Makarska

Makarska is a city in the Split-Dalmatia county of Croatia, population 13,716 (2001). It is located on the Adriatic coastline of Dalmatia, about 60 km southeast of Split and 140 km northwest of Dubrovnik.

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It is a tourist centre, located on a horseshoe shaped bay between the Biokovo mountain and the Adriatic Sea. The city is noted for its palm-fringed promenade, where fashionable caf?s, bars and boutiques overlook the pretty harbour where many pleasure craft are moored.

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Center of Makarska is an old town with narrow stone-paved streets, a main church square where there is a flower and fruit market, and a Franciscan monastery that houses a sea shell collection featuring a giant clam shell. Most of the city's hotels are located just off of the bay and their own private beaches.

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Makarska is a center of Makarska riviera, popular tourist destination under the Biokovo mountain.

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Split-Dalmatia county: Split-Dalmatia county - Splitsko-dalmatinska ?upanija is the central-southern Dalmatian county in Croatia. Its center is Split. Population of the county is 463,676 (2001). Land area is 4534 sq km....

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