The Adriatic coast is widely known for its beauty, which takes many travellers’ breath away every time, and among the enticing curves of the Dalmatian islands, it is difficult to single out just one. However, there is that heavenly piece of land surrounded by the sea, whose shape resembles a playful bottlenose dolphin diving from neighbouring Brač to the foot of Torgir’s Drvenik Veli!
Our trail leads you first to the narrow streets of the largest and oldest square on the island of Šolta, which with its irregular shapes hides the true charm of a Mediterranean town. The square is on the edge of Sridnje polje, at the crossroads of roads leading from Rogač to Maslinica and Gornje Selo, and will show the best of its history through the art of stacking and shaping stone. The rustic streets, multi-story buildings with carved doorways, stairs and galleries – staircases and terraces, enchant with every line they have, and winding dry stone walls protecting the earth from the rain and wind accompany you along the entire island. On the west side of Šolta, the former fishing village of Maslinica, built around the Marchi family’s castle, which these nobles built to defend themselves against these pirates, is impatiently waiting for us. The sea view encompasses the archipelago of seven islets, and from the viewpoint near St. Nicholas’s church the stunning panorama extends to the surrounding bays and beyond, towards Drvenik and Trogir. On the way back to the centre of the island and Rogač, why not stop in Donje Selo, whose ancient heritage can be seen from the remains of villae rusticae, in the footsteps of St. Martin for whom the cult was nurtured here as well.