Makarska
- Museum of malacology – the richest collection of shells in the
world is held at the museum of malacology, over 3000 examples of exposed shells. A
valuable herbarium of plants from the Biokovo Mountain is also kept at the museum,
as well as a smaller paleontology collection. There are also numerous types of
shells from the tropical and subtropical seas – they have the most attractive colors
and shapes of all the shells.
- St.Peter Peninsula – a park on the south side of the town, with
remains of an old church and caves, beautiful long promenade connected to all
locations of the Makarska Riviera.
- Vepric sanctuary – dedicated to the Mary of Lourdes, founded by
bishop dr. Juraj Carić in 1908. A natural cave is placed in the midst of a landscape
with hills, greenery and a small creek.
- St. Mark concathedral – is located on the top of Kacic square. The
building of this baroque style church began in 1700. At the entrance to the
concathedral, to the right, there is an altar in which bones of St. Klement is kept,
patron saint of the town of Makarska, as well as of the Makarska diocese.
- Venice fountain – also from the 18th century with the oldest crest
of the town known.
Baska Voda
- St. Nikola church – built in 1889 in a
neoromantic style. It holds valuable objects such as the stained glass by Josip
Botteri Dini from the 1987 and a painting of the Way of the Cross by Josip Bifel
from 1988.
- St. Lovre church – late baroque church
from 1750 built on the foundations of an ancient building.
Brela
- Gospa od Karmela church – a monument
of the baroque architecture. The church was built out of gratitude because of the
victory over the Turks in 1715.
- Soline – the remains of the houses of
the first inhabitants of Soline, a so-called complex of houses Filipovic. It is a
valuable finding of the Roman remains: ceramics, old utensils, verses from the
gravestone inscriptions and money.
- St. Mihovil’s church – the most
valuable monument on the area of Makarska Riviera. It was built in the 11th century.
It is located on the hill above Igrane, within olive groves over a
hundred-years-old.
Tučepi
- Archeological localities – Sutvid, Okrumbica
and
Javorak. On the Sutvid locality more than one developing phase were
presented:
early-emperor villa rustica I-II century, late antic oratorio, medieval church and
necropolis and a part of the later, southern addition – coenobium. It is assumed
that the Croats have moved to this area in the late 7th century.
- Soline – the remains of the houses of
the first inhabitants of Soline, a so-called complex of houses Filipovic. It is a
valuable finding of the Roman remains: ceramics, old utensils, verses from the
gravestone inscriptions and money.
- Forts – between 15th and 18th century
forts were built to protect the town. They are located in the wide area of Gornji
Tucepi: Sarica fort is located on the headmost rock, beneath Biokovo; Buselica fort
is aloof, as well, but closer to the middle of the village; while Lalica fort is
located in the village itself.
Zaostrog
- St. Francis convent – contains rich ethnographic collection as well
as the collection of ethnographic images of a known Croatian painter Mladen
Veza.
