcula , along the main road, about 25 km from 
Cara
has it's parish church Sveti Petar located
in the very centre of the village, dating back to 15th
century, where valuable painting Christ with Disciples
by L. Hassano is hanged above it's altar. In front of
the church, on the small paved square, there is a huge
( 50 m height ) and couple hundred years old cypress
tree ( some say it is 500 yrs old! ) , that is
probably one of the oldest cypress trees in Europe. Because
of it's age and size, this cypress tree is protected by
law since 1825.
In
the huge filed Carsko Polje is located the old graveyard
with the it's church of Our Lady of Cara Field ( Gospa od Carskog polja ) dating back from from
the 14st century, later stylised in Baroque manner. The
church contains an impressive marble altar with a colored
English bas-relief in alabaster depicting four scenes
from the life of the Virgin Mary. This church is the a
centre of pilgrimage tradition on the 25 of July every
year ( day of Sveti Jakov - St. Jakob's Day ) when locals
are having their traditional church procession ( 
Cara
has it's Kastil ( Spanica Kastil ) too - an old fortified summer houses built in 17th
century by Korcula Old Town's landowners Spanic, who at
the time owned the whole of the Carsko Polje field. Kastel
' Spanic' in Cara is located on the very entrance to the
village, (coming from Korcula it is on the right-hand
side) on the steep and hilly position with beautiful views
over Carsko Polje filed all the way to Adriatic sea and
Cara
is traditionally village of vine growers. In Carsko Polje
( the filed - left ) Cara's winegrowers built their large
wine cellar where a well known white wine Posip is made.
This wine cellar is located near the little road that
connects Cara and it's bays of 
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