Baska Voda is located on the Adriatic coast, between Brela and Makarska, at the bottom of Biokovo mountain range. Although a small Mediterranean village, Baska Voda has some three thousand inhabitants. Like other places on Makarska Riviera, Baska Voda was once a settlement of fishermen, laborers, merchants and seafarers, and today it is a top tourist destination with all the contents that have earned it such a title. Residents mostly engage in tourism and hospitality services, as Baska Voda is the place with the highest number of tourists on Makarska Riviera during the summer. Baska Voda area was first inhabited in the ancient times, mostly due to numerous freshwater springs. Illyrians were the first to erect and inhabit the fortification named Gradina, and Romans later erected a military fort Biston in the same spot. During the Ottoman invasion, people from this area moved to the foot of Mt. Biokovo, only to descend back to the shore in the 17th century. Save for the neo-Romanic Parish Church of St. Nicholas - patron saint of Baska Voda - that was finished at the end of the 19th century, the oldest church is the 18th century late Baroque Church of St. Laurence, erected on the foundations of the late Antiquity fortress. Mild, favorable climate, rich Mediterranean vegetation, long pebble beach by the crystal clear sea, and the kindness of locals are reason enough to come and stay in Baska Voda. Accommodation in Baska Voda testifies to the long, quality tourism tradition. In Baska Voda, accommodation is offered by hotels Horizont, Slavija, Croatia, Hrvatska, apart-hotels Milenij, Uranija, family hotels-villas Bacchus, Palloma, Basko Polje Camp and in numerous private apartments. Baska Voda accommodation is versatile, ranging from cheap rooms to luxury apartments. During the summer nights, the beaches turn into night clubs that offer fun until sunrise. Restaurants and taverns along the lungomare promenade and the facades of well-preserved common architecture attract guests with tempting scents of Dalmatian cuisine.