Punta Rata

Brela, Makarska Riviera · 🇭🇷 Croatia

Croatia's poster beach, a pine-fringed pebble shore below the Biokovo massif with a lone islet offshore.

Sea temperature

~24°C in the warm season

Water

Clear emerald-blue

Sand

White pebbles and shingle

Swimming

Clean, gently deepening

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

Pine-shaded promenade below the Biokovo mountains, with the offshore Kamen Brela rock

Beach type

City & resort

Blue Flag

Yes

Region

Europe

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Photo: Berthold Werner (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source