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Hvar Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Hvar, Croatia
Splitting Split
This is a top pick! ... time, probably because I was in my Split hotel for so long I got rusty. I was pretty tired after all that, especially since Croatia was still Texas-hot, but I did manage to find the energy to climb up to a small fort above the town. Construction began on ...
Can't get enough of Hvar!
This is a top pick! Once again we decide to extend our glorious stay at the Amfora hotel in Hvar and completely write-off Split. We wake up just in time to get the last available room and surprise, surprise, we have to change rooms again. We head down to the ...
Lazy In Starigrad... Again!
This is a top pick! ... (A$16) but cut the trip down to four hours. We stayed in the same place that we stayed last week but paid an extra 35 Kuna (A$8) for a room with a kitchen. Next we get back on the tourist trail with what is apparently one of Croatia's ...
Hvar town by way of Bosnia
This is a top pick! ... for another hour or so. Phin and I have lunch, say goodbye to Irina, and hop in the car to head up to Hvar. We drive through Bosnia and Herzigovinia and make it to the Ferry terminal no more than five minutes after it left. We pass the ...
The Longest Day Ends with a Sword Fight
This is a top pick! ... so I quickly made it to a tourist office selling the tickets and found out my guidebook was wrong yet again. Thanks Lonely Planet Croatia. The Moreška was on Wednesday, not Thursday. I had tried to find confirmation on the internet, but couldn't find ...
Hanging in Hvar
This is a top pick! ... I was probably the most pale and pasty person in about 100 miles, and that's me with a tan. These people are so ridiculously brown. Hvar is ok, but to be honest, I don't see what all the fuss is about, well unless you have an expensive boat and a ...
Dalmatian coast, Croatia
This is a top pick! ... and unspoilt mountains of Abruzzo on the way. From Pescara it was a quick 30 minute trip on the plane over to Split in Croatia. Izm staying in a private room, just off the central square of Split town, and next to the Dioclesian palace (dating from the ...
Starigrad
This is a top pick! 13th - 15th August 2007. We've been really busy at this stop. Swimming, reading, eating, swimming... We have been staying near a town called Starigrad in a small apartment block right on the water. That's right no more camping. Our room is about 15 ...
Relaxing in Hvar Heaven
This is a top pick! We wake up slowly and wind up extending our stay in Hvar another night but have to change rooms. We set up shop at the hotel pool and enjoy a relaxing day by the pool and beach doing not much of anything other than having fun and meeting new people, ...
Chapter 51: Drunken Island Hopping
This is a top pick! ... Dan, Jo, and Louise) and hit it off with them, so we all went down to the marina for a good pizza dinner. Hvar is a booming little tourist town full of international yachts, kitschy shops, and winding alleys and stairways. The waterfront is a great ...
Sunny Days!!
This is a top pick! ... path through the bushes to the beach ended up being a bit of a cliff to walk down but we managed. The thing about beaches in Croatia is that they are all mostly pebble beaches not sand. This one was the same and so we ended up renting a couple beach ...
A hill not too Hvar
This is a top pick! ... something special. You can see right down into the Hvar harbour and out from there to the small islands that lie just off Hvar's coast. Looking further afield you can see for miles out to sea. We congratulated ourselves on our minor achievement and sat ...
Dubrovnik to Hvar
This is a top pick! ... adults and 2 children was just 132 kuna (about $28). Incredible value! Cameron and Jean had taken a journey to Croatia via Auckland, Los Angeles and Frankfurt. Thankfully their connections all worked and shortly after 2pm Cameron rang to tell me ...
Monte Carlo of the Adriatic
This is a top pick! ... as we wished to remain anonymous, we released her from duties. We walked into town to see what is supposedly the 'Venice of Croatia'. Sure, there were no cars or motorbikes, but there was also a definite lack of canals, gondolas and italians, so pretty ...
Getting to know Hvar
This is a top pick! ... , turning back as the sky began to get darker. We spent the remainder of the day eating, exploring the back streets and/or relaxing back in the apartment. Hvar has a laid back easy ambience that is apparent even when the cold drives most people ...
Hvar Castle, More Sun, and A Night Out
This is a top pick! ... people we met from Brazil also staying at our hotel and increased our group to 6. The fortress gives some pretty awesome views of Hvar and the surrounding islands. We then went down to the dungeon and saw where they kept the prisoners. On the way down ...
The World Through Polarised Light
This is a top pick! ... Pasta, Pizza, Olives, Tomatoes (I swear the biggest and reddest Tomatoes I have ever seen) and Seafood dishes. Everything in Croatia is alot more expensive than elsewhere I have travelled (but apparently still lots cheaper than Western Europe), I am ...
Back to Hvar
This is a top pick! ... nbsp; That night I met up with Didier and Patrice for the full moon party on Carpe Diem island. Basically, the Carpe Diem bar on hvar has a private island where they built a massive club. At about 1 am every night you take a taxi boat to the island for ...
The Isle of the Rich and Famous
This is a top pick! ... morning we were off to Hvar, the party island of the rich and famous, hung over and tired from the night before. Hvar has become famous in Croatia for the nightlife and the beauty of the city. We walked around the city looking for something to eat, and ...
Sail Away...
... next couple of nights. We dumped the bags and headed back to the square for a spot of breakfast. Hvar is apparently the sunniest place in Croatia and is also famed for it's Lavender fields. One of the other things it should be famous for is ...
Hvar Island
... the hill is a Venetian fortress with great views down to the red roofs of the old town. After Dubrovnik, Hvar apparently gets the most tourists in Croatia - a tourist brochure describes the island as a "tourist heaven" going on to add that ...
Mojitos on the water
... a little bit between a few beers and coffees. An amazing place to people-watch, and oh my word what people. All of Croatia, but Hvar in particular, is extremely popular with the jet-set crowd. Armani and his friends are known to rock up in his ...
Milna - Hvar
Sailed to Hvar Island, spent day lying on beach, drinks on the yacht then dinner and drinks in ...
Climb every mountain
We travelled from Ancona to Zadar on Friday night, sleeping on the deck of the ferry. It was pretty windy and we nearly lost our pillows! We arrived at 7am and motored to Starigrad which is the nearest town to the Paklenica national park. The campsite ...
Islands on the Dalmatian Coast
... dark, a check of the pubs to see if any rugby game was on and surprisingly a burger for dinner. Hard to get simple fare in Croatia. Think Italian for food all the time. So day two was a long stroll along the coast keeping in mind the NZ game to be ...
Island hopping
... of Hvar. The journey on the ferry was lovely as we sailed through the islands. It was all very picturesque. Arriving in Hvar I was sent to find accomodation as David watched England lose to Portugal on penalties in the world cup quarter final. We had a ...
Arrival into Hvar, Croatia!
... . We loaded up on groceries today. We have no access to buses, internet or the phone. I feel like Gilligan on an island! :) Croatia is beautiful but I still dont think anything can compare to Italy. It really rocked my WORLD!!! Sunday Sept. 4th The most ...
To Hvar!
... with a bakery or restaurant, or sometimes get wide enough for some cafe tables. There is a definite cafe culture in Croatia. And so many bakery's! Literally one on every street. Immediately enchanted by this friendly, cute little village we searched ...