Cultural tourism Tucepi

Cultural tourism is defined as travel persons outside the residence with a view to the search for new experiences and experiences that meet their cultural needs. Cultural tourism also includes visits to cultural and historical sites in the distant and recent history of the tourist destinations, museums and galleries, churches, musical and theatrical events and performances, music and, more recently and visits to concerts of pop culture. That is considered to be cultural tourism motivated learning about cultural heritage, art and culture of life and work in the nation visited tourist area. Characteristics of demand for this type of culture is characterized by the fact that it is a broad spectrum of tourists covering different age groups and education, but with an indication that interest in culture increases with age. Cultural tourism is a younger branch of tourism that emerges from the needs of all educated tourists and their needs work on myself, learning and entertainment needs through introducing the history and tradition, and is motivated by the creative cultural activities related to the activities that have been preserved from the past such as learning traditional skills through cultural tourism product with religion, gastronomy and tourism literature or contemporary art production.

On the territory of the Riviera of Makarska, is situated the tourist city of Tucepi. The proximity of the town of Makarska on the north-west and the mountain of Biokovo on the south-east gives it an ideal geographic position. The nearby villages, with a traditional littoral architecture, spread all around its slope, full of water springs and on the terrace shaped grounds are located vineyards and olive-trees.

The favourable geographical position caused the population of Tucepi in the antique period.  Parts of the furniture of the early roman church from the V - VI century and some medieval grave stones are the older evidence of the inhabitation of Tucepi. Under the name of Tucepi the place is at first mentioned in the 1434. During the transitional time from roman to a gothic stile, near at the end of the XIII century, was built the church of Saint George and in the XVIII century were built the baroque villas of the families Ivanisevic and Lucic - Pavlovic.

Thanks to a beautiful coast and high quality accommodation offer Tucepi became a little paradise on...