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18 October 2015 / 22 Comments

The village of Bol on the island of Brac - in the Croatian archipelago

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Bol is located on the island of Brac, which is the third largest island in the Croatian archipelago. Brac is surrounded by the Adriatic Sea and can be reached by ferry from Split on the mainland to the town of Supertar.

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Bol on the island of Brac

The village of Bol on the island of Brac, located on the south side of the island, is a small harbour or fishing village with a beautiful promenade. Several nice beaches, including the famous Zlatni Rat beach, and nice restaurants make Bol on the island of Brac a holiday paradise.

I Byn Bol på ön Brac I Kroatiens skärgård

In the village of Bol on the island of Brac in the Croatian archipelago.

Island Brac is one of the more popular islands off the coast of Croatia and can be reached by ferry from Split. The ferry docks in Supetar, the largest town on the island, and to get to Bol you then have a 50-minute drive on winding mountain roads.

Another option is to take a ferry from Makarska to the town of Sumartin. Bol is the main tourist resort on the island of Brac in Croatia and is best known for its specially shaped beach Zlatni Rat.

Färjevägen från Split, samt vägen över Brac för att komma till Bol
The ferry road from Split, and the road we drove across Brac to get to Bol.
Adriatiska havets glitter
The glitter of the Adriatic Sea

Things to see and do in Bol

Bol is really a super cosy little village with charming stone houses, restaurants in a nice location by the water and some small shops with clothes and holiday items. You can take several different boat trips Or you can go snorkelling, diving, windsurfing and kitesurfing. Above all, of course, you can sunbathe and swim - preferably on the beach "Zlatni Rat", which has actually been named one of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

Rundvandring i Bol
Det superklara vattnet i Kroatien
Byn Bol i Kroatien

Beaches Zlatni Rat

"Zlatni Rat" means "Golden cape" and is world famous for its beauty. Time and again it has been included in lists of beautiful beaches, including being named the best beach in Croatia by Lonely Planet.

Zlatni Rat I Kroatien

Exploring Bol

The first thing that strikes you when you walk in and around Bol is how incredibly beautiful it is everywhere. The beaches are charming little coves, the sea is crystal clear and the pine trees are intensely green.

Bol Kroatien
Beach just outside Bol - if you look closely you can see a person swimming in the water!

Most of the houses are made of stone and look like they are straight out of a medieval film. Therefore it was a bit funny and unexpected when we suddenly came across some very different houses with special graffiti painting! Shortly afterwards, it was time for a paradise beach again...

House in Bol on the island of Brac

Bol in low season

Until the end of October, you can expect quite a few things to be open in Bol. Dey is of course not as busy as in summer, but there are still shops, restaurants and boat hire companies open. As October turns into November, things get worse. Boat hire companies close and many restaurants close or only serve beer.

Camping in Bol

What about camping? Since we couldn't find a campsite to begin with, we slept the first night in a car park, in our camper van. When we woke up this morning, a car stopped outside our motorhome and a man asked if we wanted to come and stay at his campsite? Of course we did, so now we are staying at the nice little year-round campsite Kamp Kito.

Blomma på Brac
Flowers with lots of colour are plentiful
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18 October 2015 17:57
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  1. BP says:

    Fingers crossed that it will be sunny again soon with you. Oh how lucky you were that the guy stopped and asked you if you wanted to camp with him. Sometimes you have to be lucky:-)

    18 October 2015 - 18:09

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  2. Mr Steve says:

    Croatia is growing in my world.
    It's great to receive a personalised invitation to a campsite.

    18 October 2015 - 18:49

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  3. Lennart says:

    The sun is coming and we are on our way!

    Hugs

    18 October 2015 - 19:09

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  4. Åsa says:

    How clever to go around and attract customers to the campsite! Hope the sun comes again soon!

    18 October 2015 - 19:09

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    admin says:

    BP, it's supposed to be sunny according to the weather reports so we believe in it 🙂 Yes, when we asked at the tourist information centre they only sent us to closed campsites so this was better 😉.

