| Though the largest town on the island of Brac, SUPETAR is a rather
sleepy village onto which package tourism has been painlessly grafted.
There's little of specific interest, save for several attractive shingle
beaches which stretch away westwards from the town's harbour, and the
Petrinovic Mausoleum , a neo-Byzantine confection on a wooded promontory
1km west of town, built by sculptor Toma Rosandic to honour a local
businessman.
Supetar's tourist office beside the ferry dock at Porat 1 (mid-June-mid-Sept
daily 8am-10pm; rest of year Mon-Fri 10am-4pm; tel 021/630-551 ,
www.supetar.hr ) has information on the whole island. Private rooms are
available from Supetar Tours (tel 021/630-022) near the bus station, or
Atlas (tel 021/631-105) on the harbourfront. There's also the Palute,
1.5km west of the harbour at Put pasike 16 (tel 021/631-541;
£10-15/$16-24/¬18-27), a friendly and agreeable pension offering bed-and-breakfast
accommodation. The Hotel Britanida , 200m east of the ferry dock at
Hrvatskih velikana 26 (tel 021/631-038; £15-20/$24-32/¬27-36), is a step
up in comfort; but avoid the line of overpriced package hotels behind
the beaches. There are two campsites just east of the ferry dock. Best
of the places to eat on the harbourfront is Palute at Porat 4, which
serves good grilled fish. Vinotoka , just inland from the harbour at
Dobova 6, has a wide range of traditional Croatian food and an extensive
choice of local wines. The clear waters around Supetar are perfect for
scuba diving ; the Dive Center Kaktus in the Kaktus Hotel complex (tel
021/630-421; April-Oct) rents out gear and arranges scuba and
snorkelling crash courses from around 200kn, as well as renting out
mountain bikes. Ferry tickets can be purchased from the Jadrolinija
office inside the bus station.
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