13 primary sources
Sources behind the Makarska guide
These sources explain city demand, area names, route structure, accommodation observations and the latest official Advent context. Every entry states what it cannot tell you.
HR-DZS-MAKARSKA-2024high
Croatian Bureau of Statistics
- Observed
- 2024
- Scope
- City of Makarska row; beds, arrivals and nights in commercial accommodation
- What we use it for
- The city row reports 19,874 permanent beds, 316,894 arrivals and 1,672,925 commercial-accommodation nights in 2024.
- What it does not prove
- It does not distribute demand or beds across editorial neighbourhoods and must not be relabelled as Makarska Riviera data.
- Gate support
- commercial value · visitor demand
HR-MAKARSKA-TB-2024high
Makarska Tourist Board
- Observed
- 1 January–31 December 2024
- Scope
- City of Makarska Tourist Board reporting
- What we use it for
- The report records 1,735,129 nights and 323,701 arrivals in 2024 and provides month-by-month and source-market context.
- What it does not prove
- It does not validate neighbourhood boundaries or prove per-area accommodation patterns.
- Gate support
- audience access · visitor demand
HR-MAKARSKA-2025-MILESTONEmedium to high
Makarska Tourist Board
- Observed
- 1 January–5 August 2025
- Scope
- Area of the City of Makarska; cumulative registered nights milestone
- What we use it for
- The Tourist Board reports that the city reached one million registered nights on 5 August 2025, one day earlier than in 2024.
- What it does not prove
- The observation ends on 5 August and cannot replace a complete annual comparison.
- Gate support
- visitor demand
HR-MAKARSKA-AREAS-2025high
City of Makarska
- Observed
- Checked 2026-08-29
- Scope
- Official local-council names within the City of Makarska
- What we use it for
- The City identifies Centar, Ratac–Zelenka and Bili Brig–Gorinka as distinct local-council areas.
- What it does not prove
- Editorial stay areas may not match local-council boundaries; Ratac and Bili Brig must not be presented as one official district.
- Gate support
- audience access
HR-MAKARSKA-AREA-STREETS-2025high
City of Makarska Election Commission
- Observed
- Official local-council polling-area street assignment for the 2025 election; checked 2026-08-23
- Scope
- Street and address-number assignment for Ratac–Zelenka and Bili Brig–Gorinka local councils
- What we use it for
- The Commission assigns full streets and address-number ranges to the two separate councils. Joined to the ministry register, it maps 14 exact-Makarska categorised-object rows to Ratac–Zelenka and zero to Bili Brig–Gorinka.
- What it does not prove
- The street list does not enumerate private rentals, measure distance or terrain, prove current availability, or show that Bili Brig has no accommodation. Address changes after the source date require a new crosswalk.
- Gate support
- commercial value · audience access
HR-MAKARSKA-ZELENKA-UPU-2019high
City of Makarska
- Observed
- Adopted Zelenka 2 urban-plan amendment and 1:1000 existing-state/transport maps; checked 2026-08-23
- Scope
- The bounded Zelenka 2 planning area, not all of Zelenka or Ratac–Zelenka
- What we use it for
- The adopted maps expose spot heights that vary materially across the bounded plan area and label planned street grades, carriageways and sidewalks. They prove that straight-line distance is not a sufficient access test within this subarea.
- What it does not prove
- A planning map is not a live pedestrian survey. It does not prove that every planned segment is built, the current surface condition, a door-to-beach route, a universal gradient, walking time, noise or accommodation supply.
- Gate support
- audience access
HR-MAKARSKA-ZELENKA-WALK-2023medium to high
City of Makarska
- Observed
- Municipal procurement notice and award for a pedestrian path above Zadarska Street; checked 2026-08-23
- Scope
- One named pedestrian-path intervention in Zelenka above Zadarska Street
- What we use it for
- The City records a procurement and award for arranging a pedestrian path in Zelenka above Zadarska Street, providing a specific public-path reference rather than a generic walkability claim.
