Baška Voda – Top Things To Do, Beaches & Itinerary

Author: Mate I.

Published: December 10, 2021

Reading Time: 11 minutes read

To date, Croatia garners a sum total of more than 400 municipalities and 120 towns and cities. One of its most famous towns, Baška Voda, offers a vast array of things and activities as well as sightseeing ventures that you can engage in when you are within the area.

The subsequent categories below feature various astounding amenities, recreational spaces, activities as well as the things that you can engage in while being in the vibrant, high-spirited town of Baška Voda.

Baška Voda
High-spirited town of Baška Voda Croatia

Biokovo Nature Park

Imagine highly-structured mountains, its peaks forming pointed highs in the far-off distance.

The skies inhabit soft, fluffy clouds as well as light, wispy ones that engulf the skies, providing a stark contrast in colors and wafting a sense of ethereal, celestial, and otherworldly ambience.

Now, add in a bit of modernity. Glass-covered walkways that station themselves on the aforementioned mountains, giving a crystalline view of the horizon that encompasses the Croatian atmosphere.

Sightseeing ventures are now possible without the risk of falling off the cliff-like mountainous hikes one would partake in when venturing through this area.

Biokovo Nature Park makes up all the descriptions above, exuding a presence that is befitting of dominance within the coastlines of southern Dalmatian.

Biokovo Nature Park
Biokovo most famous sightseeing venture places that Croatia has to offer

Officially established as a legitimate nature park back in 1981, the highest peak of this mountainous region looks up to a daunting height of 1500 meters.

This is in reference to the Makarska Reviera. Walking down along the man-made walkways there, exquisite views of the islands within reach and the Adriatic Sea can be instantly seen by the people.

This very nature park is considered to be one of the most famous sightseeing venture places that Croatia has to offer to its locals and tourists.

Numerous pathways surround the whole scene, entering groves of live trees, forests filled with pinecones and the like as well as vast vineyards that intertwine themselves into the very land of which they grow from.

Expanding a total length of nine kilometers down across the land and 36 kilometers alongside its coastline, the Biokovo sierra is adorned with a bounty of rocks made of limestone. Depth-defying cliffs bestrewed with sinkholes and pits as well as deep caves.

Vosac, popularly known as Biokovo Nature Park’s most famous mountaineering and heavy on sightseeing ventures as well as hiking destination stretches out along the whole land area just a total of 2.5 kilometers across the city of Makarska.

The whole nature park has a land area of approximately 19,500 hectares, its highest peak (Sveti Jure) reaching up to 1762 meters. Because of the secluded and isolated nature of the whole mountain range, various plant species. One well-known example of a plant species in this sierra range is the Biokovo bellflower.

Biokovo Skywalk

Envision a platform situated on a cliff, glass panes spreading throughout the strong, sturdy metal trusses that make up the entirety of the platform. The platform is shaped like a horse show, exhibiting a massive U-shaped platform.

Skywalk Biokovo
Biokovo Nature Park – Skywalk

Embodying what appears to be a humongous platform that is part of a massive skyline, this platform holds a considerable number of people. People travel through the walkway, sondering their way through it as well as gaining more perspective as they start to gaze throughout the sierra ranges that the skywalk has to offer in view for its visitors.

The Biokovo Skywalk is Croatia’s pride and joy, happily endorsing to locals and tourists alike that Croatia has so much to offer in terms of sightseeing ventures and other related activities and phenomena.

Positioned in the southwest area of the Biokovo Nature Park (see information above), the skywalk goes up to an altitude of approximately 1200 meters. This is in reference to above sea level, prevailing in what seems to be in intricate weather and climate patterns.

Adorned with a thorough information center, a geological pillar sits across from it. This geological pillar gives a 3D view of the rocks’ cross-section area in which these very rocks formed the Biokovo area.

At each one time, the Biokovo Skywalk is able to cater to a total of 30 visitors.

Locals and tourists as well as visitors alike are allowed to go visit the lookout of the Skywalk and the Ravna Vlaška using the road of Biokovo. This road of Biokovo will lead people into the Biokovo Nature Park’s main entrance.

This will eventually lead people to seeing the tallest peak in the whole nature park, the Sveti Jure (which reaches up to a total height of 1762 meters). Opening hours are between 8:00-20:00 hours.

However, this time frame is highly subjective to the present weather conditions of a visitor’s arrival.

Top Beaches In Baška Voda Croatia

Croatia is predominantly known for its intricately-shaped coastlines and pretty beaches as well as islands.

Baška Voda features 11 distinctly different beaches that aims to cater to all the beach splurges and leisurely vacations that locals and tourists as well as visitors have come to Croatia for.

