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Would you like to find out more about organically grown products that you can eat in Bol on the island Brač or where to buy locally produced goat products and extra-virgin olive oil? Maybe you are interested in finding a fisher monger selling freshly caught fish or restaurants where you can enjoy local specialties prepared with wild herbs? Or perhaps you would like to get lost in the sweetest daydreaming while listening to the beautiful sounds of the guitar? Our stories from Bol, a new project by the Bol Tourist Board (TZ Bol), will tell you all. With an idea to emphasize the unity in the...

ZAGREB, Jan 22 (Hina) – The World Olive Harvesting Championship in Postira on the Croatian island of Brac, held in October 2019, has won the Creative Tourism Network award for creativity at the FITUR tourism industry fair in Madrid. Creative Tourism Network is an international nonprofit organisation specialising in creative tourism and its jury has decided that the Postira World Olive Harvesting Championship, the first such event in the world, is the most creative of 160 entries. The jury has said that the event preserves the centuries-old tradition in an innovative and creative way and...

SPLIT/BRAC, May 23 (Hina) – Free movement around the Croatian island of Brač is now possible again after a 14-day ban on leaving one’s place of residence without an e-pass expired today. Earlier this month, the island Brač had an outbreak of COVID-19 cases with 22 new cases in a day. This forced authorities to lockdown the island and only allow movement between places on the island with an e-pass. “The fourteen-day period of the measure banning leaving one’s place of residence and permanent residence on Brač expired at midnight on Friday night, so the need for e-passes has been revoked as...

SPLIT, 5 March 2020 – A new daily catamaran will connect Split with the island of Brač starting this summer. Sutivan on the island of Brač used to be connected to Split with a direct ferry but after a new port on the island was built in Supetar, Sutivan was left without a direct connection to Split. As Dalmacija danas writes, it was announced that starting this summer a direct connection will return from Sutivan to Split with the introduction of the Milna – Sutivan – Split / Split – Sutivan – Mlina line. The line will be operated by Krilo Shipping Company and will operate daily during the...

ZAGREB, June 14 (Hina) – A big feature on the island of Brac has been published in a special online edition of the British magazine Lonely Planet which brings until now unpublished material on destinations around the world, Croatia’s National Tourist Board (HTZ) said earlier this week. The 12-page feature headlined “Heart of Stone” was written by Marcel Theroux, renowned British author. Besides general information on Brac, the feature presents its attractions and traditions such as stonemasonry, the Blaca desert, the Dragon Cave, Vidova Gora Hill, and the Zlatni Rat beach. HTZ director...