Town Grohote

The town Grohote is situated in the central part of island Solta, close to the big fertile field in the middle of the island. It is a very important place for the main island roads and routes which are crossing there.Town Grohote is situated near the fertile field which has provided inhabitants with various agricultural products. In the history it was very important to all the people on the island Solta.

History of town Grohote

History of Town Grohote dates from the Antiquity. The Greek immigrants gave this island Solta a name of olyntha-green fig, Romans a names osolenta and sulet-sunny island. Town Grohote is the oldest and the biggest settlement on the island. The reasons for that lay in its position,close to the big fertile field which is in the middle of the island. In the history of town Grohote, this location was important for agriculture and safety for distance enough from the sea shore, which was subject to frequent pirate attacks. Nowadays Grohote inhabitants are mainly occupied with tourism, fishing, lime production and agriculture.

Grohote tourist town

Grohote tourist town is a settlement which is situated in the central part of the Solta island, in the vicinity of the large field. Because of the traffic importance for the island, many passengers, guests and tourists are passing by. here To meet their demand Grohote Tourist Town had to build the apartments and restaurants.

Grohote

Through the history, Grohote was very important town because it lays in the middle of the island Solta, near the fertile field which has provided agricultural products for all the island and the towns on it. Grohote is in the same time situated on the very important cross roads for all the directions on the island Solta. Today, Grohote is a modern town which development underlies on the agriculture, trade, transport and tourism.