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Brač travel guide

The only Brač travel guide you need to read. Time Out's pick of the best things to in Brač, with beaches, restaurants, hotels, clubs and more...

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Justin McDonnell
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Travelling to Brač is easy, yet despite being one of the closest islands to the mainland, less than an hour by ferry – and a prime candidate for the most popular – Brač lets you carouse with the hordes or get lost in solitude.

In many ways, it’s Croatia’s ‘everyisland’. And, because Brač is so close to Split, you can do it in a day trip. A ride in a bus or hire car from the northern entry port of Supetar – the other main tourist centre and family-friendly resort with sand-and-pebble beaches and package hotels – goes past pines, olive groves and marble quarries to the southern coast and Bol. When explored, Brač allows travellers to step off the tourist conveyor belt, take a break from the herd and gain a deeper sense of the island and its culture.

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Brač overview

Brač overview

Despite being one of the closest islands to the mainland – less than an hour by catamaran – and prime candidate for the most popular, Brač gives you the option...

Brač transport guide

Brač transport guide

Brač is one of the few Adriatic islands to have its own airport (021 559 711, www.airport-brac.hr), 15km north-east of Bol. To get to Supetar, ask at the...

Food and drink in Brač

Brač bar and club guide

Brač bar and club guide

Though the bars in Brač certainly don't have the party-crowd cachet of Hvar, the bar staff here don’t like to interrupt a good party so places often open past...

Brač restaurant guide

Brač restaurant guide

The Brač restaurant scene isn't straightforward. Of course, the busy places in Bol and Supetar fill around their respective harbours. However, it is not here...

Konoba Tomić

Konoba Tomić

  • price 2 of 4

This legendary konoba stands in the 800-year-old house of the Michieli-Tomić family, whose wines and brandies are sold all over Croatia. Practically everything...

Kopačina

Kopačina

  • price 3 of 4

If not the best restaurant on the island, certainly it has no rivals in the realm of lamb, served with a Forrest Gump-like dedication and in every way...

Cocktail Bar Bolero

Cocktail Bar Bolero

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4

At a scenic high point on the promenade, plush cushioned wicker chairs and sofas and meditative world music tempt you to this pine-shaded terrace cocktail bar...

Ribarska kućica

Ribarska kućica

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 3 of 4

A beautiful old house on a rocky walkway offers views of a cosy cove beach and the sea. Each of the terraces has tables. It’s somewhat pricey, but if...

Where to stay in Brač

Brač hotel guide

Brač hotel guide

The list of Brač hotel options are slowly increasing, but at a quieter pace than neighbour Hvar. The exception is Postira, with major renovations of existing...

Hotel Palace Dešković

Hotel Palace Dešković

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • price 4 of 4

By far the loveliest option on Brač. It comes with all of the contemporary accoutrements, WiFi, heated bathroom floors and massage bathtubs. But the 13 rooms...

Villa Giardino

Villa Giardino

  • price 3 of 4

This family-run old villa is usually booked in high season – but snag one of the 14 rooms and you’ll be a guest in someone’s mansion. The interior is...

Hotel Amor

Hotel Amor

  • price 2 of 4

This four-star element of Tourist Resort Velaris is set in Vela Luke Bay to the west of Supetar town centre. The whole resort was renovated in 2006 and Amor...