Most ferry and hydrofoil boats operate between Supetar and the ports on the mainland, which makes Supetar an important transit and tourist centre.
 

Due to its long nice sand beaches, enclosed by forests of pine, Supetar has long been a popular summer resort. Many will find the coast around Supetar, between Mirca in the west and Splitska in the east, an ideal place for swimming. With its variety of accommodation capacities (hotels, hotel annexes, apartments), restaurants, entertainment as well as sports and recreation opportunities (football, tennis, diving) Supetar meets the highest standards of tourism on Brac. Guided excursions to the surrounding islands represent another attraction.
 

SUPETAR, a town and harbour on the northern coast of the island of Brac; population 2,568. Chief occupations include farming, wine production, olive growing, synthetic material processing, fishing and tourism. Supetar lies on the regional road running along the island. Ferry port and connection with Split. Yachts can anchor along the break-water; the landward side of the harbour provides good -anchoring-ground.
 

Supetar was inhabited already in the Neolithic (Kopacina Cave near the town) and the ancient per-iods (early Christian sarcophagi by the church on the graveyard). The parish church with a monumental stairway (on the ruins of the original basilica from the 5th century) was built in 1733, expanded in 1887. It keeps paintings of the local Baroque painter Feliks Tironi. The Baroque altar palla is a work by an anonymous 18th-century Venetian painter. There are several tombstones, made by Ivan Rendic from Supetar, on the graveyard. The Mausoleum of the Petrinovic family, with portraits and statues, is a work by Tomo Rosandic. - The pre-Romanesque small church of St. Luke from the 11th and the 12th centuries is located on the road to Donji Humac.