It used to be trade and naval center, and up to not long ago, the biggest settlement on the island. It has wine-celar with modern equipment, hotels and swimming beach. Smaller beaches are located in the coves inside the bay, and the underwater fishing is possible along the northern coast of the bay. The hunting-ground for rabbits and pheasants is nearby, on the peninsula Kabal.

Stari Grad has very rich history which is visible today becuse of many monuments which survived till present time.

The remains from the Roman and Early Christian period (large mosaic in Srednja ulica, that is covered with pavement;

Early Christian baptisery beside the medieval church of St. Ivan from the 12th century; the remains of villa rustica on the site "Pod Dolom").

Tvrdalj, fortified summer residence of Petar Hektorovic, is located in the middle of the town. It has inscriptions in Croatian and Latin chiseled in the stone, fish-pond Surrounded with arcades, park and etnographic colection.

On the square, in front of the summer residence, is the sculpture of Hektorovic, work of Ivan Mirkovic from 1956.

There is also the renaissance church of St. Rok from 1569 and renaissance church of St. Jerolim.

The baroque parish was built in the 17th century. The stone blocks from the defense walls of the former Greek settlement, together with a relief showing an antique merchant ship, were built in the belfry of that church that stands on its own.

The dominician monastery was founded in 1482, and burned in the time of the Turkish attacks in 1571. Later it was renewed and fortified. The monastery keeps the old library, archive, collection of paintings, collection of stone monuments, numismatic collection and collection of fossils.

Not far from the monastery is the small church of St. Nikola with wooden baroque gold-plated altar.

In the eastern part of the town is picturesque square Skor, shaped in the time of Baroque, with few family houses.