With a population of just 1,600 and another 500 scattered in neighbouring farms and hamlets, the beautiful little town of Baska Voda snuggles between the pine forests of Mount Biokovo and kilometres of white pebble beaches beyond which are the crystal clear, warm waters of the Adriatic Sea. First settled more than 3,000 years ago, then abandoned for an inland site due to the dangers of piracy from the eighth to eighteenth centuries, the town has long caught the imagination of visitors. Said one prominent visitor: "Who comes once to Baska Voda, always returns".
