Podgora

Croatia / Split-Dalmatia / Podgora

In the centre of the Croatian Coast lies Podgora, an excellent place for your holiday. Welcome to an ecologically totally clean part of the Adriatic Sea, where the sunset is in hundred colors, and the morning wakes you up with the scent of the nature! Podgora is a tourist and natural oasis of countryside dreams. Your expectations will be fulfilled with rich tastes of the sea, warm touches of the sun and the scent of the exuberant Mediterranean vegetation. Whatever you expect from a holiday, you will certainly find in Podgora. The organized tourism started in Podgora in 1922, when the first hotel "Praha" was built. Podgora was a small fisherman's village until the beginning of the 1960s. After the construction of the Adriatic main road it developed into a modern tourist resort with more than 2000 beds in hotels and about 3600 beds in private apartments. You can spend your holiday during the whole year, because the climate is mild, and the sea is pleasant for swimming from May until October. Here the nature and the sea will never say "good bye" to you - but always "see you again"! Many restaurants, pizzerias and other gastronomical objects will serve you quality national and international dishes and drinks. For the active holiday we have prepared multi- purpose sport grounds: for tennis, volleyball, basketball, bowling. On the sea we are offering skiing, surfing, diving, navigate with ships or sport boats. Its rarely beautiful landscape, the azure sky and the limpid sea make Podgora the peerless beauty spot of the Adriatic. The national park Biokovo offers possibilities for mountain biking, hiking and climbing. A beautiful beaches, plenty of greenery, very good hotels and restaurants make Podgora one of the favourite tourist destinations. Recreation enthusiasts are offered four tennis courts, as well as various playgrounds for indoor football, basketball and beach volleyball. Various workshops are also provided: yachting, windsurfing, water skiing; equipment for water sports and boats are also rented. Your pleasure will be increased by the well organized trips to near islands, ancient pirate town of Omis, Dubrovnik, Split or the Krka waterfalls, by the unforgettable morning or evening promenades along the sea or by the romantic fishing expeditions at night.