The town of Korcula located in the center of the island is well known for its historical and cultural heritage and leaning with a large tradition in seafaring, stone-masonry and ship building.
Korcula Town is dotted with a host of delightful beaches boasting one of the Croatia’s best quixotic landscape and panorama. Besides, it has become a hot choice for the cruise liners on their way to or from Dubrovnik. Widely popular as mini Dubrovnik, it is a walled town on Korcula Island positioned on oval shaped bunch of land that points deep into the pelijesac channel. To mitigate the effect of sun and wind, the Korcula town was designed in the shape of fish bone to give comfort and shelter to its citizens.
Behind the main way of entrance to the town, a second but smaller square is connected to the Pjaceta through the main street. All the western streets of the town run straight and the Eastern streets run in small curvatures to protect from cold zephyr. Owing to the town’s hilly stature, all the streets are designed with steps that run up and down from main street and main-square. The focal part of the Croatian Korcula Town is its national culture and heritage, which is protected in an unparalleled way.
After you have visited the Korcula town, you can take repose or leisure at the Korcula Island. As you drive across the Island of Korcula, you will pass through the ancient settlements, virgin beaches, olive groves and green vineyards. Most part of the Korcula Town has been built in the 15th century, when the local men were famous for their carving skills on stone. Thanks to them! They left some of their master pieces on the facades of the buildings.
The architecture of the town is mind boggling and heart rendering- read the arrangement of the walls and towers. Marco Polo, the pre-eminent and renowned local legend was born in Korcula Town and his house would be a quintessential visit.
Korcula is considered a very significant tourist center. The prospective visitor of the Korcula Island enjoys the privilege of beholding the sunset at the hotel terrace from decades in the summers and they get the opportunity and access to various amenities like hotels, Apartments, sports as well as recreational activities, marina, campsites, water sports rich and ostentatious cultural and entertaining programs. The Korcula Island is also known as the Island of Wines. Its local wine is renowned and famous for traditional sweets and cakes. Accommodations in Korcula are grand with sprawling resorts and hotels.
Korcula has a large number of Tennis Courts and yachting and wind surfing equipments may also be rented. Exciting junkets are of one-day period. The dancers at the Korcula are staggering and use real swords and perform overwhelmingly in the originally formed war-dance. Some other traditional feasts include the carnival celebrations and jamboree which starts on the epiphany, the holy week, and apart from it is the stupendous procession on the eve of Good Friday.
Visit the place and feel the fun full time!