Ciovo Vacation Rental apartment: Okrug Gornji

The apartment was absolutely beautiful - just as the photographs promised. The view from the balcony was spectacular, especially at sunset. The beds were comfortable, there was air-conditioning in each of the bedrooms and living area and the kitchen was extremely well-equipped.
Of course, in order to have that spectacular view, the apartment needed to be high up The walk from the apartment to the beach was 7 minutes downhill but the walk back is excruciatingly steep, and especially hard when loaded down with bags, lilos etc!!! Kept us fit if nothing else!
The beach itself was long, but not deep and was very, very busy; the sea was safe for the children to swim in. The only moan would be the loud music which came from many of the beach bars, from as early as four o'clock in the afternoon. Not especially relaxing! At night Okrug and the beach area was busy - we found a lovely restaurant which was situated at the North end of the beach, but we would say that you should definitely spend some evenings in Trogir. What a wonderful old town, in beautiful condition and steeped in history. The boat 'taxi' is the way to travel between the two places - we spent nine days without a car and didn't really miss one, but beware when getting a taxi to the airport - it's an absolute rip-off!!
Just another moan - very loud music from the harbour on Saturday evenings and, when we were there, on Wednesday as well, both until 1.30 in the morning.
All in all we had a really lovely holiday - the apartment is a very good choice as long as you are not elderly, have a heart condition or have very small children with you!!! The view is definitely worth the climb though!!!

This is a really beautiful apartment in a lovely resort. The details really don't do the place justice - the apartment has a huge balcony that runs along the front with fantastic views . Everything is very modern and clean, there is a dishwasher, huge plasma TV, air-conditioning etc. Highly recommended. The building itself is at the top of quite a steep hill so it wouldn't suit the elderly or people with buggies but it benefits from being a bit away from the main road and the bars as they could be quite noisy.

Ciovo is a little island that is connected to Trogir by a bridge. The roads get really busy (i.e. can take you 45 minutes to get off the island) but you can get a little boat from the beach at Okrug Gornji to Trogir so it's not really a problem and the traffic is better if you leave early.

The appartment is in a block at the top of the hill that overlooks the resort of Okrug Gornji. We never tired of the panoramic view over the sea with the changing light. The appartment is large, beautifully furnished and superbly equipped. In terms of activities we took the boat into Trogir for the evening a few times which was great fun. Okrug itself is a slightly brash resort with little to detain you it whereas Trogir is a jewel of a medieval town with narrow streets and atmospheric restaurants. In terms of beaches they are all of the gravel variety. We found a nice pine fringed beach in Okrug Donji down the road. The property is managed by an agency who were professional and especially helpful when we left our passports behind! We had trouble finding the place from the directions. I would recommend locating it on a map. The other thing to watch our for is the traffic bottleneck from Ciovo island into Trogir. We made 4 day trips onto the mainland and it took 45 minutes to travel the 3km each time.