Brac holiday cottage: Postira, Island of Brac

Summary: Illyria is perfect, the Dalmatian coast is beautiful, the Adriatic is a pleasure to swim in and the people are both helpful and friendly. We have already recommended it to many of my friends and wouldn’t hesitate to return ourselves. We had a wonderful stay – thank you.

The cottage is lovely, with all our needs catered for - from the sandwich toaster and dishwasher in the kitchen, air conditioning in the bedrooms, the washing machine and finally the beach toys which even as 40 year olds we made full use of! We loved the terrace; the BBQ that we used to cook all our evening meals and for sunbathing during the days - so close to the sea and the fridge!

We spent our first morning trying out the 3 supermarkets in Postira, in the most part trying to locate fresh meat for the BBQ and fresh salad items; the supermarket at the top of the hill is the best for fresh fruit and veg and there is a lovely butchers on the harbour (towards Hotel Pastura).

We did the odd trip out and about (not many as we enjoyed the terrace so much):
•Zlanti Rat (Bol). As it claims to be one of Croatias famous beaches we thought we should take a swim here. The trip over the hills was worth it for the views looking out across the island and although a lovely beach we found it a little too busy and commercialised for us – sun beds and parasols available for hire line the beach. The fruit cocktail from one of the stalls on the beach was very refreshing – most welcome.
•Lovrecina beach/cove. A much nicer beach (in our opinion) than Zlanti Rat. There are no sun beds or parasols but as we got there early (not that it got very busy) we were able to get a spot with some shade. The sea here is shallow for quite a way out and an area is isolated off for swimmers which keeps the boats at a safe distance, although there are some pebbles the swimming area is mostly sand – it would be ideal for children.
•Toni’s Konoba (restaurant in Dol). I thought that Dol is to Brac what Bradford-on-Avon is to Wiltshire – quaint, I loved it there. We lunched a couple of times at Toni’s and very much enjoyed the hospitality of Toni, Pave and Toni Snr. The food was amazing, the chef came out for a chat and then took us off into the kitchen to see our fish cooking over the open fire – it all felt very ‘local’.

We loved the cottage, the views from the terrace, and in general we loved everything we saw on the Dalmatian coast. Amazing holiday, with thanks from Lisa & Julie.