| VIS TOWN is attractively sited, a sedate arc of grey-brown houses
stretching around a deeply indented bay, above which looms a steep
escarpment covered with the remains of abandoned agricultural terraces.
The most attractive parts of town are east of the ferry landing in the
suburb of Kut , a largely sixteenth-century tangle of narrow cobbled
streets overlooked by the summer houses built by nobles from Hvar. There
are no specific buildings to visit, although the stone balconies and
staircases give the place an undeniably aristocratic air. Heading west
around the bay soon brings you to a small peninsula, from which the
campanile of the Franciscan monastery of St Hieronymous (Sveti Jere)
rises gracefully alongside a huddle of cypresses. The town's small
pebbly beach is just beyond.
Just to the right of the ferry dock are the tourist office (June-Sept
Mon-Sat 8am-1pm & 4-8pm, Sun 8am-1pm; Oct-May Mon-Fri 9am-1pm; tel
021/717-017 , www.tz-vis.hr ) and the Darlic & Darlic agency (tel
021/713-760), which has rooms (under £5/$8/¬9-£10/$16/¬18). Best of the
hotels are the stately turn-of-the-century Tamaris , on the waterfront
at Setaliste Apolonija Zanelle 5 (tel 021/711-350;
£15-20/$24-32/¬27-36), and the smaller, pension-like Paula , Petra
Hektorovica 2 (tel 021/711-362, paula-hotel@st.tel.hr ;
£10-15/$16-24/¬18-27) in Kut. Also in Kut, the restaurants Paula , Val
and Vatrica are worth trying.
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