On the western part of the island od Korcula is little town of Vela Luka, located at the bottom of a deeply cut and wide bay indented by many coves, the slopes of which descend slowly to the sea, covered with vineyards, olive trees, fig trees, and pines. Wide panorama views, a mild Mediterranean climate, clear sea, an interesting and rich cultural heritage, various sports and leisure potential make Vela Luka an attractive tourist destination.This town with 2671 hours of sunny weather annually, is the second is size place on the Adriatic islands, a safe anchorage and port for boaters.

Scattered like pearls an the bay of Vela Luka, the little island Proizd and Ošjak celebrated in songs are popular tourist excursion destinations, virgin oases surrounded by clear sea and covered with thick pine woods. On the south slope of the hill Pinski rat there is an extraordinary archaeological site Vela Spila, one of the most important prehistoric finds in Europe, providing us with a picture of life on the Mediterranean in the last twenty thousand years. The excavated objects are exhibited in the museum collection of the Culture centre, where a collection of wooden ships models and an international gift-collection of drawings, graphics and small sculptures are also exhibited.

This collection is dominated by two sculptures by the English sculptor Henry Moore, that are, as far as known, the only sculptures of this sculptor in Croatia.

A scenic view on the Hum hill gives a unique view of Vela Luka and the broad surrounding of the island of Korčula.