Igrane are located in the Split-Dalmatia County, on the Makarska coast in the municipality of Podgora.
Rows of old renovated houses on a steep slope, together with newly built ones, form a harmonious whole of the settlement with 400 inhabitants, which descends towards the sea, the harbor and a long pebble and sandy beach. Above the town rises the slender bell tower of the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, which seems to watch over the settlement. Nearby is Zala's tower, built during the Candian War, which reminds us of the time of the fight against the Turks, in which Zale Antičić stood out, after whom the tower was named.
Igrane center beach
Today, Igran is a well-known tourist destination with numerous hotels, holiday homes and apartments, a beautiful beach, and sports and entertainment events. Along the long beach towards Živogošće, next to the promenade, comfortable houses and villas, cafes, shops and restaurants have been built. Igrane, once a traditional center of olive growing, has not abandoned its olive groves even today, but is renovating them, and a state-of-the-art plant for processing olives was built with joint efforts.
Above Igran, in ancient olive groves, there is a small church of St. Mihovila from the 11th century, the most significant medieval monument on the Makarska coast. In 1760, the baroque summer house Šimić-Ivanišević was built near the port. The sarcophagi found in the cemetery testify to the existence of the settlement in Roman times, and the name Igrane was first mentioned in 1466.
Above Igrane, across Biokovo on the north side is the old settlement of Gornje Igrane, a mountain village of several hamlets, from which the inhabitants gradually moved to the sea where they had their own land, vineyards and olive groves. Once almost inaccessible, sparsely populated, today the modern road D512 from Vrgorac to Makarska passes through these villages.
According to the 2001 census, Igrane has 480 inhabitants.
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