Brac Island: Gourmet Tour and Local Cuisine
Supetar, Croatia
Trip Type: Food Tours
Duration: 5 hours
Enjoy a small group gourmet tour on Brac island, led by an expert local guide who will discover you all the secrets of island's food and culture. You will enjoy the wonderful island surroundings, explore two old small villages and taste finest local dishes in 3-course menu.
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Enjoy a small group gourmet tour on Brac island, led by an expert local guide who will discover you all the secrets of island's food and culture. You will enjoy the wonderful island surroundings, explore two old small villages and taste finest local dishes in 3-course menu.
How do you imagine a perfect day? If you imagine it as a gastronomic hedonism with plenty of joy, this is a right choice for you. Your tour will start in Supetar, where you will meet your tour guide and transfer. Firstly you'll visit the oldest place on Brač – Škrip.
Walk through this village full of cultural and historic heritage will take you to past. Old castle, sarcophagi, defensive tower are just some of the interesting things in Škrip. You will learn about the old techniques in making olive oil in olive mill built in 1864. There you'll have the opportunity to taste some of the best olive oils, and to sense all of its charms, as well as to try some of the products typical for this area: homemade jam, wine from small family production, cheese, prosciutto, salted anchovies, black and green olive pate and more seasonal products. You will learn about the old techniques in making olive oil in olive mill built in 1864.
Hit the road again on our way to Donji Humac, one of the oldest settlements on the island, where the prehistoric findings in Kopačina Cave, just above Humac, are still testifying about those times. On our way there you will enjoy beautiful inland landscape of the island.
This place is very famous for its stone masonry because it is surrounded with several quarries. It is interesting that from our Brač stone even part of the White House in Washington was built. There’s also a few families that for generations deal with these traditional job. One of those families is family Jakšić, renowned art family in Croatia. You’ll visit their gallery and workshop with amazing stone arts.
After these wonderful art pieces, and unique souvenirs made of Brač stone, we head for a local restaurant where you will taste the best Brač specialties from the famous Brač lamb. Lamb liver pâté, grilled lamb, lamb on the spit, with home grown potatoes roasted under charcoals and season salads.
Satisfied and cheerful, you are ready for the traditional dessert from Brac island that is to sweeten the entire story. Enjoy!
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