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Town Komiza is also touristic settlement. Many inhabitants offer accommodation in private apartments, houses and rooms. You can also stay in family hotels. Island Vis also has camps.

Komiza has many beautiful things to offer it's tourists. It has beautiful nature and beaches, crystal clear sea and many historical and cultural monuments and sights.

Komiza has bowling hall and paragliding club. You can also enjoy in many other sports and water activities such as diving, sailing, swimming, cruising, horse riding, walking, jogging and other.

During the season in Komiza are kept many fun and cultural events. Fisherman's night is kept on the first Saturday in August.

You can also visit many nearby places and monuments. You can visit Modra Cave on island Bisevo, city of Split with Diocletian's Palace, islands Brac with famous beach Zlatni Rat and Hvar with many historical and cultural monuments. For nearby one-day excursions you can use group or private boat excursions, water taxi or rent a boat. Many private boat transfers from Hvar or Split are available for you.

Komiza has many restaurants and taverns known for many Dalmatian specialities: tavern Bako, restaurant Falkusa, restaurant Komiza, tavern Molo Trovna, tavern Jastozera, restaurant Senko...

Beaches in Komiza: Nova Posta, Gusarica, Velo Zalo, Kamenice, Veliki Kupinovac, Moli Kupinovac, Stupisce, Jurkovica, Srebrna, Milna, Stiniva... Komiza mostly has pebble beaches accross the whole bay. Gusarica is public town beach. Kamenice is beach located on the most southern part of the bay. Storo Posta is small pebble beach suitable for two persons.

Attractions in Komiza:
- Church of Our Lady Gusarica;
- Cave Modra on island Bisevo;
- Memorial Home;
- Tito's Cave;
- Parish Church of St. Nicholas;
- Remains of Benedictine monastery;
- Square Skor with House of Zonkot;
- Venetian Castle;
- Fishing museum;
- Church of St. Blaz;
- Church of St. Michael;
- Factory Neptune;
- Island Svetac;
- Island Jabuka...

Tito's Cave is located in the bottom of hill Hum. In 1944. there was supreme headquarters of the Partizan army and Tito's seat of government. Island Svetac (St. Andrew) is located around 30 km west of town Komiza. It is 3.5 km long and 1.5 km wide.

Highest peak of island Svetac is Serti kuk (311 m). Island Jabuka is located around 70 km west, north-west of town Komiza. It is the only Croatian island built of eruptive rocks. Island Jabuka is 97 m high steep cliff. You can get to island Jabuka in only one place on south-west side of island. Cave Modra is located on island Bisevo, south-west of island Vis and town Komiza.

Cave Modra is located on island Bisevo which you can visit by group or private boat excursions from Split, Hvar or Komiza. It is 24 m long, 10-12 m wide, 15 m high and 16 m deep. Cave Modra has 2 entrances. One entrance is smaller and made for a small boat to get in. Other entrance is larger and it is below sea level.

Sun light penetrates through larger entrance and breaks by passing through the water and deductes of the bottom of the cave. The deducted light fills the cave with silver-blue glow.

Group or private boat excursions to the islands of Hvar and Brac from Komiza are organized frequently during the season. Private boat transfers can be arranged for a fast transfer to Split or any other destination at sea or land. Boat rentals services are available.

Komiza (Croatia, island Vis) is a town located on island Vis, in Croatian region of Central Dalmatia. Komiza is located in a deep bay on west side of island Vis, in the bottom of hill Hum (587 m).

You can get to Komiza by boat or ferry. Ferry port is in Vis. You can also use boat rental services or private boat transfers to get to Komiza from Split on mainland or island Hvar. Many cruises, trips and group or private boat excursions have been organized to visit island Vis and nearby islets by a speed boat. You can go swimming, diving, sailing and do many other water activities.

If you are coming by plane, you will get to Airport Split and take a taxi or bus to ferry port Split and take a ferry to island Vis.

Most of the inhabitants of Komiza are directed to fishing and tourism. Komiza was known for it's fishermen who ruled in the Adriatic and made settlements on the coasts of North and South America.

Before World War II, Komiza had 7 fish processing factories, which were combined into one factory Neptune. Komiza is known for blue fish. Komiza has around 1670 inhabitants. Most of the inhabitants are Croats. During the Austrian-Hungarian rule, Komiza has over 5000 inhabitants. Inhabitants mostly emigrated because of the grapevine's disease, then World War I and World War II.

Most known inhabitants: entrepreneur Martin Bogdanovic, poet Josko Bozanic, poet Vinko Kalinic, poet Senko Karuza, painter Boris Mardesic, writer Ranko Marinkovic, writer Miljenko Smoje, movie director and scientist Niksa Svilicic, actor Ivica Vidovic, philosopher Ante Petric and many other. Komiza is consisted of settlements and islands: Komiza, Bisevo, Duboka, Okljucna, Palagruza, Borovik, Podspilje, Podhumlje, Zena Glava and Sveti Andrija (St. Andrew).

The climate here is Mediterranean with hot summer seasons and mild winter periods.

Accommodation in Komiza is available in private villas, houses, apartments and rooms.

There is no gas station in Komiza, but there is one located in the town of Vis.

During the summer there are group or private boat excursions to the islands of Hvar and Brac that guests can join from Komiza. Private boat transfers take guests quickly to Split or any other place on the islands or to the mainland. In Komiza boat rentals are available.

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It is believed that name Komiza comes from Com Issa which means next to the Issa, which was the name of town Vis during the Antique times. Komiza was first time mentioned in 1145. as Val Comeza in the Grant of Zadar's duke Peter.

During the Venetian rule, town Komiza belonged to Hvar's Municipality. It became center of fishing. Venetians noted that in only one day Komiza's fishermen have caught three million tons of sardines in 16th century. During the Austrian rule from 1815.-1918. town Komiza became a town with all necessary contents.

After 1918. fishing area around Komiza got under the Italy until 1947. Many inhabitants after World War II moved to America. Island Vis became a military fort and direct ferry line for city of Split was cancelled. After Croatia got its independence, town Komiza and island Vis started to develope tourism. In 1993. Komiza became Municipality and in 1997. it gained town status.

Town Komiza was first Croatian settlement visited by a Pope. Palagruza's fishermen hid the Pope Alexander III from bad weather. The Pope blessed the Church of St. Nicholas and moved on to Zadar.

Island Vis and town Komiza are very popular destinations for group or private boat excursions from island Hvar as well as from city of Split on mainland. Private boat transfers are offered for visiting Blue Cave from Komiza. If you wish to have more privacy you can rent a boat.

In San Pedro, California, there are more people from Komiza than there are presently living in Komiza. Some statistics say there are about twenty to twenty five thousand people from Komiza with their descendants in USA.

Komiza is the first Croatian place that was visited by the Pope. In 1177 Pope Alexander III on his way to Venetia took shelter from bad weather on the island of Palagruza, and the fishermen took him to Komiza. On that occasion he consecrated the Church of St. Nikola and then carried on his journey to Zadar.