Korcula, Croatia – October 25, 2012

Korcula, Croatia – October 25, 2012

Korcula (pronounced Korchula) is a two-hour town, and the ship was there only for the morning.  Korcula is a tiny town surrounded by an ancient wall.  The ship anchored in the bay, and passengers were tendered ashore.  The town is neatly laid out in a circular manner with the wall surrounding it; it is completely pedestrian town with a single “street” (perhaps 12-15 feet wide) bisecting it and other narrow lanes radiating out from the main street.  The town is filled with buildings that seem to date to the middle ages; it has two old churches, one of which is a large cathedral.  The only interesting photos were of the wall, the churches, and the narrow lanes radiating through the town.  The town also has souvenir shops and sidewalk restaurants.  I was able to walk through every lane in the town, as well as the lane circumventing the town in only two hours, stopping for photos.  Actually, the most interesting thing in the town was a large owl that had appeared overnight and perched on a balcony rail above the town museum all the time I was there.  It was not inclined to move, other than to rotate its head now and then. 

I was not sure why Princess decided to stop in Korcula rather than in Dubrovnik.  I had been to Dubrovnik in 2000, and it is a large, interesting and beautiful town nearby.  The ship sailed soon after noon, on its way to Venice.