Zivogosce is situated on the slopes of Biokovo Mountain, where several beautiful pebble beaches surrounded by a pine forest are located. Below the Franciscan monastery is a large freshwater spring, which remains on a dry terrain during the low tide. Above the spring is a carved Latin elegiac couplet in eulogy of the life-giving earth. High quality lodgings - hotels, apartments, as well as sports grounds, water sports, pleasant walks along the sea (lungomare) make Zivogosce a lovely place to stay. ZIVOGOSCE, a village and harbour on the Makarska Riviera, 20 km southeast of Makarska . Chief occupations are farming, fishing and tourism. Zivogosce is located on the main road (M2, E65). Illyrian tumuli have been found on the location of the village. An epigram dedicated to a local water spring, carved in live rock near the sea, has remained undamaged since Roman times. -  The village was first mentioned under its present name in 1434. The old part of the village with a tower at the foot of the hill consists of clusters of picturesque stone houses. The Franciscan monastery, which makes an architectural unit together with the church and the bell tower, was built in the 18th century. The church contains Baroque furnishings, while the monastery has an old library and archives.