Makarska, the center of Makarska Riviera

Makarska, the center of Makarska Riviera, provides you with countless opportunities to spend your vacation according to your preferences. You can simply enjoy swimming and sunbathing, evening walks and sipping a beer in one of the many colorful cafes. Or spend it actively, with morning run along the sea, a wide range of water sports, beach volleyball or tennis. Explore the surrounding area on a bike or hiking to the peak of the mountain. Learn more about life and the people of the city by visiting its cultural and historical monuments, or the region, with a visit to many interesting places in the surrounding area. For a culinary delight, there are numerous restaurants and taverns.

HISTORICAL HERITAGE 

• St. Mark's Church,

• The Franciscan Monastery

• Historical Museum of the town of Makarska

• The Mother of God of Lourdes, Vapric

NATURAL HERITAGE 

• National Park Biokovo

• Botanical garden Kotišina

• Museum of fish, crustaceans and molluscs

• Shell museum (Franciscan monastery)

EXCURSIONS 

Day trips to the neighboring islands of Brac, Hvar, Korcula

Day trips organized, or independently, in Split, Trogir, Omiš, Dubrovnik, Cetina valley

A trip to the mountain Biokovo, Red and Blue Lake (Imotski), Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

ENTERTAINMENT

• Night Kalalarga

• Fishermen night

• The Summer Carnival

• Day of the City of Makarska

• The popular celebrations

SPORT & RECREATION



Water sports, mountaineering, biking, scuba diving, tennis, rafting (on river Cetina)

RESTAURANTS

• Restaurant Ivo (Makarska)

• Panorama Restaurant (Great Hill)

• Radman's mills (Omiš)

ART & CULTURE

Concerts, performances, exhibitions within the "Makarska cultural summer"

Did you know that the harmony singing enrolled in the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Listen to one of the most beautiful love songs from Dalmatia.