Bol (island of Brac)

Bol is an attractive summer resort situated on the south shore of the island of Brac, one of the sunniest Adriatic islands. Not far from Brac lies the beauty queen o the Adriatic beaches - Zlatni rat - a paradise for windsurfers and lovers of water sports. This elongated sandbank consisting of millions tiny grains of sand immerses into the blue open sea with its length of 634 metres! If you wish active holidays full of sports, recreation and the company of young people, come to Bol! Gornji Humac lies only 12 km from the sea in the interior of the central Dalmatian island of Brac that is connected to the mainland by daily ferry lines. It is situated on the island's main road that leads from the port of Sumartin to Brac's most famous tourist destination, Bol and its magnificent beach Zlatni rat. We recommend Gornji Humac to those interested in old rural architecture, in the traditions of the island and in its traditional cuisine.

Heritage

Bol developed on the location of a Roman habitation (early Christian sarcophagi, remains of a Roman water cistern above Zlatni rat); in AD 827 it was destroyed by the Saracens. Fragments of "pleter" (interlacery ornaments) have been preserved in the church of St. John (probably from the 11th c.) and in the wall around the Dominican monastery. In the 15th century, a castle with luxuriantly adorned Gothic windows on the southern front was built along the pier. The Jelicic house dates back to the Renaissance, and the citadel on the coast to the beginning of the 17th century. The park of the Martinis-Marchi family has also been partly preserved; it is a rare horticultural monument in Dalmatia dating from the 17th century. The church of Our Lady of Karmen (retarded Renaissance) was reconstructed in Baroque style in 1785. On Cape Glavica is the church of the Dominican monastery (founded in 1475), a one-nave structure with the Gothic vault, later extended with another nave. The main altar featured a painting of Madonna with Child and Saints (now kept at the monastery museum), a work by one of Tintoretto's disciples. On the cassette-styled ceiling below the choir are illusionist paintings of the Baroque painter Tripo Kokolja from 1713 (Apotheosis of St. Dominic). The bell tower dates back to 1751; the remains of an old cloister may be seen in the monastery garden. The monastery keeps a collection of artefacts and works of art (paintings, manuscripts, incunabula, about 6,000 ancient coins). The Art Gallery "Branko Deskovic" is situated in a Baroque palace.

Famous beach Zlatni Rat