Isabella House Lumbarda - Korcula (10+0)

Location

Directions

car

Several directions:
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  First highway Zagreb -> Split, ferry Split -> Vela Luka

  Second highway Zagreb -> Ravča, continue down the road to board

   a) ferry Panels -> Trpanj; road Trpanj -> Orebic, Orebic ferry -> Dominče (Korcula)

   b) continuation of the road from the panel through the Peljesac to Orebic, Orebic ferry -> Dominče (Korcula)
  
plane

Dubrovnik airport (140 km from Korcula) and Split (150 km from Korcula).

Neighborhood

Lumbarda is scattered with small bays and the surrounding hills. From Korcula is 6 km away and it is on a paved road that passes through a picturesque late pine forests and olive groves. Lumbarda is surrounded by large sandy vineyards and specific soil and location in the southern part of the island, is a winning combination for growing varieties of the famous Greek. Vine processed manually, with minimal use of protective devices, in order to obtain a golden yellow wine crystal purity. The place with just over 1,000 inhabitants, as well as all over the island, there is no industry: just beaches, forests and a small marina. People of Lumbarda centuries engaged in agriculture, in the 3rd century BC the Greeks founded the agricultural settlement here, in this quiet Mediterranean village, there are still numerous sites of the ancient Greeks and Romans. View from Lumbarda shoot the peninsula, and in the summer you will be refreshed from the Peljesac channel mistral, which will benefit and sailors. Near the spill and an archipelago of twenty uninhabited islands with dense underbrush, and smooth stones suitable for sunbathing. Island Badija is partially covered by a thick pine forest that extends to the pebble beach on the north and south sides, and on the island in recent times have been brought and deer. At the Badia were discovered and the oldest is Neolithic stone knives, speaking about how the island was inhabited in prehistoric times.

From 16 century wealthy Korculans just in Lumbarda built their beautiful villas some of which are still preserved. Now here is booming tourism in hotels, camps, private houses, in sandy, gravelly and rocky beaches. Of course, with good wine, fish, olives, music and dance.