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Korcula is an extremely beautiful island, well worth being seen and enjoyed. Near the city of Korcula a score of uninhabited islets with an easily accessible coastline, covered with thick macchia, ride the sea: some o( then have smooth stone stabs good for sunbathing right beside the water. Badija Badija is slightly bigger, it is partly covered with a thick pine wood that grows down to the sea, and shingle beaches on the north and south side. Nearby Lumbarda has a low sandy beach surrounded by vineyards. Near the city of Korcula an avenue of cypress trees was planted in 1709 beside a long steep stairway that leads to the top of Glavica sv. Antuna hill. Kocije (Koce) in Zrnovo village are large chalk formations with rocks of unusual shapes and mysterious caves. Zrnovo Forests of slender, indigenous cypress trees grow on the low hills between Korcula, the neighbouring village of Zrnovo, and the terraces of old vineyards and olive groves. Pupnat bay The deep inlet Pupnatska luka is especially charming. This quiet, natural harbour with a white shingle beach has steep slopes overgrown with green pine forests mirrored in the sea. An enormous cypress tree several centuries old, the oldest known tree on the island, grows in front of the parish church in Cara. An avenue of lime trees over one kilometre long was planted beside the road called Zlinj that leads down the middle of Blato. City of Korcula In summer, when they flower, they give the whole village a special atmosphere. The south island slopes have ancient vineyards on step-like stone terraces with regular walls called Meje, man-made but in such harmony with the surrounding countryside that they look like part of this karstic landscape.
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Otok obiluje prirodnim ljepotama posebne privlačnosti, vrijednih da ih se posjeti i upozna. U blizini grada Korčule je arhipelag dvadesetak nenaseljenih otočića obraslih gustom makijom i pristupačne obale: na nekima su uz more glatke kamene ploče pogodne za sunčanje. Tu je i malo veća Badija djelomice obrasla gustom borovom šumom koja se prostire do obale i šljunkovitim plažama sa sjeverne i južne strane. Badija U nedalekoj Lumbardi je niska, pjeskovita obala okružena vinogradima. Blizu grada Korčule ističe se aleja čempresa zasadena 1709. godine uza strmo, dugo stepenište koje se uspinje na vrh brežuljka Glavicu sv. Antuna. Zrnovo Kočije (Koče) u selu Žrnovu velike su kamene gromade kredne formacije a sastoje se od niza stijena neobična oblika i tajnovitih spilja. Na brežuljcima između grada Korčule i susjednog sela Žrnova i terasa starih vinograda i maslinika rastu šume vitkih, samoniklih čempresa. Posebno je privlačna duboka uvala Pupnatska luka s bijelom šljunčanom plažom, gdje se u moru zrcali zelenilo borove šume kojom su obrasli strmi obronci što uokviruju ovu tihu, prirodnu luku. Uvala Pupnat Pred župnom crkvom u Čari stoji ogromni višestoljetni čempres, najstarije poznato stablo na otoku. Uz cestu zvanu Zlinja koja se u dužini više od jednog kilometra pruža sredinom mjesta Blata posađena je aleja stabala lipe - koje ljeti, a posebno u doba cvata daju cijelom mjestu poseban ugođaj. U blizini Vele Luke šumoviti otočić Ošjak svojom netaknutom prirodom privlači ljubitelje tišine i odmora. Grad Korcula Na južnim obroncima otoka brojne su kamene, stepenaste terase starih vinograda s pravilnim zidovima - Mejama, podignutim ljudskom rukom toliko usklađenim s okolinom da izgledaju kao dio ovog krševitog krajolika.