1. Krvavica Beach

Krvavica Beach holds a huge bounty of amenities, facilities, and the like for locals and tourists within the coastal area.

This beach is inclusive of exquisite cabins, state-of-the-art shower areas and stalls, a bounty of cafes and restaurants, recreational facilities (e.g. such as indoor pools, gyms, basketball courts), relaxing deck chairs as well as heat-deflecting parasols, and an interactive and fun playground for children.

Krvavica Beach
Krvavica Beach in Baška Voda Croatia

2. Bratuš Beach

Bratuš Beach holds a huge bounty of amenities, facilities, and the like for locals and tourists within the coastal area.

This beach is inclusive of exquisite cabins, state-of-the-art shower areas and stalls, a bounty of cafes and restaurants, recreational facilities (e.g. such as indoor pools, gyms, basketball courts), relaxing deck chairs as well as heat-deflecting parasols, and an interactive and fun playground for children.

A distinctive amenity that Bratuš Beach has to offer its tenants is an avant-garde climbing area just for its adventurous visitors.

3. Promajna Beach – Top Baška Voda beach

Promajna Beach holds a huge bounty of amenities, facilities, and the like for locals and tourists within the coastal area.

This beach in Baška Voda is inclusive of exquisite cabins, state-of-the-art shower areas and stalls, a bounty of cafes and restaurants, recreational facilities (e.g. such as indoor pools, gyms, basketball courts), relaxing deck chairs as well as heat-deflecting parasols, and an interactive and fun playground for children.

A distinctive amenity that Promajna Beach has to offer its tenants is a boules playground for both children and adults alike.

The concept of this kind of playground is solely based on games that pertain to rolling or throwing heavy balls the closest distance possible to a target ball that is smaller.

4. Žbanjica Beach

Žbanjica Beach stretches starting from the Promajna port up to the creek.

This bright and vibrant beach holds a huge bounty of amenities, facilities, and the like for locals and tourists within the coastal area. This Baška Voda beach is inclusive of exquisite cabins, state-of-the-art shower areas and stalls, a bounty of cafes and restaurants, recreational facilities (e.g. such as indoor pools, gyms, basketball courts), and relaxing deck chairs as well as heat-deflecting parasols.

5. Baško Polje Beach

Traveling down the pier up to Promajna Beach, Basko Polje Beach holds a huge bounty of amenities, facilities, and the like for locals and tourists within the coastal area.

Baško Polje
Beach Baško Polje

This beach is inclusive of exquisite cabins, state-of-the-art shower areas and stalls, a bounty of cafes and restaurants, recreational facilities (e.g. such as indoor pools, gyms, basketball courts), relaxing deck chairs, and heat-deflecting parasols as well as an interactive and fun playground for children.

6. Stazica Beach

Stretching along starting from the Nikolina beach up to the Baško Polje beach, Stazica Beach holds a huge bounty of amenities, facilities, and the like for locals and tourists within the coastal area.
Stazica beach is inclusive of exquisite cabins, state-of-the-art shower areas and stalls, a bounty of cafes and restaurants, recreational facilities (e.g. such as indoor pools, gyms, basketball courts), and relaxing deck chairs as well as heat-deflecting parasols.

7. Nikolina Beach

Tracing down the pathway of the port up to the Stazica beach, Nikolina Beach holds a huge bounty of amenities, facilities, and the like for locals and tourists within the coastal area. This beach is inclusive of exquisite cabins, state-of-the-art shower areas and stalls, a bounty of cafes and restaurants, recreational facilities (e.g. such as indoor pools, gyms, basketball courts), and relaxing deck chairs as well as heat-deflecting parasols.

A distinguishable feature that this beach has is its usage of a big blue flag to let it stand out from the other beaches.

Moreso, massage centers are open here and are ready to accommodate its highly esteemed clients as well as visitors. Rescue services are also a big benefit the beach has for its visitors. In addition to all of this, Nikolina Beach has made the beach accommodating for disabled people to come and experience the beach together with their family and friends (both sea and beach access).

8. Podluka Beach

Walking along the coastline starting from Ikovac beach up to the port, Podluka Beach holds a huge bounty of amenities, facilities, and the like for locals and tourists within the coastal area. This beach is inclusive of exquisite cabins, state-of-the-art shower areas and stalls, a bounty of cafes and restaurants, recreational facilities (e.g. such as indoor pools, gyms, basketball courts), relaxing deck chairs, and heat-deflecting parasols as well as an interactive and fun playground for children.

9. Ikovac Beach

Looking up to a massive stone in the sea and navigating the way through the western and southern areas of Ikovac, Ikovac Beach holds a huge bounty of amenities, facilities, and the like for locals and tourists within the coastal area.

