Tourist Attractions & Monuments Croatia

Perched on the clifftops between Lac Bleu and the Gospin dolac stadium, the fortress follows the natural shape of the rocks. The fortress was built in the ^14th century on ^9th- or ^10th-century fortifications. At the main entrance, you can visit the first room where Stipan Vrljić, Imotski's first priest, lived and officiated in the small church of Our Lady of the Angels. But from the end of the ^15th century until 1717, the fortress was in Ottoman hands. It was the seat of the Kadija of Imotski, the Turkish civil administrator and judge.

During the day, you can rent mattresses with umbrellas on the beach, order cold drinks and enjoy the view of the old town walls. The restaurant offers Mediterranean cuisine, salads and grilled meats. In the afternoon, the lounge bar takes over until the evening, where you can come with friends for cocktails and dinners facing the sea. At night, the complex is transformed into a discotheque with commercial EDM music that turns up the sound (entrance fee in summer).

This religious complex, of which certain elements are in ruins, is composed of a medieval basilica (12th-12th centuries), the monastery and its cloister (15th-16th centuries). The Benedictine monks, who had been living on the island since the 11th century, left it for good in 1787. The Romanesque-Gothic style convent was partially destroyed in the earthquake of 1667. Today, only the east and north wings and the cloister remain. Inside, a large permanent exhibition on Game of Thrones will allow fans of the American series (but also the curious) to learn more about the behind-the-scenes filming in Croatia, with testimonies and interviews with actors in free listening.

In the courtyard of the convent, Maximilian of Habsburg had his residence built in 1860, complete with gardens and a park. The monarch had already started a small botanical collection, but it was in 1959 that the garden was institutionalized to study the adaptation of tropical and subtropical plants to the Mediterranean climate. The years of war 1991-1992 inflicted much damage to the garden. Since 1993, the garden has been rebuilt and planted again. More than 800 species are now listed, including many cactus, eucalyptus, palm trees. Some trees are more than three centuries old! You can enjoy a beautiful walk to the large reservoir that passes through the olive grove of the Benedictines. The city of Monaco has financed part of the work!

This ruined fort was built at the beginning of the 16th century on the highest point of the island... it climbs! The effort is worth the reward because once you reach the top, you won't forget the panorama. You will get a wide angle frame and will take beautiful pictures of the sea, the archipelago, the relief and the vegetation around you. You might even meet some goats wandering around the fort. A few meters away from the fort stands the Church of Our Lady of Sunj.

Nestled in a green setting, this large mausoleum belonged to an Austro-Hungarian aristocratic family who lived and worked on the island. The monumental tomb, with its neoclassical colonnade, pays homage to Veli Brijuni's benefactor, the Austrian industrialist Paul Kupelwieser. At the end of the 19th century, this patron financed major works to clean the air, supporting the research of the German doctor Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch, who freed Brijuni from malaria.