Lumbarda Information

Lumbarda is a tourist village at the south-east cape of the Island of Korcula in Republic of Croatia. Its 1200 inhabitants are mainly active in the local tourist service but they are also wine-growers, fishermen and stone-dressers. Find out more about Lumbarda and be sure to check out our apartment offer if you decide to spend your vacations visiting natural beauties of Lumbarda!

Geographically situated on the cross-roads between Central Europe and the Mediterranean, Republic of Croatia plays an important role as a tourist destination for both visitors from Central and Eastern Europe.With its total state area of only 89,810 km2, Croatia still provide a variety of areas with different climate. Although northern and central Croatia with its continental climate has many natural beauties, most visitors decide to spend their vacations along adriatic coast.

Warm Adriatic Sea and mediterranean climate makes adriatic coast an ideal destination not only for summer, but spring and autumn vactions. Adriatic coast has total of 1,185 islands, rocks and reefs, and with coast ruggedness factor of 11 (compared to Greece 6) presents an unique experience if visited from yacht or even a small boat. On the southern part of adriatic coast is situated Island of Korcula, one of the 66 inhabited islands of Croatia.

On its 284,6 km2 of area you will find a tipical mediterranean landscape surrounded by clean blue sea. There are several small towns scattered throughout the island, with town of Korcula, the historical centre of the island. On the far eastern cape of the island is situated small village of Lumbarda.

Lumbarda extends around a small bay and on the hills behind it, just six kilometers east from town of Korcula. The scenery around Lumbarda is very picturesque, hills and slopes with olive groves, pine wood parks, indented coast, 20 islets with smooth flat cliffs and old deserted quarries. Four small sand beaches are edged by Lumbarda field, consisting of reddish and yellowish soils (Pleistocene sand), which offer excellent conditions for wine-growing (famous white wine Grk).

For centuries the people of Lumbarda were farmers, mostly grape growers, fishermen and stone-masons. Several prominent modern Croatian artists, sculptors and painters were born here: Ivo Lozica (1910-1943), Lujo Lozica (1934), Stipe Nobilo (1945), and the most important of all, Frano Krsinic (1897-1981). He made the bronze Second World War Memorial in the centre of the village and the bronze relief Fishermen on the hotel. Nearby is the studio-house and collection of the local amateur sculptor, the peasant Ivan Jurjev-Knez (1920), who works in stone and wood.

Today the local people are also engaged in tourism: there are hotels, several camps, many private pensions, restaurants, and a small marina. Lumbarda has 3000 sunny hours a year, average temperature in January is never below 9,6 degrees Celsius and in July never surpass 26.9 degrees. Not only temperature, but also exceptional quality, clarity and shallowness of the water as well as indented coast with many islets attracts swimmers to Lumbarda. Clean sea and mild climate, harmonious stone arhitecture, tanquility typical of an island and hospitable people invite you to spend your summer here.