Okit hill and Our Lady of Carmel

The hill above town with a church and a view across the whole Šibenik archipelago.

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Why it is worth your time

Okit is the rise north of Vodice, a little under two hundred metres, with the church of Our Lady of Carmel on top. The view from up there explains the geography better than any map: below is the town and its bay, opposite lies Prvić with its two villages, behind it Zlarin and Kaprije, and on a clear day the line of the Kornati shows on the horizon.

To the north the dry hinterland opens up, with stone walls and olive groves, completely unlike the coast.

A paved road runs to the top so you can drive, but on foot it takes about half an hour and the view widens the whole way. The climb is short and steep with no shade, which in summer makes it bearable only early in the morning or before sunset. The church is plain and mostly closed, but in mid July, on the feast of Our Lady of Carmel, a procession climbs up from the town and the hill is crowded for the only day in the year.

The rest of the time there is nobody up there except the occasional runner.

Croatia Atlas tip

Go before sunset: the sun drops behind the islands, the whole channel takes on colour, and the road back down is quick even in the dark.

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