IMG_4948 - The view from our hotel, with the swimming beach on the left and the old town of Korčula on the far right.
IMG_4950 - The modern town through the hotel gardens.
IMG_4951 - Our hotel was an easy walk back from town for those who wanted to stay and explore after our guided tour there.
IMG_4953 - The Pelješac Peninsula, across the Strait of Pelješac. The katabatic, bura winds flow down those mountains.
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IMG_4958 - "Plokata Trg 19 Aprila 1921" is a main square. Its fountain commemorates the arrival of a good water supply in 1968.
IMG_4959 - The Punat Bridge and Land Gate, the south entrance to the peninsula and the old town through the Revelin Tower.
IMG_4962 - The plaque on the tower commemorates the coronation of Tomislav, the first king of Croatia, in AD 910.
IMG_4963 - Inside, narrow streets control winds. This straight, west-side street welcomes the pleasant, maestral, sea breezes from the north-west.
IMG_4964 - The narrow streets branch off this wider, north-south street through the middle of town, like ribs in a fish skeleton.
IMG_4965 - Just past the Revelin tower entrance is St Michael's Church (Crkva Svetog Mihovila), first mentioned in 1408.
IMG_4966 - St Michael's and other important Renaissance buildings are situated around Brothers Radić Square.