Biokovo Nature Park

Proclaimed a nature park in 1981, this mountain rampart towers about 1500 meters over the Makarska Riviera and offers views over the sea and nearby islands.

It is one of Croatia's most popular destinations for hikers with myriad paths that wind up the hills past olive groves, vineyards and pine forests.

[1] The Nature Park covers an area of 19,550 hectares and its highest point is Sveti Jure (1762 meters).

[2] Due to its relative isolation, the nature park hosts endemic plant species such as the Biokovo bellflower.

The narrowing of the ocean caused tectonic disturbances, making the horizontal layers of plates crinkle, break, and emerge above the sea surface, forming mountain ranges including the Alps and the Dinarides, which Biokovo belongs to.