Tugare

Tugare is a Poljica village within the City of Omiš, occupying a fertile basin between the Mosor foothills of Makirina and Oćur and the ridges of Vršina and Mošnjica. Its documented story reaches back to Duke Trpimir’s charter of 852, the earliest known reference to Tugare. The village’s principal landmark is the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and its cemetery; construction finished in 1753, and the church was consecrated the following year. Tugare is not a seaside resort but a quiet inland base, with the coast reached by descending through Naklice. Walkers can follow old Poljica routes across Primorska kosa toward the hilltop church of Our Lady of the Snows and onward to Omiš. Local food is closely tied to soparnik, the Poljica chard-and-onion pie. June is associated with Tugare cherries, while nearby Čažin Dolac occasionally hosts programmes inspired by Poljica legends and oral traditions. Promet bus 29 links Tugare and Naklice with Split, making a car-free arrival possible.

Tugare is a village in the City of Omiš area, in the Poljica hinterland above the coast. Its central landmark is the Parish Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, entered in Croatia’s Register of Cultural Goods as Z-6299. The same register also records Tugare’s churches of St Francis and St Catherine, illustrating the density of sacred heritage in the village. The Omiš Tourist Board describes Tugare as a quiet place nine kilometres from Omiš: closely linked to the town, yet distinctly Poljica in character.