Nakovana is one of the oldest settlements on the Peljesac peninsula, archaeologists claim that it was first inhabited 8000 years ago. District Nakovana includes two villages of Upper and Lower Nakovana. Today these villages are deserted but have left behind many cultural and historical monuments like the deck where they found the remains of the Neolithic Period, 8000 years old, then Illyrian shrine from 4.st.pr.K., Illyrian hill fort City, Illyrian burial lots, the house of the inventor of the torpedo Ivan Lupis Vukić, medieval churches, etc.
Because of this great cultural and historical values today Nakovana is a protected area, primarily thanks to the association "Uzorna Nakovana".
As the ecological and cultural protected zone Nakovana has ideal conditions for ecological tourism.
