Dol on the island of Brač is a picturesque medieval village, which today has about a hundred inhabitants and is situated two kilometres south of Postira.
This oasis of peace and silence is indispensable for numerous tourists, including hiking and cycling lovers, since Dol can be reached by arranged roads and paths from various directions.
At the entrance, houses traditionally covered by stone slabs and numerous caves of grain hrapoćuša were once human dwellings. Today, are cattle shelters, firewood tanks and the habitat of pigeons, owls and vivers*.
The phenomenon of natural, shallow caves (spile) highlight the natural and cultural landscape. They rise over the gorge on both sides, and, like a natural fort, surround the village. There are about thirty of them in Dol thus this village is also called Brač’s Bethlehem. They’re overrun with Mediterranean vegetation, yet there’s a layer of fertile soil on their western slopes where the olive trees grew.
The caves were carved out of reddish hrapoćuša (breč) grained stone, which was used as a building material.
