TOURIST BOARD OF DRAŠNICE

Drašnice is a little village located about ten kilometers south of Makarska, on the way to Dubrovnik. Today it has a population of just over 300 people, but at the end of the 19^th century it had a population of over 900 people.The very name Drašnice comes from the thorn bush sort called drača žestica, which is an abundant plant in the wider area of Dalmatia. The place itself was first mentioned in the Turkish documents from the late 15th century. But the area of Drašnice was populated since ancient times. The remains of material culture in the area of Drašnice date back at least 8,000 years.