The Makarska Riviera is a part of the Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n coast of the Adriatic Sea

Adriatic Sea

The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...

, about 60 kilometers long and only several kilometers wide, squeezed under towering mountain Biokovo

Biokovo

Biokovo is the second-highest mountain range in Croatia, located along the Dalmatian coast of the Adriatic Sea, between the rivers of Cetina and Neretva...

. Sunny climate and long pebbly beaches make this region a popular tourist destination. A string of settlements along the coast from the border with Omiš

Omiš

Omiš is a town and port in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and is a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County. The town is situated approximately south-east of Croatia's second largest city, Split. Its location is where the emerald-green Cetina River meets the Adriatic Sea...

 coast on northwest to Neretva

Neretva

Neretva is the largest river of the eastern part of the Adriatic basin. It has been harnessed and controlled to a large extent by four HE power-plants with large dams and their storage lakes, but it is still recognized for its natural beauty, diversity of its landscape and visual...

 delta on the southeast:

• Brela
  Brela
  Brela is a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia county of Croatia, population 1,771 . The municipality consists of two villages: Brela and Gornja Brela. Village Brela is located on the Adriatic coastline of Dalmatia, about 15 km northwest of Makarska....
  
   (population 1,618 according to 2001 census)
• Baška Voda
  Baška Voda
  Baška Voda , is a municipality in Croatia in the Split-Dalmatia County. It has a population of 2,924 , 95.5% which are Croats, 1.03% Serbs, etc. It is located on the Adriatic coastline of Dalmatia 10 km northwest of Makarska....
  
   (2,045)
• Promajna (456)
• Krvavica
  Krvavica
  Krvavica is a village in the municipality of Kruševac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 862 people....
  
   (287)
• Bratuš
  Bratuš
  Bratuš is a village in Central Dalmatia, Croatia close to the city of Makarska. It is a small fishing and tourist village with fewer than 50 inhabitants outside the holiday season....
  
   (-)
• Bast (136)
• Makarska
  Makarska
  Makarska is a small town on the Adriatic coastline of Croatia, about southeast of Split and northwest of Dubrovnik. It has a population of 13,716 residents. Administratively Makarska has the status of a town and it is part of the Split-Dalmatia County....
  
  , the center of the region (13,716)
• Tučepi
  Tucepi
  Tučepi is a small town and municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia. It is located on the Adriatic coast of Dalmatia known as Makarska riviera, about 5 km southeast of Makarska, population 1,763...
  
   (1,763)
• Podgora
  Podgora
  Podgora is a small town in the Split-Dalmatia county of Croatia. It is located on the Adriatic coastline of Dalmatia. The town has a population of 1,500 while the municipality of Podgora has a population of about 3,000 .Podgora has a largely tourism-based economy. With its five hotels, it has...
  
   (1,534)
• Drašnice
  Drašnice
  Drašnice is a tourist locality in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, located between Makarska and Ploče. The population is 328.The village lies underneath the Biokovo mountain, at the Jadranska magistrala, and across the strait there's the island of Hvar....
  
   (328)
• Igrane
  Igrane
  Igrane is a village in Croatia, around 19 km south from Makarska. It has about 420 inhabitants.At the highest point of the village is the "Kula Zale" tower - named after Ivan Anticic, and built during the 17th century as a protection against Turks. The Pre-Romanesque church of St...
  
   (480)
• Živogošće
  Zivogosce
  Živogošće is a tourist locality in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, located between Makarska and Drvenik....
  
   (538)
• Drvenik (Makarska)
  Drvenik (Makarska)
  Drvenik is a village in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, in Gradac municipality, located between Makarska and Ploče. Drvenik lays in two bays . Drvenik represents a unique symbiosis of sea and mountain beauty with its bay surrounded by the cliffs of mountain Biokovo.- External links :* - Drvenik travel...
  
   (500)
• Zaostrog
  Zaostrog
  Zaostrog is a tourist town and harbor along the Adriatic Sea in southern Dalmatia, Croatia. It is located between Makarska and Ploče. It consists of two parts, an older part below a steep limestone section of the Biokovo mountain range, and a newer coastal zone...
  
   (372)
• Podaca
  Podaca
  Podaca is a tourist locality in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, located between Makarska and Ploče.-History:Podaca is a village located on the southern part of Makarska Riviera, beneath Biokovo, 35 km away from Makarska. It is made of three parts: Kapec, Viskovica vala and Ravanje.Nowadays, Podaca...
  
   (716)
• Brist
  Brist
  Brist is a tourist locality in southern Dalmatia, Croatia, located between Makarska and Ploče. It is not a municipality.- External links :...
  
   (453)
• Gradac (1,574)

See also

• Riviera
  Riviera
  Riviera is an Italian term originally from the Middle Ages for the coast of Liguria. The term is now more generally applied to any coastal area popular with tourists, particularly in warm areas...
  
  , featuring links to articles on the many coastal strips around the world which are known as Riviera