{"id":254,"date":"2015-02-11T12:48:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T12:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/?p=254"},"modified":"2015-05-22T17:25:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T17:25:23","slug":"why-korcula-of-all-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/why-korcula-of-all-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Korcula is actually called Korcula?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The name of Korcula is derived from the ancient Greek KORKYRA MELAINA and means black forest, because <strong>Korcula is one of the greenest islands in Croatia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-453 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Foto-30.05.jpg\" alt=\"Foto 30.05\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Foto-30.05.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Foto-30.05-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The island in its diversity offers a lot of attractions for everyone, you will find everything here. From the Venetian architecture of Korcula town, the <strong>vineyards and olive groves<\/strong> between Cara and Smokvica to barely inhabited, slumbering <strong>fishing villages in quiet bays<\/strong> like Babina, to Boogie Jungle a night club for the young at heart near Korcula town.<\/p>\n<p>Hours of marked biking and hiking trails criss-cross this very wooded island, 46 km long and 12 km wide. Are you interested in archeology and pre-Christian finds? Korcula has something to offer in this area, too!<\/p>\n<p>With us you will find peace &#8211; but also a variety of water sports and excursions.<\/p>\n<p>M<span id=\"result_box\" class=\"short_text\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hps\">ore information about<\/span> <span class=\"hps\">Korcula<\/span><span class=\"\">:<\/span><\/span>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/korcula24.de\/\"><strong>http:\/\/korcula24.de\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The name of Korcula is derived from the ancient Greek KORKYRA MELAINA and means black forest, because Korcula is one of the greenest islands in Croatia. &nbsp;&#8230; <a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/why-korcula-of-all-places\/\">Mehr lesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":698,"href":"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/korcula.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}