After a good nights sleep, we awoke to a stunning day and in a much improved mood. We went and visited the town of Makarska, which is the main tourist town on the coast and the town of Igrane, which we can see from our balcony on our apartment (the sun sets behinds its church tower every night to create a brilliant silhouette).
Makarska is tourist central for the Austrians, Germans, Croats, Dutch and other nations that flood to the Dalmatian coast for a beach holiday. Like so many beach tourist resorts, there is an endless number of high-rise apartments, that empty people out onto the beach each morning. The beach itself is not very big, so it gets absolutely jam packed with people all crammed in side by side (see the photo). Beside the beach is a big market area selling beach clothing, beach towels, rubber mats (essential on the pebbles) jandals etc. and lots of restaurants and bars, so once you get yourself installed at the beach it’s all right there for you. The temperature was in the low 30’s, so everybody except Anne and I seemed very happy to be doing as little as possible if they weren’t cooling off in the sea. Anne and I of course were in sightseeing mode, so were walking around the historic centre with its square and church etc. Despite there being restaurants in the square, the whole area was deserted with everybody being at the beach. We then went down to the port to find out about boat trips to the islands before heading off to Igrane to find some shade, a beer and some lunch.
After lunch and a siesta, we headed to the beach at about 5pm, when the sun was a bit cooler and went for a swim in the Adriatic, which must be the warmest water either of us have ever swum in.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment