Island of Vis
The island of Vis is the most remote inhabited island in Central Dalmatia about 50 km away from the mainland, and its peculiarity is that it is only in the last 30 years open for tourist visits. Vis is a beautiful pearl of the Adriatic Sea that can give visitors an exceptional experience. Parts of larger and smaller islets, scattered on the beautiful sea are unique beauties.
As many as seven areas of the Vis Archipelago are protected by various categories – the Nature Protection Act: the volcanic islands of Brusnik and Jabuka, the Blue Cave, Medvidina cave, the island of Ravnik and Zelena cave, and the bay of Stiniva.
Blue Cave tour
Blue Cave, it is probably the most famous place on this tour and will surely amaze you the most! Many agree that the visit is most beautiful between 11am and 2pm on a sunny day. If you get to the cave before 10 o’clock, you will see not so intense light. Once inside the cave, you can spend 15 minutes in it, which is enough to experience the beauty of the blue rays spread by crystal clear waves. Please note that you should not swim inside, but you can do it in other caves on Biševo.
The entrance to this magical cave was expanded by blasting in 1884 by the Viennese painter Baron Eugen Ransonnet, who first wrote about it in the Viennese newspaper, after being told about it by local fishermen, and today it is about two and a half meters high. The cave is 36 meters long and 10 to 12 meters wide, up to 15 meters high and up to 16 meters deep.
There is no magical light in the entrance hall, but we see all the grandeur of the Blue Cave in the second, larger hall, which is separated from the first and submerged by a bridge-shaped rock. Through the natural opening below the sea level, sunlight penetrates to the sand and white rocks at the bottom around noon, from there it bounces and illuminates the cave with blue, and objects in the sea in silver, so if you put your hand in the sea it becomes silver in no time.
Most people visit the Blue Cave as part of an organized group, and the journey from Split to Biševo and back takes three hours by motorboat. If Split is your starting point, then definitely choose a tour that includes a multi-location tour.
Speedboat is a comfortable and safe way to avoid traffic jams and delays in the ferry port, and to get to your chosen destination with a beautiful view All speedboats are equipped with life jackets and safety equipment.
Meeting point
The organization is very simple, and everything is at your fingertips. The meeting place is in front of the Port Authority building on St. Nicholas Pier. It is very important not to be late because the Blue Cave is visited by 2400 guests a day, and during the summer months it is very crowded, so we must start our tour early in the morning. If you are arriving by car, keep in mind that there are crowds in the old town of Split in the summer months, so please keep this in mind.
Our host will wait for you at the meeting point and then escort you to the speedboat.
In case you arrive by your own car, there is a parking lot in front of the port authority building (50 m from the meeting place). The cost of parking is 2.5 € / hour. Address for GPS navigation is LAZARETTO COAST 1, SPLIT
When you have boarded a fast boat, you become part of a wonderful excursion during which you will immerse yourself in the experience of discovering new places on the Central Dalmatian islands that are breathtaking except for the Blue Cave there is also the bay Stiniva, Budikovac, as well as the island of Hvar. Dive into new cultures and historical places like the town of Hvar. take a dip in the beautiful, transparent sea or simply sit down and enjoy the sun. The tour starts from Split in the early hours of the morning, and we arrive in Biševo after an hour and a half drive.
Budikovac island Lagoon
The Blue Cave was declared a protected geomorphological monument of nature back in 1951, and this April the Geo Park Vis Archipelago was included in the UNESCO list of the World Geo Parks Network. The islets of Brusnik and Jabuka are protected in the category of nature monuments (geological), then blue cave, Medvidina cave and cave on the island of Ravnik (Green Cave) in the category of nature monuments (geomorphological), while the bay Stiniva and the island of Ravnik are protected in the category of significant landscape. It is the first Geo Park on the Adriatic that is recognized on a global scale.