Maybe you didn’t know..
Flood
In 1874 Sutivan suffered a great flood caused by excessive rain. Due to the fact
that at the time the waterfront was closed by a series of houses, and the
only access was through narrow streets, the water could not flow freely into
the sea therefore the consequences were catastrophic. As remembrance of this
event, on the door post of the entry into the yard of the Ilić house, a marking
of the water level at the time of this terrible event has been carved.
Points of interest
The history of tourism in Sutivan has its roots in long ago 1927 when a returned
immigrant from Bolivia, Ivan Grubišić opened the Hotel “Vesna” with a capacity
of 28 beds and which was still operating until recently as a hospitality
facility. By 1929 Sutivan had already registered 2464 overnight stays, whereby
it held third place on the island, after Supetar and Bol, and it holds this
position to the present day, even though it has no hotels.
Today’s central beach “Bunta” was once called the “Czech beach”, as
they were then the most frequent guests, and at this time an ambitious project
of Health tourism was initiated which unfortunately has not become a reality.
In Sutivan, in 1935, the “Society for the advancement of tourism” was active,
and the locality had two hotels and one inn with a total of 42 beds in 23
rooms, and in 1939 there were 8,605 overnights stays registered. Today Sutivan
has about 1,700 registered beds and in 2005 achieved 80,000 tourist overnight
stays with the largest share of guests from Hungary (40 %).
The photograph below shows the arrival of the first tourist automobile in Sutivan
in 1962. At an exhibition of old photographs displayed as part of the Stivansko
lito (Sutivan summer festival) in 2001, a married couple Ingrid and Horst
Borgward who still regularly spend their holidays in Sutivan recognised their
automobile and were thrilled to see this photograph in the exhibition catalogue!
As guests of the Sutivan family of Mihovil Ljubetić, they love the homey
atmosphere and home-style cuisine which they enjoy together at the same table
with the other members of the household, and there are few older people in
Sutivan who don’t know them. Ingrid a dentist and Horst a mechanic, both
retired, pay special attention to their deceased friend and acquaintances,
so that a visit to the local cemetery and lighting of candles upon their
arrival and departure are a mandatory part of their holiday. When asked what
they love most about Croatia, without hesitation they answer: “Sutivan!”