    Steve, I'm sure they needed a few more customers, but it worked out well for us 😉.

    Lennart, how wonderful that you are on the road! What is the goal?

    Åsa, yes, I don't know if it was a coincidence or a method, but it was clever! 😉

    18 October 2015 - 20:01

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  6. Rosita says:

    Extra fun to follow you now. It is precisely Brac that we will visit this summer! Thanks for the tip about Bol then! We will stay in Supetar. And of course make an excursion to Split!
    Warm greetings,
    Rosita

    18 October 2015 - 20:15

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    admin says:

    Rosita, what fun! We will stay here for a while so we will write more. We will also visit Supetar, so we will write about that city too!

    18 October 2015 - 20:26

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  8. Maggan and Ingemar says:

    Now I can finally catch up with the blog. We have only had free wiwi and they have been very limited. The tourist offices usually have, but sometimes you have to pay even there.
    You seem to have done a lot and you should probably go to Croatia in late summer or early autumn. This season brings a lot of wind and rain.
    You don't seem to have bathed for a while....is it too cold in the water?
    In any case, you find nice places and we note them .... you never know, maybe it will be where we go next autumn.
    Yes, this is the time of year when they usually fill up most of the campsites.
    Here in Spain we have never before experienced so many motorhomes, as now. We head south tomorrow have a good time on your journey home, which may take a while if I understand you correctly 🙂.

    18 October 2015 - 21:12

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  9. solan says:

    Sure.
    It always works out 😉

    18 October 2015 - 21:16

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    admin says:

    Maggan and Ingemar, nice to hear from you! Yes, there can be a lot of wind and rain this time of year, but at times it is warm and lovely. It is probably good to swim (we saw a bunch of people swimming for a long time today) but we want more sun to do it. We will see if there will be any more opportunity before the season is over 😉 And yes, many campsites close 15 Oct. There are also those that are open all year round, but you have to check in advance to be sure. We also saw an insane amount of motorhomes in Spain and Portugal last winter. Have a good trip!

    Solan, yes, but isn't it? 😉

    18 October 2015 - 21:58

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  11. Lennart says:

    Good temperature!
    The sun will probably come too!

    Live well

    19 October 2015 - 8:31

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  12. Ama de casa says:

    Useful when the campsites are looking for you, so you don't have to look for yourself 🙂.

    Hope the sun comes to you soon!

    19 October 2015 - 9:53

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  13. Anna in Dubai says:

    ah so cosy... want to jump into the photo and just be in some small, cosy place and run around. I didn't think of the big city for the occasion. Tall buildings and all that shiny stuff. I want small, cosy, cough, rain, candlelight, blankets...
    It will pass soon enough.

    19 October 2015 - 10:37

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  14. agnes in Lund says:

    We also liked the many small beaches a bit east (if I remember correctly) of the centre. Stayed a week in Bol a couple of years ago. Nice jogging path out towards Zlatnirat. Wonderful beach there - but expensive sunbeds 🙂.

    19 October 2015 - 12:42

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    admin says:

    Lennart, it is raining today but the sun will come, so we wait and hope 🙂 .

    Ama de casa, right? 😉

    Anna in Dubai, can really understand you! We usually get tired after just a few days in any big city, and then there is not even much gold 😉.

    Agnes in Lund, thanks for the tip! Funny that you have been here! We will look around more when it stops raining! 😉 Right now, by the way, the sun loungers at Zlatni rat looked a bit abandoned 😉.

    19 October 2015 - 14:04

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  16. Annika says:

    I think it looks absolutely marvellous. I would love to be on that island! The pictures really make me want to go there.
    Nice that the campsite really sought you out 🙂 Not so common, I understand.

    19 October 2015 - 15:54

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    admin says:

    Annika, it feels like a fantastic island! We will try to see a little more today (yesterday it rained). No, "outreach activities" are not so common perhaps, haha

    20 October 2015 - 7:48

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  18. Rosita says:

    Yippee so fun to get some travel info from Supetar too! I hitchhike with you via cyberspace ???

    20 October 2015 - 18:47

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