Loviste is a peaceful and quiet tourist resort. The entire village is a
big beach, with numerous fruitful
gardens and its own fleet of fishing
boats, which provide a constant
excellent offer of fresh fish and other
seafood. Here is also the largest
Croatian processing plant for drying of
figs and carobs. Visitors will
especially enjoy bathing in the cove of
Mirca with the white sand bottom.
LOVISTE, a village on the
southern coast of the cove of Luka, in
the extreme north-western part of the
Peljesac Peninsula; population 242.
Chief occupations are farming,
viticulture, fruit growing, fishing and
tourism. In the vicinity of Loviste are
numerous small coves (Przna, Cesminova,
Krizica, Rasoha, Bezdija) with beaches.
In the northern part of the cove of Luka
is the hamlet of Mirce; the cove is a
well protected pier for yachts.
In Roman times it was a port on the maritime communication Corcyra nigra (Korcula) - Narona (Vid near Metkovic); traces of a Roman villa rustica have also been found. There is also the church of the Heart of Mary from 1885.
