Milna

One of the first visitors who ended up in Milna was a Russian tsar. In the year 1806 the crew of one of his reconnaissance boats had had to fight a battle with the French military, who had placed the region around Brac under their administration. The people of Brac supported - naturally! - the enemy of their enemies, that is the Russians, and so the French had to admit defeat. The tsar came here, gave his thanks, enjoyed the good, warm weather, observed how the island administration was developing and sailed away again. Since then many have followed his example. Milna attracts yacht owners in particular, its harbour seeming almost larger than the rest of the place. And for going ashore there really is quite a lot to see: the Angliscina castle, which was built in the 16th century in such a way that the nobles in love could withdraw again and again into unoverlookable, romantic seating niches; the small parish church, which looks so unspectacular from outside that one does not even suspect the painting by Titian, the sculpture by Rendic and all the other works of art in its interior; and the chapel of Sveti Josip, which - as befits a church consecrated to the patron saint of fishermen - offers a very beautiful view of the sea and the bathing bay in the south of Milna.