Towns on island Vis in Croatia

Towns on island Vis in Croatia are attractive to all guests and tourists who love beauty and silence of island. Untouched nature, peace and clear sea provide them complete pleasure during their vacation. Towns On Island Vis In Croatia have long history and good tourist offer, and therefore growing number of tourist are coming here. There are 2 Tourist Towns on island, which are in same time Top Destinations for their attractiveness and they have about: 900 rooms with 2.400 beds and 160 apartments with 640 beds. In year 2010. about 9.500 tourists have visited town Komiza, and town Vis about 17.000 tourists, which represents 2% of all tourists who have visited Central Dalmatia. At distance of 4 nm, southern of town Komiza, there is island Bisevo, with surface of 5,84 km2, and worlwide known blue cave and its sunny rays reflection from sea bottom. Towns on Island Vis are known after fishing and tourism, so many guests, numerous yachts and sailing boats are gladly coming to this island so they could taste Vis's specialties, wines and famous fish dishes.

Island Vis was one of the oldest inhabited places in this area. Issa, known as city-state, was in ancient times one of the strongest colonies in this part of Adriatic Sea. Today, Vis is an attractive tourist destination.

Komiza is situated in a protected bay on the west coast of Vis island. During its long history, the inhabitants of Komiza were mostly oriented to maritime affairs, fishing and agriculture.

Vis is situated in the big and protected St. George bay on the north-east side of Vis island. During the course of history it was known as city-state Issa, which were established by Greek settlers from Cyracuse, Sicily.