- What it does not prove
- The notice does not prove the complete present-day route, surface, lighting, accessibility, walking time or connection from an arbitrary property to the beach or centre.
- Gate support
- audience access
HR-MAKARSKA-BUS-STATION-2026high
Makarska Bus Station
- Observed
- Station location and live timetable entry point checked 2026-08-23
- Scope
- Intercity bus arrival at Ante Starčevića 30 next to the city port
- What we use it for
- The official station page locates the terminal at Ante Starčevića 30 beside the city port and exposes current arrivals/departures lookup.
- What it does not prove
- The page does not prove a local urban-bus connection to every Makarska stay area, a fixed frequency, walking time, fare or accessible last mile.
- Gate support
- audience access
HR-MAKARSKA-PLAN-2024high
City of Makarska
- Observed
- Consolidated city spatial plan in force through the listed 2023 amendments; published 2024
- Scope
- City of Makarska spatial plan; settlement land uses, waterfront and named planning areas
- What we use it for
- The consolidated plan names Donja Luka and Ratac for hospitality-tourism use within the settlement, identifies Donja Luka in the waterfront and beach structure, and lists Zelenka urban plans.
- What it does not prove
- The plan does not prove current accommodation distribution, walking time, gradient, street-level atmosphere, live availability or visitor preference.
- Gate support
- audience access
HR-MAKARSKA-BEACHESmedium to high
Makarska Tourist Board
- Observed
- Checked 2026-08-29
- Scope
- City beach corridor from the harbour west through the inhabited hotel belt
- What we use it for
- The official destination page describes the central city beach as extending from the harbour through the inhabited western hotel area.
- What it does not prove
- It does not prove walking time, gradient, noise, room inventory or the boundary between Donja Luka and Ratac.
- Gate support
- audience access
HR-MINT-REGISTRY-2026high
Ministry of Tourism and Sport of the Republic of Croatia
- Observed
- Registry snapshot dated 2026-06-30; checked 2026-08-26
- Scope
- National register of categorised hospitality and tourism objects; exact address rows for Makarska and Poreč
- What we use it for
- The workbook exposes named, categorised accommodation entries and exact addresses in both destinations. Its POPIS sheet contains 21 rows whose object address names Makarska and 42 whose object address names Poreč. A deterministic crosswalk against the City's 2025 local-council street list maps 14 of the 21 Makarska rows to Ratac–Zelenka and none to Bili Brig–Gorinka; the remaining seven sit outside those two councils.
- What it does not prove
- Rows are registry entries, not necessarily unique properties; the file does not cover every private rental, prove that Bili Brig has no accommodation, define editorial neighbourhood boundaries, or establish live availability, prices, quality, OTA coverage, bookings or affiliate attribution.
- Gate support
- commercial value
HR-BOOKING-MAKARSKA-2026medium to high
Booking.com
- Observed
- Public city inventory checked 2026-08-23
- Scope
- Booking.com public Makarska city accommodation surface
- What we use it for
- The provider city page resolves Makarska and surfaces multiple named hotels that also appear at exact Makarska addresses in the ministry register, including properties in central and western accommodation corridors.
- What it does not prove
- Dynamic results do not prove comprehensive private-rental coverage, area boundaries, availability for a user's dates, price, affiliate eligibility, domain attribution, commission or a correct tracked redirect.
- Gate support
- commercial value
HR-MAKARSKA-ADVENT-2025high
Makarska Tourist Board
- Observed
- Advent Makarska 2025/26 programme, 30 November 2025–1 January 2026; checked 2026-08-29
- Scope
- The most recent official Advent Makarska visitor programme located at review time, covering Kačić Square, Hrpina and Tina Ujević Square
- What we use it for
- The official destination page records the 2025/26 event period and a three-location programme structure for music, food, family activities and skating in central Makarska.
- What it does not prove
- The page does not confirm Advent Makarska 2026/27, daily opening hours, current performers, accommodation availability, weather, transport, prices or accessibility.
- Gate support
- audience access