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Orlandusa beach is located in the small bay on the southern shores of the Island in Defora region. The beaches are made up of white pebbles/shingles with some rocky parts of the bay along its sides. A popular activity in the bay is snorkeling (see photo below) Being one of …

Korčula Town

Korčula town overview Korcula Town is the main settlement on the island, with a population of about 3000 inhabitants. The main feature/sight of the whole town is the historic Old Town, a medieval walled town with its towers, numerous buildings and monuments, cafés, restaurants, hotels, galleries, open-air cinema, and more. …

Gubavac

Gubavac, a small islet in Korcula archipelago – located at the very entrance of the bay of Lumbarda. It is an attractive little island with weird shape and lot of large, flat and smooth rocks that are very comfortable to lay on. That is why swimmers and sunbathers like to spend …

Bisace

Bisace (pronounced “bisache”) – small islet in Korcula archipelago. It is an uninhabited island with an area is 0,5 km and a length of the coastline of just under 1.07 km. A lovely place for a solitary swim. This islet got its name after ‘bisage’ which in Croatian means ‘horse …

Pupnatska Luka

A beautiful pebble beach with clear water in the bay of Pupnatska Luka is situated some 15 km away from Korcula Town. This is one of many picturesque beaches on the island offering spectacular views across the channel to Lastovo and beyond. It is a small, easily-accessible beach on the …

Puntin Beach – Korcula

Above photo: Afternoon at Puntin in Korcula Old Town Puntin Beach, located on the northern edge of Korcula Old Town and its Port, is popular with local windsurfers and people living nearby. The beach consists of a stretch of shingle/pebbles, a row of large rocks, large stone slab/ platform great …

Vrnik

VRNIK – a tiny inhabited island in the Korcula archipelago, easily reached by taxi-boats from Korcula East harbour and from Lumbarda (timetables are here) It is well known for its deep stone quarries dating back from Roman times. Vrnik is worth going and visiting during the day as it has …

Novi Puti

A short walk up the hill from Korcula Town, right above Cvjetno Naselje, by the steps Bernardo Bernardi at the very beginning of the Put Svetog Nikole street, you will arrive at this vista spot from which you can see Korcula Old Town and Peljesac Channel from the hilly position …

Lumbarda

Above photo: Lumbarda – a small village on Korcula Island Lumbarda is a small fishermen’s village of around 1200 inhabitants. It is situated at the eastern part of the Island of Korcula, about 5 kilometers from Korcula Old Town. The village is built around a small bay and on the …

Dubrovnik

Korcula as an island is very much connected with Dubrovnik as this is one of two larger cities that are in close(r) vicinity of Korcula, particularly to its East coast (the other one is Split). Korculans travel there very often: the main hospital that covers the area is there therefore among …