The village is famous for its crystal clear sea and is popular for family vacation due to its calmness.

Povlja is located in a natural bay, on the east side of the Island of Brač.

[3] The early Christian basilica from the 6th century in Povlja, with retracted apse, decorated with a tripartite window on the posts and the octagonal baptistery is one of the most sacred buildings of this kind in Croatia.

From the Benedictine monastery a monument called "The Charter of Povlja", one of the oldest and most important Croatian monuments written Croatian Cyrillic script was found - the plate hails from the year 1184, a transcript was made from it in the year 1250.

In the 18th and 19th century, the church was enlarged and over the shrine a castle was built under which, according to legend, a Greek boy with great treasure was buried.