About Bol Brač

Restaurants and caffes are complemented by several activity clubs, windsurfing schools, a large tennis centre, various sports grounds, a fitness centre and many other facilities. Bol is a favourite destination for excursion boats and yachtsmen; there is a special berth for yachts in the harbour. Bol is an attractive tourist destination with a recognisable cultural identity and local specialities that delight visitors.

The wider area of Bol is a space with large recreational capacity, with unique cultural-historical, monumental and folklore elements and an original combination of continental and maritime enviroments. Small Murvica, with its vineyards and beautiful beaches is an idyllic place for Bol tourists. It is famous for its monuments and remains, especially Dragons cave, a miniature church in a cave where carved reliefs and religious figures have been sculpted. The Blaca, at the foot of the steep cliffs surrounding the bay, impresses with a monumentally stunning setting in which hermits placed stylish furniture, a piano and a telescope, valuable paintings, a library and a collection of antique weapons and clocks. The monastery has existed for four centuries and today it is a unique cultural monument to the human work and endurance of those who lived an exemplary ecological, inspirational and contemporary life.

The villages of Gornji Humac and Pražnica are in the upper part of the island. They have their own unique atmosphere, specialities and interesting objects. Whilst staying in Bol a visit to Videva Gora is a must, providing spectacular views of the island and summer days that enrich life.

Location and name

With the size of 394,6 km2, Brac is the most spacious island in Dalmatia. It is anchored like a huge ship in the picturesque archipelago of the Dalmatian islands. Brač today has some twenty settlements of which the most well known is Bol.

Bol is a very large town; the first and oldest on the coast of Brac. The location was not chosen as the other coastal resorts on the amphitheatric slopes of sheltered bays, but on the separate south shore with its imposing cliffs. The jewels of Bol; the fortified Kostilo, the Illyrian fortress and Vidova Gora, the peak of the Adriatic rise steadily above Bol. The name Bol originates from Latin word vallum, meaning „rampart", "earthy settlement". Latin word vallum has the same meaning as old Croatian meaning of the world coast (="trench", "rampart"). The name was most likely due to the Roman army crossing of the Vallum and Slavic coast. Bol was first mentioned as a settlement in the building list made by the Povalja in 1184 (Monks of the Dominican monastery). Bol was also mentioned as a town on 10 October 1475 when Prince Zacharia donated the Glavica peninsula to the Dominicans.