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SUCURAJ TODAY
Sucuraj is a small town on the east cape of the island of Hvar. The population of 400 people exists by tourism and fishing.
Thanks to the very mild climate and beautiful countryside, many tourists come to Sucuraj. The town has a hotel, car-camp, private vacancy and about 10 touristy objects (restaurants, cafe-bars, a tavern, ice-cream shop, pizzeria, etc.).
Sucuraj has a quiet big fishing-fleet; the catching of fishermen from Sucuraj is sold all over Croatia and exported to the European Community. Sucuraj is famous in production of quality wines and olive oil.
The town has an elementary school, post-office, ATM (money-machine), infirmary (H) with a heliport for emergency patients, harbor-masters office and several supermarkets. Sucuraj is the official centre of the east part of the island. There is a football club Mladost in the town. In Sucuraj there are a few amateur painters.
THE HISTORY OF SUCURAJ
Sucuraj exists more than 2300 years and through its history was many times totally destroyed and rebuilt. The first known inhabitants of Sucuraj were the Illyrians; their queen Teuta had a place here in 3rd century BC. In the 7th and 8th century the Croats who lived here till today colonized Sucuraj. Through its history Sucuraj was under many masters and different countries: Illyrians, Romans, Croats, Venice, French, Austrians, and Italians… Only in the 20th century Sucuraj was a part of 6 different countries. The oldest monumental building in Sucuraj is the old Augustan (today Franciscan) monastery. When was it exactly built is unknown, but it was first rebuilt in 1309 and lastly in 1994. Sucuraj got its name from the church St. George that is mentioned in the Statue of Hvar from 1331. That church was destroyed at the end of the 19th century, and a new one was built. Most of the inhabitants of Sucuraj come from the coast in the 15th century, fledging from the Turks. From that time till today preserved church of St. Anthony built in 1663. Partially preserved is the old Venetian fortress (fortica) built in 1613.
HOW TO REACH US
Sucuraj is situated on the east cape of the island Hvar (Central Dalmatia – Croatia), 3 NM (5 km) far away from the Dalmatian coast and 77 km from the town of Hvar. The easiest way to come to Sucuraj is by ferry-boat from Drvenik on the Makarska Riviera. The ferry sails 25 minutes. In the winter time there are 6-7 departures a day, and in summer time 12-20 times. When you get out of the ferry you are already in Sucuraj. The ferry-doc is near the centre of Sucuraj. Drvenik is situated on the Adriatic touristy road 96 km southeast from Split and 120 km northwest from Dubrovnik. It is possible to come by ferry from Split to Stari Grad, then by island road to Sucuraj. This way is longer, more expensive and a strain to most drivers.
If you are already on the island Hvar you just take the island road east. We are 77 km far away from the town of Hvar, 60 km from Stari Grad and 50 km from Jelsa. Note: For guests coming to Sucuraj by car we recommend to fill up their fuel tank on the Makarska Riviera. The first fuel station on the island is 50 km away.
If you don’t have your own car, there is taxi-service in Sucuraj (for excursions and travel).
Island Hvar
Island Hvar is the longest (68 km) and sunniest Croatian island and one of the most beautiful islands in the world. The first inhabitants of Hvar island were Neolithic people who established trade links between Hvar and the eastern shores of the Mediterranean. The Hvar Culture lasted from 3500 to 2500 BC. In AD 925 the island of Hvar was incorporated into the Medieval Croatian state under the crown of King Tomislav. Hvar is important to the history of Croatia as it was one of the centers of Croatian literature during the Renaissance.
The biggest places on the island of Hvar are: the town of Hvar, Stari Grad, Jelsa, Sucuraj and Vrboska. The island Hvar is famous for its pleasant climate, virgin nature and historical sights. Hvar is also one of the most famous winemaking zones in Croatia.
DALMATIA
Dalmatia (Croatian: Dalmacija, see names in other languages) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, situated mostly in modern Croatia and spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Bay of Kotor (in Montenegro) in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the soUTH.
DEFINITIONS
In antiquity the Roman province of Dalmatia was much larger than the present-day region, stretching from Istria to historical Albania. Dalmatia signified not only a geographical unit, but it was an entity based on common culture and settlement types, a common narrow eastern Adriatic coastal belt, Mediterranean climate, sclerophyllous vegetation of the Illyrian province, Adriatic carbonate platform, and karst geomorphology. Among other things, the ecclesiastical primatical territory today continues to be larger because of the history: it includes part of modern Montenegro (another former republic of Yugoslavia), notably around Bar, the (honorary) Roman Catholic primas of Dalmatia, but an exempt archbishopric without suffragans while the archbishoprics of Split (also a historical primas of Dalmatia) have provincial authority over all Croatian dioceses except the exempt archbishopric of Zadar. The southernmost transitional part of historical Dalmatia, the Gulf of Kotor, is not part of present-day Croatian Dalmatia, but part of Montenegro.
GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE
Most of the area is covered by Dinaric Alps mountain ranges running from north-west to south-east. On the coasts the climate is Mediterranean, further in the inland it is moderate continental. On the mountains, winters are frosty and snowy, while summers are hot and dry. In the southern part winters are milder. During the centuries many woods have been cut down and replaced with bush and brush. There is evergreen vegetation on the coast. The soils are generally poor, except on the plains where areas with natural grass, fertile soils and warm summers provide an opportunity for tillage. Elsewhere, land cultivation is mostly unsuccessful because of the mountains, hot summers and poor soils, although certain cultures such as olives and grapes flourish. Resources of energy are scarce. Hydropower stations are largely used in energetics. There is a considerable amount of bauxite. The largest Dalmatian mountains are Dinara, Mosor, Svilaja, Biokovo, Moseć and Kozjak. The regional coherent geographical unit of historical Dalmatia, coastal region between Istria and the Gulf of Kotor includes the Orjen mountain in Montenegro as the highest peak at 1894 m. In present-day Dalmatia, the highest peak is Dinara (1913 m), which is not a coastal mountain, while the highest coastal Dinaric mountains are on Biokovo (Sv. Jure 1762 m) and Velebit (Vaganjski vrh 1758 m).
The largest Dalmatian islands are Dugi Otok, Ugljan, Pašman, Brač, Hvar, Korčula, Vis, Lastovo, and Mljet. The rivers are Zrmanja, Krka, Cetina and Neretva. The Adriatic Sea's high water quality,[1] along with the immense number of coves, islands and channels, makes Dalmatia an attractive place for nautical races, nautical tourism, and tourism in general. Dalmatia also includes several national parks that are tourist attractions: Paklenica karst river, Kornati archipelago, Krka river rapids and Mljet island.