The island, on foot
The island, on foot

The Vrboska walk

Vrboska

walk · easy · Vrboska
Vrboska from the first bridge — the canal, stone houses and the church-fortress beyond
Photo · Falk2 / Wikimedia Commons

Vrboska is called Little Venice for its bridges, and the name is earned if you walk it slowly. The loop of eight kilometres is marked easy: asphalt and macadam, seventy metres of height, two and a half hours if you do not hurry. The church-fortress of St Mary of Mercy — rebuilt after the Turkish attack of 1571 — is the stone at the centre. End at the water, when the light is leaving the canal.