Makarska, Croatia

Today’s destination was Makarska, a port town on Croatia’s Dalmatian coast, known for its Makarska Riviera beaches, seafront promenade and nightlife. It is a seafront resort town known for its water activities and the plan today was to do a rafting excursions. However we woke to freezing cold rain and loud thunder so the majority of us on the boat “chickened out” - well we actually postponed until tomorrow. At 13 degrees in the cold rain, rafting was just not appealing. Hopefully tomorrow the weather gods will be in our favour.

With a very wet morning the best thing to do was relax and that is exactly what we did. Thankfully the weather had cleared by lunch time so we left the boat to explore the town of Makarska.

The old town with archeological findings placing human settlement as far back as 6000 BC., nestles beneath the rugged Mt. Biokovo. While the old town is small, it is quite charming with its historic buildings and cobblestone lanes.
We checked out the Church of Saint Mark, which, built between 1697 to 1755, was the Cathedral until 1969.

We strolled the promenade from one end to the other, from the National Park at one end to the Statue of St. Peter overlooking the harbour, thankful we had some time off the boat.

After such a late lunch we weren’t that hungry so met the others from our “Secret Six” group for cocktails and light bar food for dinner. The prices here have been the best so far on this cruise and the food was so fresh and delicious. Once again a nice way to end the day. We all called it a night quite early as we have an early start tomorrow for rafting.Read more