Ferry guide

Split to Brač Ferry

The most frequent island ferry from Split. Supetar in under an hour. The most famous beach in Croatia on the south side. There's a catch: Supetar and Bol are not the same place.

The two routes

Supetar ≠ Bol

This is the most common mistake on the Brač ferry. Supetar is on the north coast. Bol — and Zlatni Rat beach — is on the south coast. They are about 30 minutes apart by car or 45 minutes by bus. If you're coming without a car and your goal is Zlatni Rat, the Krilo catamaran direct to Bol will save you considerable time and hassle.

If you're staying in Supetar, or want flexibility across the island with a rental car, the Jadrolinija car ferry is the right call — it runs roughly every two hours and is extremely reliable.

Zlatni Rat

The pebble spit that extends from Bol and shifts shape depending on currents. Croatia's most photographed beach. In August it's extremely busy. In June or September it's still beautiful and you can actually find a spot on it. The water on both sides is genuinely clear. Worth seeing once.

Also on Brač

Supetar is underrated as a base — quieter than Hvar, good restaurants, easy to reach. The island interior has stone villages, olive groves, and the kind of scenery that doesn't show up on Instagram because nobody bothered to stop.

Pučišće on the north coast is a stone-carving town — much of Diocletian's Palace in Split was built from Brač limestone. The white stone quarries are still active.