Apartment Jasovic

Forty-eight steps up from the harbor, Apartment Jasovic sits on Put Svetog Antuna within Korcula's walled old town, a compact peninsula of Venetian stone streets modeled on a fishbone plan. The building predates cars on the peninsula, so luggage arrives by handcart the final stretch.

Units keep terracotta floors and shuttered windows facing either the town wall or a narrow inner lane; kitchenettes let guests cook Peljesac wine and local fish rather than dine out nightly.

The old town suits couples and independent travelers over families with strollers, given the stairs; the passenger ferry to Orebic leaves from the quay five minutes below.