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Places of the island Vis:
VIS
The small town and a harbor at the end of the bay of Vis, on the north-eastern coast of the island. The sand and gravel beaches are in the vicinity (Povja, Mala and Vela Svitnja, Rogačić, etc.)
The antique lssa was built on the terraces in the area of Gradine, on the north-western edge of the cove. It was fortified by the wall that is partly preserved. In the southern part of the antique town there were baths from the beginning of the 1st century A.D. (the remains of the walls and mosaics).
The Roman theater was located on the small peninsula Prirovo. The Franciscan monastery with a church was built in the 16th century on the same location.
Present settlement was formed by the merging of two smaller ones: Luka in the west and Kuta in the east. The older buildings that are preserved origin from the 16th-17th century. The most important among them are: the renaissance Gariboldi Palace (the inscription from 1552), the summer residence of the Croatian poet Marin Gazarović (the first half of the 17th century), the house called Jakša, and the Dojmi-Delupis house with the collection of the archaeological finds from the antiquity. In the 17th century, Vis was fortified with four towers.
Hotel: Issa.
KOMIŽA
The small town and port on the western coast of the island, in the deep bay of Komiža, at the foot of the hill Hum. The inhabitants work in fishing, agriculture (vineyards, vegetables, citrus fruits, carobs) and tourism. On the eastern coast of the bay there are large gravel beaches (Gusarica, Nova Pošta, Velo žalo).
Komiža has been mentioned in the historical documents in the 12th century. In the second half of the 13th century, the Benedictines from the neighboring Biševo settled there and founded the monastery of St. Nikola. The monastery complex with the church and the defense tower from the century is still preserved.
Hotel: Biševo
Other places:
Rare inhabitad villages like Velo Selo, Podhumlje, Podšpilje, Borovik, Žena Glava, Kostrirna, Duboka, Oključna.
This places are ideal if you don't like to stay in the town. Only thing you need to do is to take one of two roads to the interior side of the island and you will find little settlements with old houses, ruins all arounded by vineyards. There is growing village toursm and there you can eat realy good! They will offer you wine, vegetables cultivated and gathered from the garden in front of you, cheese, meal, dry figs..
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