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Islands Vis-ROMANTIC PEARL: 
Secret beaches, beautiful and ideal for couples because of it's peaceful bays with transparent sea. In Vis and Komiza place you can hear the voices of a cappella singers, see the wine growing all over this small island and taste it while eating the fish!
The foremost island on the Adriatic, with the area of 90.3 sq. kilometers and the highest point at the altitude of 587 meters. There are 13 settlements with about 5,000 inhabitants. The highest point is Hum. Near the western coast is wide bay of Komiža. The southern coast has a number of smaller coves. The port and the town of Vis is on the northern coast of the island. There is no fresh water on the islands except a few springs near Komiža.
Inhabitants grow vineyards in the fertile valleys, covered with red soil and from place to place with sand layers.
The main settlements on the island, Vis and Komiža, are connected by the asphalt road. The most important economic branch is fishing (fish factory in Komiža). The nursery of palms is also on the island. South-west from the island of Vis is the island of Bisevo, famous of its Modra špilja (the Blue Cave).
Vis was inhabited already in Neolithic. In the 4th century B.C.,the tyrant of Syracuse, Dionisius the Older, founded the colony Issa on this island. Later, it became independent city-state, and even forged its own money and founded its own colonies elsewhere. In first century B.C., the island was held by Illyrian tribe of Liburni. In the Middle Ages it often changed rulers, and then for a long time it was under Venice. Because of danger of the pirates, the settlements were formed in the inland: the main settlement is Velo Selo. Later, the larger settlements developed also on the coast (Komiža and Luka of St. Juraj - present town of Vis). Administratively the island of Vis was for centuries bound to the island of Hvar. There is a ferryboat connection with Split (Split - Vis) and the ship connection between Split and both Vis and Komiža
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