Seaside Promenade

Why it is worth your time

The seaside promenade is Brela's spine: a path following the coast for kilometres, always beneath pines, always by the sea, connecting all the town's beaches from Podrace in the south to Punta Rata and on toward Baska Voda. This is one of the Adriatic's loveliest coastal walks precisely because of the pine forest that has come down to the very edge: nearly the whole length runs in shade, with benches, showers and entries into the sea every hundred metres, so walking and swimming interweave however it occurs to you. In the morning this is the locals' running and cycling route, by day the family thoroughfare toward the beaches, and in the evening the corso on which the whole riviera strolls amid the scent of pine and dinners from the taverns.

The path is level and accessible, passable with a pram too, and the stretch to Baska Voda takes about an hour of easy walking. Bring a towel and a mask: the best coves are the nameless ones between the big beaches, reached by three steps down in a pine's shade.