CROATIA rest + sights: personal blog about Croatia interesting
The Makarska Riviera includes Makarska itself and several resort settlement Brela, Baska Voda, Promajna, Krvavica, Tucepi, Podgora, Zivogosce, Drvenik, Podaca, Gradac.
The resort city of Makarska is the economic and cultural centre of Makarska Riviera.
This fascinating city, which is at the same time the touristic, entertainment and sporting centre of Middle Dalmatia of Croatia, is in the very centre of Dalmatia.
Baska Voda was in the past a small fishing village, but now it is one of the most frequently visited resorts of Croatia with very neat streets, cosy hotels, hospitable people, a number of restaurants and bars, wonderful beaches and a very clean sea.
The small Dalmatian town of Brela is located in 15 km from the city Makarska. The population of Brela is just 1500 people.
The resort town of Brela is famous for is small-pebbled beach Punta Rata, which is several kilometers long.
The famous small-pebbled beaches of the Makarska Riviera stretch for 70 km from Omis town southward to a place called Podgora, which borders with the Dubrovnik Riviera.
The beaches of Makarska and Riviera are the beaches of resort city of Makarska itself, and of the resort towns and settlements