Cultural tourism Vela Luka

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.

Vela Luka is located on the west coast of the island of Korcula, in a picturesque bay deeply involved into a mainland. Vela Luka is the biggest place on the island ad it has approximately 5000 habitants.  Exactly Vela Luka has the reputation as one of the most protected harbours on the Adriatic. Its beauty is visible if you look on the developed coastline and bays and the nearby hills of gentle slopes on which groove pine trees, vineyards, olive trees and fig trees.

The history of Vela Luka dates from the stone time. From that period were found evidence in the cave of Velka Spila, above Vela Luka, that confirmed that the place was lived since then. It's presumed that also this area was the location of the Greek colony in the V century B.C. and inhabited during the time of the ancient Romans. In the medieval time Vela Luka was a place where the nobles and the dukes built their mansions and castles, and as a town it's mentioned in the XV century. Vela Luka started to have a form and...