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Dugi rat is a settlement and a municipality situated in Central Dalmatia. The municipality of Dugi Rat comprises of three smaller settlements of Jesenice, Dugi Rat and Duce. Along the entire coast of this municipality there are beautiful pebble beaches, and from Dugi Rat towards Omis there are also sand beaches.

Accommodation in Dugi Rat is available in a few hotels and many private houses, villas and apartments.

During the summer season there are numerous cultural and entertainment programs being held here such as the Summer Festival of Dugi Rat and The Torches of Saint John celebration accompanied by live music concerts and a great gastronomical offer.

In Dugi Rat there are many restaurants and taverns with a great variety of domestic and international dishes. There are also many bars along the shore where you can sip your drink enjoying the view of the beautiful beaches. Since Dugi Rat is very close to Split and Omis there numerous possibilities and a variety of choices for anything a guest might require.

The many sports clubs in Dugi Rat offer diverse sports activities for those preferring an active vacation. Guests can enjoy water sports like diving, jet skiing or parasailing, boat rentals or go cycling, hiking or playing volleyball or beach soccer.

From Dugi Rat it is easy to visit the old historic towns of Split and Omis. Group or private car excursions can be joined for this purpose or hire a private car transfer. In these cities you will find many beach bars, night bars, discotheques, restaurants and various tourist contents offered in abundance guaranteeing fun time.

There are also possibilities of taking one-day group or private boat excursions or private boat transfers to islands Brac, Hvar, Solta and Korcula.

In the surroundings of Dugi Rat there are a few old villages that have beautiful historic monuments such as over 200 years’ old churches, village graveyards and bell towers. These villages are: Staro Duce, Zeljovici, Krug and Staro Jesenice. From these villages you will also have a breathtaking view of the Adriatic Sea and the Dalmatian islands of Brac, Hvar, Solta and Vis.

For those feeling more adventurous and looking for an adrenaline rush there is a possibility of rafting on river Cetina through the Cetina canyon. It is a great experience for both young and old and the tours of the Cetina canyon with the rafting included are organized every day during the summer season.

In the cities of Omis and Split there are numerous historical monumental sights. In Split which is the capital city of Dalmatia guests can see:
- Diocletian's Palace
- Riva
- Cathedral of St. Duje
- Peristil
- Museums of Split
- Castle of Mestrovic
- Poljud – Split football stadium
- numerous Churches of Split
- Jupiter Temple
- Prokurative
- Fort Gripe
- Monument of Bishop Grgur of Nin
- Hill Marjan, and many more sights.

In Omis which is an old pirates’ town visitors can see:
- Fort Mirabella
- Fort Fortica
-Churches of Omis
- Town Museum
- Medieval town center
- Franciscan monastery
- Illyrian seminary;
- Parish Church of St. Michael
- Remains of Old Graveyard
- Remains of Church of St. Barbara
- Estuary of river Cetina.

Group or private boat excursions and private boat transfers to the islands of Brac, Hvar and Solta can also be easily organized from Dugi Rat.

Dugi Rat is a settlement and a Municipality that belongs to the Splitsko-Dalmatinska County. It consists of three settlements of Duce, Dugi Rat and Jesenice. It stretches along the coastline from the village of Podstrana to the town of Omis.

It is situated by the Adriatic state road D8 from Split-Dubrovnik between the two urban centers of Split and Omis. The distance from Dugi Rat to Split is 19 km (south-east of Split) and to Omis 5 km (west of Omis). To the north of Dugi Rat there is the mountain Mosnjica and to the south stands the sea of Brac channel.

This region is comprised of the villages (from the east) of): Duce, Dugi Rat, Orije, Mali Rat, Sumpetar, Suhi potok, Krilo and Bajnice.

Dugi Rat can easily be reached by car, bus, train, plain or boat and the nearest airport is located in Split.

In Dugi Rat there are car rental and boat rental services available.

The distances from Dugi Rat to the other major Croatian and European cities are:
- Split 19 km,
- Zadar 170 km,
- Dubrovnik 203 km,
- Porec 525 km,
- Rovinj 514 km,
- Pula 532 KM,
- Zagreb 422 km,
- Ljubljana 478 km,
- Vienna 774 km,
- Budapest 762 km,
- Belgrade 811 km,
- Milano 920 km,
- Genova 1043 km,
- Berlin 1475 km.

The climate here is Mediterranean with hot and dry summer season and many sunny days throughout the year, and the winters are rainy and mild.
The average temperature of the sea in summer is 22.6⁰C.

From Dugi Rat Group or private boat excursions and private boat transfers to the islands of Brac, Hvar and Solta can also be arranged. In Dugi Rat you can rent a boat and visit Split.

Accommodation in Dugi rat can be found in private houses, villas and apartments and a couple of smaller hotels.

Tourism Association Dugi +385(0)21 735 244
Tourist Office Omis +385(0)21 861 350
Airport Split +385(0)21 203 555
Bus Terminal Split (National Bus Info) +385(0)60 327 777
Bus Terminal Split (International Bus Info) +385(0)21 329 199
Croatia Traffic Info 0800 9987
General information 18981
Information on phone numbers in Croatia 11888
Information on international phone numbers 11802
Weather Forecast and Road Conditions +385(0)60 520 520
Emergency number 112
Police 192
Fire department 193
Ambulance 194
Road help 987
Sea help 9155

The villages of Jesenice, Zeljovici, Krug and Duce are the oldest settlements of the Municipality of Dugi Rat and are situated at 200-250m above the sea level on the slopes of the mountain. Presently they are very much desolated as the residents started moving closer to the coastline, particularly in the last thirty years because of the fast development of tourism.

The existence of life in this area since the Stone Age is shown by the archaeological findings found in the Turska Cave and Ponistrice prove and the forts and agglomerates from the late Bronze and Iron Age indicate that this region has been inhabited continuously. The forts were constructed at high grounds by the inhabitants to ease the supervision of the area.

The Benedictine Monastery of St. Peter in the village (Sumpetar) has been constructed in two instances in 1080 and in 1911. The ruins of an Early Christian Basilica were also found at that location.

The people of Poljice acknowledged the rule of the Austrians after the Venetian Republic fell in 1797 in an attempt to preserve their rights and privileges, but after the Peace declaration made in 1805 the French came to rule Poljica. In an attempt to save the Republic from the French, the people started a rebellion but it was quickly smothered.

The people started directing their lives to maritime traffic with the construction of the road connecting Split to Omis and docks for steamships were also built in Krilo, Mali Rat and Orije. That had a large effect on the increased migration of the population from the hinterland to the coastline.

Dugi Rat is experiencing a fast development of this coastal area as more and more people are engaged in tourism.

In Dugi Rat guests are delighted by an amazing and attractive merger of mountain region and sea since the slopes of the mountains covered with pine trees reach all the way down to the beaches offering a spectacular sight.