Vela Luka is located on the island of Korcula, particularly on the island's western coast. Surrounded by numerous islets, inlets, lush vegetation with wide areas of olives and vineyards, Vela Luka is a promise of an authentic Mediterranean holidays.
If you go to Vela Luka in the summer do not plan only to spend every day on the beach since here you can see and feel charming Dalmatian folkloric festivals.
During the months of July and August many performances, concerts and events takes place. Some of the most interesting are Vela Luka festival, small boat race of Sveti Ivan which begun in 1933 when a Britain warship commander, delighted with the island and its inhabitants, proposed to perform a rowing race between the warship crew and the locals. The natives resulted winners and since then, every June 24th in Vela Luka bay a rowing race takes place. Another major events held in Vela Luka is the "Kumpanija" tournament, a medieval role play surrounded by all necessary artifacts to make it appear that we are in the Middle Ages. This event takes place on the day of Sveti Josip (St. Jozeph), recently recovered after 75 years and have been some of the locals who have recovered this beautiful folkloric event. During nights the summer atmosphere and juvenile invades the place and invite us to enjoy with friends at any terrace or pub in the town.
Visitor to Vela Luka can easily reach the island with frequent ferry lines. It has one of the largest ports in the area with connections from and to Split, Orebic (Peljesac) and Lastovo island.
