The town and the port are situated in the bay with the same name, protected from northern and southern winds. The occupations of the inhabitants are agriculture, olive-growing, wine-growing, fishing, fish-processing, shipbuilding and tourism. The islets in front of the settlement are suitable for fishing, and the islet Osjak is a protected park-forest.

The church of Saint Ivan from the 15th century has a distaff bell-tower and Gothic ceiling.