Ilkovac Beach
Beaches In Baška Voda Croatia – Ilkovac

This beach is inclusive of exquisite cabins, state-of-the-art shower areas and stalls, a bounty of cafes, and relaxing deck chairs as well as heat-deflecting parasols.

All in all, these beaches provide comfort and relaxation as well as the leisurely ventures that locals, tourists, and visitors eventually get into in order to destress when they are stressed with work and need a break from the real world.

Vine Tasting In Baška Voda

Picture a mountainous range, its peaks forming countless pointed triangles along what appears to be a skyline of some sort. Clouds adorning the top area of it, intertwining themselves on the top just like how a street vendor would twirl around cotton candy in their cotton candy machines.

Baška Voda features this vast array of aesthetically pleasing vineyards, the Plenković vineyards.

The Plenković grape plantations are wedged in between the Dječle Selo Health Resort (Children’s Village), Promajna, and Bast. These grape plantations are owned by renowed wine-developing Plenković family from the Hvar island.

With approximately 600,000 (or even more) vines, this specific grape plantation is considered to be one of the biggest grape plantations in the country of Croatia.

Among various assortments addressed in the grape plantation, a significant spot has a place with Plavac Mali and Crljenak and Konavle Malvasia as well as Pošip wines in which the Zinfandel derived itself.

Island Hopping on islands Brač & Hvar

Imagine arriving at Brač Island (or what is also known to be as Golden Horn Beach or Zlatni Rat Beach).

People kicking their slippers back and to the sand, running across the shoreline, and sinking their bodies into the beachlines are considered to be part of a three-way process to achieve the ultimate relaxation routine.

Brač and Hvar islands offer a big variety of perks and benefits as well as pre-conceived itineraries that will be sure to encapsulate all the activities and things to do locals and tourists as well as visitors can all experience while being in Baška Voda.

Brač Island is popularly known for it being a great swimming area as well as a place anyone can just wind down and sip a nice, hot cup of coffee in Bol Town.

Dominican Monastery In Bol
Dominican Monastery In Bol, Brač island, Croatia

This village is considered to be the oldest village on Brač island.

Drinking a warm cup of coffee in this town will give you the most Mediterranean-esque atmosphere.

Hvar Island, on the other hand, offers a bounty of great food, cuisine that is distinctively Croatian and reminiscent of the Adriatic Sea.

One of the more secluded paradises, Jelsa Town, is where it is at when it comes to activities one can do in Hvar Island.

Traveling on Hvar Island
Lavender fields on Hvar island, Croatia

Rafting on River Cetina – Omiš Croatia

With the intricate way that this river is structured, the River Cetina (Omiš) puts forward a location that is perfect for canyoning and rafting. The Dinara mountains, at an intimidating height of 385 meters and stretching along the riverside of the town of Omiš at 105 kilometers.

Cetina river gives off a wide range of benefits that will be useful to the locals in the area and the overall ecosystem of the vicinity. Ultimately, agriculture life would increase in succession. The river also used to be a way to generate power to the mills and plants that are hydro-powered.

Croatia Om,iš
Visit Omiš Croatia

Recently, however, the River Cetina (Omiš) is used as a means for tourism that pertains to adventure and thrill.

Gubavica waterfall which is fifty meters high and canyons that are two hundred meters deep make up this whole natural establishment.

Because of this, canyoning and rafting are considered to be what reels people in to visit the River Centina (Omiš).

In addition to all of this, Canoe Safari Tour and Extreme Canyoning as well as River Tubing are three other activities visitors can do while exploring the River Cetina (Omiš).

Go rafting down the River Cetina (Omiš) and see greenery and water forms in fast forward as you row your way through the free-flowing water streams! Fanatics and enthusiasts of this water sport need to try this at least once!

Nature is a big part of the whole establishment, garnering an open space that is filled with the eccentric yet comforting atmosphere of the outside world. Because of this, taking care of this natural establishment is quite important.

Associations that focus on being a green thumb and helping the environment make the willing effort to care for and aid the River Cetina (Omiš).

Omis - Radmanove Mlinice
Radmanove Mlinice In Omiš, Croatia

In addition to all of this, the Canyon of River Cetina is widely known as a source for archaeological and historical findings and discoveries.

Numerous archaeologists have discovered tools from the medieval era scattered throughout the river and on the bed of River Cetina and weapons wielded by ancient Roman soldiers as well as a bounty of axes way back in the Stone Age era.

These items hold so much historical significance within them and the River Cetina has proven itself to be a holding place for all things archaeology and history.