Day or night, the place to see and been seen in Central Dalmatia is Hvar Town. Fashionable shops and quaint bistros inhabit the centuries-old buildings, and, in its summer prime, the citizens and ...

Visitors to Hvar, Croatia, typically arrive by water — whether by cruise ship, ferry, sailboat, or yacht — and all are greeted by the same spectacular sight: a hillside stacked with stone houses ...

They call Hvar the “sunny island”, and with good reason. This long thin island in Central Dalmatia officially gets the most hours of sunshine in Croatia – all the better to enjoy its rolling hills of ...

As you make your way up the steep hill and a bead of sweat begins to roll down your neck, you might wonder, "Why am I enduring strenuous exercise on my vacation?" When you reach Hvar Fortress, your ...

I’m beginning to think I’ve made a terrible mistake. I’m only 15 minutes into the Tour de Hvar trail run, my quads are burning and I’ve already slowed to a walk. The path up to the Purkin Kuk ...

Well-bred citizens of the Austro-Hungarian empire used to vacation here, and then came 46 years of socialism (think pink polyester hotel sheets and Slovenian soft drinks). That’s all history now, and ...

Operating like its namesake service on land, UberBOAT provides reliable and safe transportation from a speedy transfer over the waves or a half- or full-day tour. For Hvar, this means swift access to ...

There’s nothing wrong with letting your imagination take over — particularly when you’re on an island as evocative as Hvar. As I board the bespoke Maslina motor launch taking me from Split to this ...