Korčula is one of the larger islands along Croatia's Dalmatian coast, covered in pine forests, olive groves, and vineyards, and edged with stone villages that tumble down to the sea. The island's main settlement, Korčula town, is a fortified medieval town jutting on a small peninsula into the Pelješac Channel, often described as a miniature Dubrovnik — the same honey-coloured limestone walls and herringboned lanes, but far smaller and without the crowds.
The island's other towns are worth the short trip. Vela Luka on the western tip has an important prehistoric cave site, Lumbarda has vineyards and sandy beaches, and Blato is a sleepy inland village with a wide plane-tree avenue. Inland, the Kočje rock formations offer a shady, rocky break from the coast.
Ferries and catamarans connect Korčula to Split, Hvar, and Dubrovnik. The most reliable year-round approach is the short ferry from Orebić on the Pelješac peninsula. Far out in the open Adriatic, administratively part of Korčula, Palagruža is Croatia's most remote island — reachable only by private boat or organised excursion.
