Jul 15 2008
Vis and Hvar Islands Kayak Adventure, Croatia - Preamble
As mentioned previously, the usual support boat for our sea-kayaking tours has been in Brest for the last 10 days. So we needed another for last week’s adventure around Vis and Hvar Islands. Tim and I headed north to Murter to borrow the only other replica falkuša, the Mikula, from my friend Tomislav. Murter is home to one of the last fleets of traditional lanteen-rigged boats.
The boat needed to be in Vis Town for the start of the tour. To start, we motored down to the town of Primošten for the night.
In the past Primošten was situated on an islet close to the mainland. During the Turkish invasions of 1542 the islet was protected by walls and towers, and a drawbridge connected it to the mainland. When the Turks retreated, the bridge was replaced by the causeway and in 1564 the settlement was named Primošten after the Croatian verb primostiti (to span).
Whilst there we discovered the best steak I have had in Dalmatia at the restaurant Torkul.
(For all the pictures of the kayak tour - click here.)
