Villa Sonja

The Villa Sonja apartments are situated in Zavalatica, on the south side of the island of Korcula, in a picturesque, secluded bay, about 3 km away from the village of Cara.

From the bay you enjoy a splendid view to the island Lastovo. The apartments are about 30 to 40 metres away from the sea and about 200 meters away from the sandy beach of Zitna. They are completely and nicely furnished and offer you all comforts and a kitchen for a relaxed summer vacation full of independence.

Kamers: 6
Prijs: 55 - 95 EUR

Villa Sonja also offers half board including many specialities, usually sea food. To every meal the well-known home-made white vine Posip is served.

Specialities of the house:
• Salted fish
• Octopus carpaccio
• Grilled fish
• Fish soup
• Octopus salads
....and many more specialities of the Dalmatian cuisine!

Cara

This typical old village of vine growers with about 700 inhabitants lies on the main island road, 25 km from Korcula. It was built on the southern slope of a hill covered with vine yards. A special species of grapes called Posip are grown here. The village has a wine cellar where a widely known wine of that name is made.

In the village centre stands St. Peter's parish church from the 15th century, reconstructed many times. Its bell tower was completed in the 1920s. The main altar features the painting “Jesus revealing Himself to the Apostles” by the outstanding Venetian Renaissance artist Jacopo Bassano from the end of the 16th century. A big cypress tree several centuries old grows on the small paved square in front of the church. Like in other island settlements, Korcula landowners and patricians built fortified summer houses here and in the nearby bay of Zavalatica.

In the polje in the midst of vine yards is the old and new graveyard with the votive church of Our Lady of Cara Field (Gospa od čarskog polja) from the 14th century, which got its present appearance in the Baroque period. On its altar is a predella with reliefs from the life of the Virgin. According to tradition, the sea washed these late-Gothic alabaster (once coloured) reliefs of English origin from a 15th-century Nottingam workshop, into the nearby Cavlica luka bay.

The church is the main pilgrimage centre of the island of Korcula. On St James's day, 25 July, there is great ceremony with a procession around the Cara field carrying the figure of the Virgin from the altar, followed by many islanders. The villagers are farmers and also work in the tourism business.

A ship leaves from Split to Vela Luka on Korčula every day
at 10:15 and at 17:30.

A ship leaves from Drvenik to Korčula
between 20 June and10 July: every day at 08:30 and 17:30.
between 11 July and 31 August: every day at 07:30, 13:30 and 19:15

A ship from Orebić (Pelješac) leaves all day (00:00-24:00) every 30 minutes.