Today was a free day to wander around Korčula.
Korčula has an interesting layout of streets - the map looks like the skeleton of a fish. The Venetians ruled the island from 1420 to 1797 and built Korcula Town in the 15th century. The builders cleverly took advantage of the windy climate by running the west streets straight to open the city to the westerly maestral winds and curving the east streets to protect the town from the cold, north-easterly bura winds.
Neat idea!
The view of Korčula from our hotel.
Some of the 'bones' of the 'fish'.
The old town wall.
One of the old town gates.
A prickly tower.
A totally cute frog fountain.
This is probably supposed to be Marco Polo.
And these are some of the unusual decorations on the church.
A view of Korčula from a different angle.
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