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From the mountains: view down on the southern coas

From the mountains: view down on the southern coas, Pitve

 halikowski Says:  The southern coast steeply descends down to the sea. It is wilder, and more cut off, though the villages have been a bit taken over by tourist developments.The best way to get up to the mountain planina is the mule track that goes up to Sv. Nikola from Svirce village. It... 

View down to the fertile Starigrad fields

View down to the fertile Starigrad fields, Pitve

 halikowski Says:  These fields are one of the most fertile areas anywhere in Dalmatia. It was the reason that the Parians (from the Greek island of Paros) came to settle on the coast of Hvar in the 3rd century BC. But their arrival heralded a number of bitter wars with the more... 

View from the road to Brusje down to Starigrad bay

View from the road to Brusje down to Starigrad bay, Pitve

 halikowski Says:  You can see the split-Dubrovnik ferry sailing off. In the background you see mountainous Brac and immediately behind the ferry, you see the Glavice peninsula. 

As the island once was. . .

As the island once was. . ., Pitve

 halikowski Says:  Head away from the sea, to see how the island once was. These villages are very quiet.. most of them were abandoned in the 1960s when the inhabitants left agriculture to assume jobs in the tourist sector on the coast. And they built new, concrete houses with all the mod... 

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 You can see the split-Dubrovnik ferry sailing off. In the background you see mountainous Brac and immediately behind the ferry, you see the Glavice peninsula. 

 

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 Description: Head away from the sea, to see how the island once was. These villages are very quiet.. most of them were abandoned in the 1960s when the inhabitants left agriculture to assume jobs in...... 

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