This is a blog for a trip Paula and Armando did starting in Venice, Italy and finishing in Drubovnik, Croatia visiting Rovinj, Opatija, Rijeka, Plitvice Lakes, Zadar, Split and the islands of Brac and Hvar. We also visited Montenegro where we rode around the bay of Kotor and visited the cities of Budva and Cetinje.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Day 6 - Brac Island
Today we spent the day in the island of Brac. Most of the time we were at Zlatni Rat beach in Bol which is supposed to be Croatia's best beach.
I cannot vouch if it is the best beach of Croatia or not but it surely makes it in top three of best beaches I have been to. Here is a write up about it and apart fom taking some amazing pictures we have also made a two minute video of it. You be the judge.
"Croatia's most spectacular is the vast, golden shingle sandbar, almost 580 yards long, known as the Golden Horn. It juts out into the water at Bol on the island of Brac, the large island opposite Makarska. The beach has a unique shape, like a white tongue stretched into the sea. It is unique also for the fact that it changes shape and position, depending on the wind."
We decided to go matchy-matchy using the BMW Motorrad Fans (from Portugal) t-shirts and took the 11:15am ferry to Brac.
On the ferry we had two interesting encounters. First with a couple from Finland that was in Split spending about 4 days. Leena was very sweet lady and Erkki was very outspoken (not normal for Finns). He was a very strong runner and told me times he did that were amazing. 1,500 meters in 3:45 and his best marathon time on 2 hours 36 minutes. He is now involved in rowing. He trains Olympic rowers and also builds rowing boats. He rows 10Kms every morning. They invited us to vist them in their home in Espoo when we get back to Finland. Paula was able to take a photo of them as we left the ferry. They are the ones waving back.
The other encounter was with Josko who is a member of th BMW Klub in Split. When he saw us he came and asked if we were the owners of the big BMW. We said yes and then he gave us a piece of paper that he had written and was going to put it on the bike together with sticker of the club. We spoke for about 40 minutes about riding in Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Albania. His stories about Albania were hilarious as he explained what is like driving there. Before we left the ferry I put the sticker on the bike.
We were pretty much the first vehicle leaving the ferry at Supetar and made our way to Bol as we wanted to spend some time in Zlatin Rat beach. The distance is about 35 Kms and very winding with beautiful views as we get closer to coast line. What a pleasure to do on a bike.
The beach is so beautiful and water so calm that I got out the GoPro camera, put it in special waterproof enclosure and took some pics at water level.
As the sun started coming down we left Zlatin Rat beach and made our way to see Bol. As we entered the town a number of people tried to sell us a room for the night. This is an interesting practice that we saw the first time yesterday when we visited Hvar. In today's highly internet-based world, in Croatia you can still get a room by looking at a person in the face and see if that is the person you would like to do business with.
After driving in Bol and saying no many times, we went up the mountain and east to Sumatrin which is the city that is closest to the mainland. You can actually see the tall mountains being kissed by the sun as we came down towards Sumatrin at sea level.
We did not have much time as sun was coming down and we needed to make the ferry back in Supetar but we still managed to take some nice pictures and put a note that Sumatrin is nice to visit. Color of water was yet again different and beautiful.
The way back to the ferry was yet again quite fun as we pushed the motorbike through the winding road. On top of us the sky was having a full day with shades of orange and red. Amazing.
The trip back was quite fast (50 minutes) and we decided to have dinner first and then come to hotel after. As we have been in Split for two nights now we did not get lost and went to the Park Hotel which has a beautiful terrace outside. The live music on the piano was an added bonus for yet another beautiful day. For me one of the best we have had in this trip.
Tomorrow we have decided to stay one more day in Split and see the old town and spend some time in the spa at hotel, before we move on to Dubrovnik further south.
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