Blaca Hermitage

Depending which route you take in, you could miss seeing the front of the monastery. We took the route most people were taking, marked with spray paint near to the entrance of the car park, and it leads directly underneath. We were interested in seeing the front of the hermitage and not so much the tour, and took maybe a 5 minute detour to just walk across to the trails on the other side of the hill for full beautiful views of the entire thing. Not a difficult hike and we found it beautiful throughout!

Blaca Monastery, also known as Pustinja Blaca, is a historical and cultural monument located on the southern coast of Brač Island in Croatia. You need a car to get to the starting oint, an d then 30-minutes walk in low forest to get to the magnificent scene. You can visit the interior with the guide that can discliose all secrets.

A truly unique experience. HOWEVER - the monastary is definitely not open on ANY Monday!! We read reviews that only the museum was closed on Mondays - but nope - the whole thing is closed, year round, just on Mondays.
Regardless the trip in was a total adventure - it was awesome. We rented a quad bike (definitely get a quad bike, we saw many cars being forced to turn around on the dirt road in). It was fun and exhilarating.
The actual hike was moderate - 1.8km by my Garmin watch each way from the carpark to the monastery. We read a lot of complaining reviews about the hike - whilst it was uphill on the way back, if you have a base level of fitness and wear appropriate shoes you will find it a good walk. We did each way in 25mins (not sure who these people were saying it took 45-60mins each way 😅)
Once in a lifetime experience to see and do something different and enjoy being outdoors at the same time 😁 GO - you'll love it!

Wonderful place with an awesome exhibition. Be aware as photos are not allowed inside. You can hike from a parking place about 2.5 km away. The drive to that parking space is a bit tricky as the street is not good.

I really enjoyed my time at this monastery. It's an interesting place with an even more fascinating history. The short hike from the upper parking lot to the monastery was easy. I highly recommend visiting this place.

Definitely worth visiting! 30 minutes hiking (mostly downhill) to the place and a bit more on the way back. Have a good sneakers and plenty of water. You can buy a bottle of water at the monastery for 30 kn. There is no toilet at the monastery.

Fantastic and unique place with interesting history. There's a guide to know sth about this place. Be repare that the road is not so easy, especially on the return way 😉. Please wear comfortable shoes!

Beautiful monastery and very nice tour with friendly tour guide.

The parking for the car is large and the dirt road leading there is accessible by regular cars. The walk down from the parking takes about 40 minutes, it is not very tricky but a bit steep so bring a lot of water for the way back up in the sun. There are shaded parts during the hike also.

The tour is only 40 kuna. Which is a fair price.

Impressive monastery/museum built in rock. Half hour walk to the building is awarded with intersting guided tour through the place

Best tip is walk back the other side of the valley for an amazing view of the Blaca Hermitage.

After a hard macadan trip of ~6/7 km and a cute, little but harsh trekking of ~30/45 mins you feel like you really have reached a place were few have gone to! The guided tour is totally worth it, highly recommend 😊
When we went there it was blazing hot but the monastery works like a natural air conditioner, soothing the air while you listen to the story of a place you can only imagine by travelling there in person.

Impressive old town which was ruled by the christian clerics from 1551. Self sustainable town with it's own port 2,5 km away. You will have to walk around 30 minutes from the parking "Blaca parkplatz". When you get here don't walk away too soon. Take the tour inside the monastery (5 euros per person). That is the real WoW factor for this place. You will see where they lived, cooked and slept. And then the fun starts.. It was an astronomical place. US Naval administration was sending them their journals and books just a few years back. Asteroids and comets were found here. They have 400 years old books on different thematics on 5 different languages. Etc etc.. Go and enjoy! P.S. don't be an average tourist and bring trekking footwear and lots of water if you go here in summer.

It isn't easy to come hire but it is interesting to see it. There are two options to come hire, from the sea side and from inside of the island but both ways the last 2,5km you need to go hiking, and the walk is not easy and usually is very hot when you are visiting so bring the water with you. Google does not know the path till there! It is old monastery that is now museum. It is made of stones in the stone.

Fantastic experience and absolutely recommended. The dirt road is about 4.5km and is rough in spots. You reach a wooded parking lot where you start by foot about 30 minutes down a moderately difficult trail. The guide we had was funny but super informative about the Monastery. Museum inside is absolutely worth seeing. We took a longer more strenuous hike out the other side of the canyon with great views back to the monastery. This route out was a solid 45-60 minutes at a decent pace.

Wonderful experience and an inspiring story. PERSEVERANCE through hardship and againt many odds.

The guides are well rounded in knowledge and are like a time capsule that takes you back in that time.

A must see

2.5 km by car plus 30min walking. But place is worth to see during holidays. also museum is interesting and tells alot about location and history.
Please use sneakers and take enough water

fascinatig place with very interesting history. tour guide was great. you sholud take some water and good shoes with you because path to the location is rocky. when you reach the place you may need to wait a bit for the tour guide to finish the tour that came before you but the ambient is beautiful so that shouldn't be a problem. :)

A nice 1.5h long walk (there and back) through magnificant nature. Suitable for children as well.

Amazing place and site where you'll find one truly firsthand insight into 400 years of history of one very special community. Everything is there still as it was when last lord of this place died in 1963. Religion, astronomy, ... Everything is there. I do not recommend to go there when it's really hot. Rather chose a cloudy day. Do not hike there in flip-flops.

What a amazing place, this is probably top 5 attraction in Croatia. Even you need walk a bit to get there, every step worth it. Definitely place which one need little bit bigger attention and management cose it's not visible.