Baška Voda

Baska Voda is a popular tourist destination, located on the Makarska Riviera, famous among tourists for its sandy beaches that are mostly surrounded by pine trees. Baska Voda is the earlier times was a fishing village and it was already inhabited in ancient times. Is located only 10 km from Makarska. Because of the purity and clarity of the sea, sandy beach location at the foot of a mountain slope of Biokovo - which is often visited among the lovers of mountains and mountaineering, and botanists - Baska Voda, has become a familiar place with a rich tourist offer, hospitality and hotel service. In addition to the sea, sun and nature, Baska Voda also offers numerous cultural and entertainment program. Among other things, here are held and traditional folk festivals and celebrations of religious holidays. Nearby are the sites: Promajna, Bratuš Krvavica, Bast, Topic.

Accommodation Baška Voda

Prehistory - Archeological findings testify about life in the area of today's Baška Voda around 4.000 BC, and the main motif of inhabiting this area was the source of fresh water. In the Bronze age, in the times of cattle farmers moving to the Mediterranean, there comes to conflicts among different tribes around the water source and pasture-grounds, so at the elevation Gradina in the centre of today's town, for the defense of the water source, a forted settlements were formed which bulwark were made of dry-wall.

The ancient times - In the ancient times on the position of Baška Voda there was a settlement called Aronia; besides the archeological findings, scientists corroborate their claim with Tabula Peutingeriana, a map on which a homonymous settlement is marked right on the place of today's Baška Voda. In the late antiquity, from the end of the IV to the VII century there comes to the invasion of the barbaric peoples so the inhabitants rise a fort on Gradina to hide from the attacks, but also to control the entrance to the Brač canal. The residues of the walls of the settlement are visible on Gradina even today, and the numerous findings of amphoras and other ceramic material speak about the trade relations with the north Africa, the east Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Not far-away from Gradina a considerable amount of graves from the late ancient times are found, with multitude of grave supplements (lucernes, jewelery, glass dishes, little statues of Euterpa and Cupid etc). Beside the Roman, some tomb-stone writings state Illyrian names, by which it can be concluded that along with the Romans, there was a numerous autochthonous Illyrian population. Archeological findings on a wider area testify about the existence of multiple villae rusticae. In the VII century there comes to the breakthrough of the Slavs who conquer Aronia and it ceases to exist.
During the subsequent thousand years there are no traces of an urban life by the sea. Only the sheppards from Bast lead their cattle to the seaside and watered them at bascza voda, a source of fresh water and it is needed to be assumed that the first constructions were built as shelters for the sheppard.

New era - In the end of the XVII century, with the disappearance of the danger from the pirates and after the expulsion of the Turks in 1684, the population is returned to the coast and slowly builds a new settlement , which name, Baška Voda, is mentioned for the first time in 1688. The first public construction is the late-baroque St. Lawrence's church, built in 1750, on the foundations of an ancient construction. Along with land farming, the population also turns to the sea, to fishing and navigation. The first school is opened in 1845, the St Nicolas' church in neoromanesque style is built in 1889 and the first post-office in 1900.
With the construction of the pier in 1912, Baška Voda becomes an important harbor of the area and the intensive trade between the islands and the hinterland was led through it.

Baška voda today - In the 1930s the Sikavica brothers build the first hotel in Baška Voda called Slavija which in 1936 on The World exhibition in London receives the recognition and gold medals for comfortness, cuisine and fine wine. The society for beautifying the town is founded in 1933, and the considerable development of tourism starts after the Adriatic road was built. Over the last twenty years Baška Voda has been the most popular tourist destination in the Middle Dalmatia, and with the new millennium also one of the best decorated tourist places on the croatian Adriatic and several years in a row Baška Voda is receiving the «Blue flower» with the golden mark, the most prestigious prize for tourism in Croatia.

In the center of Baska Voda is a wide beach of St. Nicholas - winner of the Blue Flag. You can refresh the numerous local cafes along the beach.
Along the coast are many sandy beach with gradual entrance into the sea, surrounded by pine trees, which provides a refreshing holiday.

200 m from the town towards the villages Basko Polje is located and the beach for dogs in the same direction as the nude beach.

Baska Voda has excellent conditions to practice different kinds of sports. Lovers of active holidays here, for example can play tennis, football, handball, basketball, table tennis, mini golf or try your hand at sport fishing, diving or sailing. Also, there is possibility to rent mountain bikes and parasailing. From water sports we recommend surfing, water skiing, yacht with engine and without him, pedal boats, water scooter. There is a diving school, playground and trampoline. Location of Baska Voda, and provides mountain tours on Biokovo. A few kilometers long promenade connecting all places of Makarska Brela to and Podgora, and is ideal for lovers of walking, and can be used for cycling or rollerblading

Baska Voda has a number of restaurants, cafes and pastry shops, and in the evening you can enjoy the many terraces with live music or one of the disco clubs. Local Tourist Board each summer preparing a rich program of entertainment and cultural events called Baškovoško summer, under which you can attend a series of plays, concerts, folk performances and festivals.

Airport Split -  Kaštela:
web: www.split-airport.hr, tel: +385 21 203 555, fax: +385 21 203 422, adresa: Zračna Luka Split - Kaštela, Cesta dr. Franje Tuđmana 96, P.P.2, 21210 Kaštela

Croatia Airlines Split
branch office Split, tel.: + 385 21 203 183
e-mail: flyonline@croatiaairlines.hr
web: www.croatiaairlines.com

Bus station Makarska
A. Starčevića 30, Makarska
tel.: +385 21 612 333

Ferry Jadrolinija Makarska
Obala K. Tomislava, Makarska
tel.: +385 21 611 977
web: www.jadrolinija.hr

HAK (Croatioan auto-club) - tel.: +385 1 987, web: www.hak.hr (Makarska) tel: +385 21 611 987

Recommendation: do not leave valuables in the cars, do not carry them to the beach, lock the accommodation units and close the windows before you leave, follow the traffic rules, especially in smaller towns and drive cautiously when it rains.