Supetar is the main port of entry on Brac Island as well as its administrative centre. With around 3500 inhabitants, Supetar is the largest town on the island. The harbour is an attractive place for a stroll and is backed by a small network of medieval streets lined with local cafes and small shops. Although many people only give Supetar a passing glance on the way to the much more touristed and beachy Bol, it merits more. Fertile surrounding countryside with vineyards, olive groves and orchards, pine woods all along the coast, the bay of Vlacica and its beaches make Supetar an excellent base to explore the island. The town itself is busy with tourists in summer but languid the rest of the year. The most outstanding attraction in town is the Church of the Annunciation which is worth checking out for the altar painting of the Annunciation and monumental staircase. It stands on the site of an early-Christian basilica, St Peter's, from which a mosaic and a number of old tombs were preserved. The basilica burned down and was rebuilt in 1604. In 1729 that church was destroyed in a fire, to be rebuilt in 1733.