1770 inhabitants) is a famous tourist destination situated 3 km south-east of Makarska. Tučepi is one of the oldest colonies in the foot of the Biokovo mountain. Thanks to its wonderful nature, rich ground and spring waters this place has an almost four millenniums old history. Tučepi is the next place east of Makarska, the town attracting other places in the coast region of Makarska (region in the foot of Biokovo, in the south part of Middle Dalmatia).

Although the present name Tučepi was mentioned in the year 1434 for the first time, the place was inhabited as late as in the antiquity. Besides the preserved foundations of the small Early Christian church from the 5.-6. century, the most famous historical monument in this place is the small St. Juraj church from the 13. century in the Middle Ages, built in the Romanesque-Gothic style, and, close to the church, the Roman tombstones are preserved, too.

As a modern tourist destination, Tučepi was grown up in the period after the Second War. Before that time there was a small number of inhabitants living at the seaside. The greatest part of Tučepi inhabitants was living in the foot of the mountain in the hamlets named Podpeć, Čovići, Srida Sela, Šimići and Podstup; the rich Biokovo sloping grounds were the base for agriculture, mostly olive and wine-growing.

The charming Dalmatian villages, built in the traditional Mediterranean style, became depopulated during the past decades, and the life was displaced to the coastal part along the longest beach under the Biokovo. This is now one of the most attractive summer resorts in Croatia . It is decorated with the most beautiful beach in the Makarska seaside region, the pine woods, olive-groves, luxurious hotels, nice houses and sports grounds. In the place there is a marina, sheltered against the wind and sea breakers with one outer break-water. Tučepi has to thank to its ideal geographic position, the fascinating beauty of the nature and also to the hospitality of its people for all the attractiveness it has. The place is located 80 km distance from the airport, and the new-built toll-road Zagreb-Split made the drive Zagreb-Tučepi to last only 4 hours. To boot over and above, Tučepi is also the best possible choice for those tourists, who would like, besides having rest on the beautiful beaches, to experience culture and nature of Dalmatia and its hinterland. Tučepi is the starting point for an one or two hours lasting car or bus excursion to the towns and landscapes of the Middle and South Dalmatia and the neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina as well.

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