When you’re here

Fontana

Your home base, floor by floor — the pool and kids’ club, the gym, laundry, the cafeteria and pool bar, the coworking space, dance class and the Junior Guides.

A word on the hills

Fontana sits up the hill, so getting from the Learning Center down into the heart of Jelsa is about a 15-minute walk for a fast-walking adult — and the way back takes longer, because it’s uphill. Within the resort itself, some units are blessedly close to sea level while others sit at a real elevation; either way, you’ll have buns of steel by the end of the trip.

It’s worth factoring into everything: a quick dash to the shop, hauling the groceries back, getting a tired toddler home after the beach. Nothing here is far, but “in town” doesn’t always mean “close” when there’s a hill and a flight of stairs between you and your bed.

The building, floor by floor

Most of Field School life happens in the boomerang-shaped building just behind the Fontana pool. It’s worth knowing what’s on each floor:

  • Top floor — the Learning Center, where daily camp drop-off and pickup happen, plus the coworking space and the lending library. (There’s also an upcycle shelf in coworking — clean jars with lids are welcome for school projects.)
  • Middle floor — the cafeteria. Worth trying once for the full Yugoslav-nostalgia of it all.
  • Ground floor — the mini-camp, the Fontana gym, and the pool bar, which this year serves snacks (charcuterie, pizza) from noon to 5 — see the Food page.

Pool, kids’ club & the swap table

There’s the main pool and a separate kids’ pool, plus a kids’ club to plug into. Keep an eye on the swap table too — it’s where families leave behind beach toys, half-bottles of sunscreen and odds and ends for the next people, and grab what they need.

The gym

There’s a small gym on the ground floor of the building. If you want something bigger, there’s a larger gym at the rowing club.

Dance class

Alisa runs a dance class that’s a lovely add-on to the week — ask at reception or in the parents’ group for the current schedule.

Laundry

Some Fontana units have their own washing machine — if yours does, make friends with your neighbours. Otherwise, the easy option is Bubbles, run by Marko:

  • Drop your laundry at reception at night, in a bag with your name on it.
  • Marko collects it early the next morning for wash, dry & fold.
  • You meet him 8:30 Thursday morning to collect and pay — €5 per kilo, cash or Revolut.

The Wi-Fi situation at Fontana (and how to get a reliable signal) is covered on the Before you go page, since it’s worth sorting before you land.