Sipanska Luka: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Šipanska Luka is located in the inner part of the bay of the same name.

Those travelling to Šipanska Luka may wish to rent a holiday apartment there.

Water and Landscape

A roughly one-kilometre-long waterfront promenade leads to the sandy Priježba Beach. There are several places along the edges of the bay where visitors can enter the water and swim. Tourists and residents bathe on the northern shore around Katino (Gradi) and Kaludrica.

Excursion boats lie on the outside of the pier used for the arrival of passenger boats. The area of Šipanska Luka, together with its sea, has been designated a particularly valuable natural landscape; large parts of it are also classified as a cultural landscape.

The Šipanska Luka waterfront promenade is suitable for a leisurely stroll between stone houses, palms and small piers. The central park areas were designed with palms and other plant species in the 1950s.

Culture

The Sorgo-Selem Summer Manor is listed under Šipanska Luka with cultural heritage register code Z-504. The complex preserves Renaissance stonework; an orsan and a terrace are visible in its wall facing the coast.

The Church of St Anthony in Šipanska Luka is protected as an individual cultural property and entered in Croatia’s Register of Cultural Properties. The Krivonosović–Sargojević House, known as Pracatovo, is also protected as an individual cultural property.

Šipanska Luka is associated with the Sorgo summer residence, the Knežev Dvor located above the settlement, and several historic churches. The Knežev Dvor was built in 1450. In Croatia’s Register of Cultural Properties, alongside St Anthony, St Michael, St Saviour and St Stephen the First Martyr are also listed.

The parish church of St Stephen contains a 15th-century image of the Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus, painted by the Venetian painter Panteleone. Near Cape Tiha, a registered underwater archaeological site is associated with Šipanska Luka.

The townscape combines vernacular architecture with architecture associated with more affluent social groups from various historical periods. The Altesti Summer Manor is listed as cultural heritage in Šipanska Luka.

The Knežev Dvor stands at the highest point of the settlement; from there, views extend over the western part of Šipan, the sea, the central field and Suđurađ.

Geographical Location

Šipanska Luka is a larger settlement on Šipan and is connected to Suđurađ by a bus route. A road connects Šipanska Luka and Suđurađ through the fertile Šipansko Field.

Cuisine and Agriculture

Cafés and small restaurants line the waterfront promenade in Šipanska Luka. Mediterranean agriculture associated with Šipanska Luka includes grapevines, figs, almonds, citrus fruits, carob and pomegranates.

In Šipan’s two main settlements, restaurants and taverns by the water typically focus on fresh fish, grilled seafood, seasonal vegetables, olive oil and simple Mediterranean dishes.

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More Destinations

More places under the same destination:

Kolocep, Lopud, Mrčevo, Komolac, Brsečine, Zaton, Orasac, Prijevor.