Flemming and I had one more thing on our to do list – to visit Vrsboska, a little village north of Jelsa, which we spotted on our flight over the Hvar island two days earlier. We again took a bus, and 10 minutes later were walking towards Vrboska center.
Vrboska is often called The Little Venice of Croatia because of its bridges over the channel.
The village was founded in the 15th century as a fishing harbour. Around 600 people live in Vrboska, but we hardly saw a couple of them on our visit.
Via the narrow labyrinth of streets, we made our way to the fortress we saw from air.
The fortress was a Church of St. Mary of Mercy, and it was built before the 14th century. In 1575, the Church of St. Mary was fortified, to become a church-fortress, the only such structure in the archipelago:
The church is said to have the paintings of Tizian and other Venetian masters.
We wandered a bit around, got lost in those small streets, and met another tourist there 🙂
The bells of another church of Vbroska, St. Lovre, from 15th century:
The church has 5 altars, artwork on its ceilings, and many valuable paintings. To see all that, one has to come by when its open.
Back to the waterfront promenade where the tables were getting set up for dinner:
I wonder, how many tourists fell down into the water from those back-seats…
Vbroska has a proud heritage in shipbuilding. Traditional wooden boats with lateen sails are a special experience for the locals, as well as for guests:
We soon saw the most of Vbroska, and returned back to Jelsa. It was dinner time, and we went to the Bistro Obala:
First – drinks:
Then seafood. We loved Croatian seafood:
Even Flemming forgot everything about his steaks:
Later, there was a gala open-air concert in Jelsa:
It was a mix of different artists, from opera singers:
to jazz musicians:
Flemming and I didn’t stay long; we needed to get ready for our flight to Slovenia next morning.
We spent the rest of the evening checking weather and making flight plans. And enjoying the view from our balcony!