Stari Grad – a peaceful haven in the Adriatic.

Saturday 13 – Sunday 14 July 2024

We arrived in Stari Grad at 4:45pm and after restocking on water, an almost hourly occurance in this heat, started the 22 minute walk to our accommodation. It was very hard going. On arrival we looked like two beetroots!

After settling into Zana Apartments, we showered, unpacked, and set off to explore the small town.  Based around a horseshoe bay the port was teeming with life. Supercruisers were coming and going, small fishing boats pulling in to sell fish, families promenading up and down the waterfront and maitre’d’s inviting prospective diners to there establishments.

We wandered through the back streets looking at the ubnfamiliar architecture.  The buildings in Croatia have a distinctly homogenous material, but come with a range of unique features.  They are all constructed from the pale local stone, with red terracotta roof tiles.

We found a nice restaurant that appeared to be not TOO expensive to have a steak for dinner.  We still can’t get used to people smoking at the table – even though we had outdoor seating – still disconcerting.  The meal was good and accompanied by a carafe of vino blanc.

The number of super yachts coming and going was impressive. We watched Seagull manouver out of its berth (belongs to Hungarian Billionaire). It can accommodate 9 crew and 10 passengers.  Super yachts moving from port to port is a thing as we saw the same ones in Hvar the following evening.

On our second evening we walked up to the cross we could see on the hill, and admired the view.  It was helpful to see the layout of the town, and to confirm that it really didn’t stretch much beyond the pedestiran only central harbour.