Photo: Baška Voda Tourist Office, Ljudevit Blagec

BASIC INFORMATION AND LOCATION

Baška Voda is a municipality in Split-Dalmatia County, located 48 km south of Split, on the Makarska Riviera, at the foot of Mount Biokovo. The municipality also includes two other settlements, Baško Polje and the village of Topići, once a famous health resort near Promajna for children with respiratory problems. According to the latest census, it has a population of 2,775. Today, Baška Voda is a tourist resort with all the necessary amenities. The nearest airport in Split is an hour's drive away, and it is located on the D8 road - the Adriatic Highway, which connects it to other places on the coast. The entrance to the A1 motorway near Šestanovac is about 10 kilometers away.

CULTURE, HISTORY AND ATTRACTIONS

Archaeological findings testify to life in the area of present-day Baška Voda around 4000 BC, and the main motive for settling this area was a source of drinking water. In ancient times, there was a settlement called Aronia on the site of Baška Voda. The name of the settlement was first mentioned in 1688. The first public building was the beautiful Baroque church of St. Lawrence, built in 1750. With the construction of the pier in 1912, Baška Voda became an important port in the area. Today, in addition to the church of St. Lawrence, you can visit the neo-Romanesque church of St. Nicholas from the 19th century. Next to the church is the parish church, which houses a valuable collection of ethnographic and sacral objects. There are also the chapels of Our Lady of the Conception and the Souls of Purgatory, a bronze monument to those killed in World War II in the Gradina area, a stone monument to the landing party from World War II, a bronze monument to St. Nicholas - the patron saint of the town, and at the entrance there is a modern monument "Croatian Sails".

BEACHES

In Baška Voda itself there are three beautiful pebble beaches: Nikolina, Ikovac and Podluka with all the accompanying facilities.

OTHER CONTENT

In Baška Voda there is a wide range of restaurants such as Bacco, King, fish restaurant Mars, Matrioscka, Milenij, Palac, Stari tovar, Victoria and others, pizzerias Karlo, Dalmatino and Papagaj, taverns Toni, Biston and Panorama-Topići.

SPORT

Various sports activities are organized (diving school, free climbing, cycling, paragliding and parasailing...), walks, renting boats and water scooters and various other interesting activities.

WHAT TO DO AND EXCURSION OPPORTUNITIES

Several agencies offer excursions to nearby towns (Vrgorac, Makarska, Dubrovnik, Split, Trogir, Mostar), to the national parks Krka and Plitvice Lakes, and the Biokovo Nature Park. During the evenings, numerous cultural events and concerts are organized on dance terraces and in beach bars.

ACCOMMODATION

Numerous hotels offer comfortable accommodation. These include Horizont, Croatia, Gadja, Milenij, Hrvatska Villa Bachus, Slavia, Alem, Conte and Urania. There is also the Milenij aparthotel, Baško polje campsites and Adriatic mobile homes, as well as numerous private accommodation options. The ports of Baška Voda and Ramova-Krvavica offer a peaceful harbor for those with boats.