Postira is located on the north east coast of the island of Brac. It is a small, traditional fishing village and despite the arrival of tourism, the place remains faithful to its seafaring heritage and the fishing fleets can be seen leaving at night and returning each morning to their designated pier. It’s a gentle, tranquil spot. Visit in mid-September and you might feel as if the place is mostly yours.
Postira is located on the north east coast of the island of Brac. It is a small, traditional fishing village and despite the arrival of tourism, the place remains faithful to its seafaring heritage and the fishing fleets can be seen leaving at night and returning each morning to their designated pier. It’s a gentle, tranquil spot. Visit in mid-September and you might feel as if the place is mostly yours.
Postira is set around a lovely, small, almost horseshoe shaped harbour with traditional stone houses and cottages lining the waterfront along with few newer businesses. It has a delightful slightly sleepy feeling in May, June September and October yet even in Croatia’s high season of July and August it rarely feels packed or hectic. How could it with a handful or more of bars and a similar number of restaurants? This is a spot where people go to escape a little.
In the centre there are some traditional narrow streets with an artist studio or two and there is a regular bus service into Supetar, further west along the north coast of the island and the journey takes 15 minutes.
The essentials are here too including a fish market, small green market, a good supermarket or two (small yet well stocked), a couple of bakeries, a post office, hairdresser and a doctor’s surgery.
There is a small pebble beach in Postira and a small sandy beach called Prvlja around five minutes’ walk from our featured property, the Hotel Pastura.
Water taxis also moor on the waterfront offering various trips including to Lovrecina, five kilometres away for a longer sandy beach which has a good beach bistro usually from late June to early September.
The island of Brac is famous for its white stone, still quarried here and which resembles marble when polished in a certain way. The main quarry and the still working stone-masonry school is at Pusisca which is just 30 minutes away further east along the coast from Postira. Boats can be hired (subject to licences etc) as can bicycles and motor scooters.
Many guests who stay in Postira for a week or longer usually spend an evening or two in Supetar the island’s capital for a little more buzz or even take the 50-minute ferry over from Supetar to Split, Croatia’s second city – just for the day or the evening. Taxis are usually plentiful at the port of Supetar on Brac.
Backed by olive groves and vineyards, there are some good marked walking and biking trails from Postira together with some excursion ideas from local travel agencies or via the hotel reception.
We strongly suggest that a visit to Vidova Gora on Brac be taken, it’s the highest point of the Adriatic at 780 metres above sea level. There are fabulous views across to the island of Hvar and beyond to others. This is very close to Bol and the famous V shaped beach so this can be combined too.
Did you know?
- The population of Postira seems to be between 1,000 and 1500 – depending on which document you check.
- Postira and around has some of the best pebble beaches (sometimes sandy ones) in the northern part of the island. Trust the water taxi driver’s opinion.
