DESTINATIONS CROATIA SHORT BREAKS RIGHT: Popic winery
FAR RIGHT: Zitna beach BELOW:
Hotel Borik
gardens on the seafront, it’s just a few steps from a little pebble beach. While the Korsal is suitable for
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David Skillicorn, general manager, Prestige Holidays Korcula is a fabulous island and we’re delighted about the improved catamaran services, meaning faster access from neighbouring islands,` and from Dubrovnik and Split. Roads on the island have been improved, and we are featuring an absolute gem of a new hotel there. Tara’s Lodge is elegant, boutique and funky, even offering boat trips out with the owner to go octopus watching – and handling. We expect Korcula to sell very well, as it always does.”
couples, families might prefer the much larger Hotel Liburna slightly further along the bay. All 112 rooms have sea views, and there’s an outdoor pool, tennis courts and a kids’ club, as well as a pebble beach. For contemporary chic, Tara’s
Lodge offers a classy escape in a modern hotel overlooking the bay at Zrnovska Banja. It’s about two and a half miles west of Korcula Town, which is accessible by water taxi. The hotel
The eerie limestone cavity looks like something out of Indiana Jones, and digs continually reveal more treasures
offers plenty of activities for clients who don’t wish to stray far including yoga, bike tours, kayaking, snorkelling, paddleboarding and boat tours.
Prestige Holidays has a five-night bed- and-breakfast break at Tara’s Lodge, departing April 14, from £747 per person, including flights and transfers. In Lumbarda, the Hotel Borik is a friendly three-star facing the small village beach. There’s an outdoor pool as well as bike and kayak hire. The rooms are simple – the ones in the rear annexe have balconies with sea views – but the welcome is exceptionally warm. Four nights’ bed and breakfast starts at £325 per person, also with Prestige Holidays, for a May 19 departure, including flights and transfers.
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