Solta is an island in the Split-Dalmatia county of Croatia, just to the west of the much larger island of Brac. Both are near the city of Split on the mainland.

Understand

Šolta belongs to the middle Dalmatian islands. It lies in the central part of the Adriatic Sea, near its eastern coast. In the northwest Šolta is 360km away from the coast of Marunska lagoon (the most drawn in part of the Adriatic), while from the Strait of Otranto (the border between the Adriatic and the Mediterranean Sea) in the southeast it is 390 km. Šolta is 185km from the Italian coast and 10.7km from the Croatian mainland (Uranjica). It is 15 km (9 nautical miles) from Split.

Šolta is 19 km long (from the promontory Livka in the east of the island opened on Brač to the promontory Obinu‘ki bok in the west). The largest width is from the peninsula Rata in the eastern part of Nečujam to the peninsula in the western part of the cove of Senj and it is 4.9 km. The island’s coastline is 73.1 km long. Beside the main island, Šolta also consists of 7 islets outside the west port of Maslinica.

See

Churches

• Sv. Nikole u Stomorskoj
• Bogorodice u Nečujmu
• Gospe od Bori u G. Selu
• Sv. Ivan u G. Selu
• Sv. Stjepan u Grohotama
• Sv. Gospa Lurdska u Grohotama
• Sv. Mihovil u Grohotama
• Sv. Martin u D. Selu
• Sv. Jelena u D. Selu
• Sv. Gospe od Kadalora
• Sv. Tereze u Rogaču
• Sv. Nikole u Maslinici

Gradac Village

• - prehistoric hill-fort

Mirine west of Donje Selo

• remains of villae rusticae
• remains of the walls from antiquity near Donje Selo locality "Pod Mihovil"

Grohote Village

• covers of ancient sarcophagi in front of the parish church
• a part of an ancient sarcophagus in the parish house
• old Christian sarcophagus in an old field
• remains of an old Christian basilica
• baptismal font of a basilica and other remains
• chapel in the wall

Rogač Village

• Banje - capital from the late antiquity period
• remains of villae rusticae

Nečujam Village

• ancient grawe
• ruins of sv. Petra
• memorial house Marka Marulića

Stipanska Village

• remains of an old Christian basilica

Gornje Selo Village

• remains of a building from the late antiquity period
• cover of an ancient sarcophagus locality "Stomorija"

Sv. Jele

• old Christian sarcophagus

Maslinica Villare

• the castle of the Marchi family from 1706. godine http://www.martinis-marchi.com

Sleep

The tourist community every summer season organises a contest for the best decorated and arranged apartment, house lot and a village. The main purpose of this is to stimulate and encourage competition between the owners of apartments and houses but also of the villagers so that the whole island of Šolta can greet its guests as graciously as possible. Every year as a prize the best get diplomas so if you see such a diploma in the house you’re staying in be sure that the owner did his best to welcome you!