Hvar Travel

Visit island hvar one of the 10 most beautiful island of the world...

Cristal blue sea, marvellous bays and pebble beaches, mild climate, lush vegetation, vineyards, olive groves, endless fields of lavander, historical and cultural sights make the Island Hvar, undoubtedly, the most attractive destination...

Island Hvar

Island Hvar

  • Crystal blue sea, marvellous bays and pebble beaches, mild climate, lush vegetation, vineyards, olive groves, endless fields of lavander, historical and cultural sights make the island of Hvar, undoubtedly, the most beautiful island...
    The island of Hvar was put among the ten most beautiful islands in 1997 by the Traveller Magazine. Due to its geographical position Hvar was a place at the important sea route since the ancient times, where different cultures interweaved and influenced each other, and finally left traces to the present day...
    Due to a mild climate, lots of sun, variety of hotel-and-catering centres with sport and recreational offer, many tourists visit Hvar both in summer and winter. Warm summers and gentle and moist winters enable Hvar to be one of the most attractive health resorts.

Travel to Hvar

  • 1.By car

    Documents required in Croatia:
    - valid driver's license
    - car registration card
    - Green Card (proof of car insurance)

    Traffic regulations in Croatia:
    - Traffic drives on the right.
    - Speed limit in settlements is 50 km/h (unless stated differently).
    - Speed limit out of settlements is 80 km/h (unless stated differently).
    - On highways a speed limit is 130 km/h.
    - The maximum permitted level of alcohol in the blood is 0,5 ‰

    Road tolls
    Information on tolls: www.hak.hr

    Petrol stations
    Petrol stations are open from 7 am to 7 pm or 8 pm every day and during the summer until 10 pm
    there are also petrol stations that are opened round the clock in the larger towns and on main international routes
    all petrol stations sell: Eurosuper 95, Super 98, Normal and Euro Diesel
    Information on gasoline prices: www.ina.hr

    Usefull informations
    Road assistance – HAK –Dial 987 for 24 hour technical assistance
    Info centar: (01) 4640 800
    Web: www.hak.hr
    To inform the police about the traffic accident call 92.

  • 2.By ship/ferry

    Local lines:
    For the island of Hvar there are daily ferry lines from Split to Stari Grad as well as catamaran lines from Split to Jelsa and the town of Hvar. All information on local ship and ferry lines can be found on www.jadrolinija.hr
    or at this telephone number: +385 21 338 333

    International and fast coastal lines:
    Apart from local lines there are fast coastal and international car-ferry lines which also have connection with the island of Hvar.
    International line which has a connection with Hvar (Stari Grad) is Korčula - Stari Grad/Hvar - Split – Ancona.
    Apart from this direct line there are also following international lines:
    Zadar-Ancona
    Šibenik-Ancona
    Dubrovnik – Bari
    Fast coastal line which comes to the island of Hvar (Stari Grad) is Rijeka - Zadar - Split - Stari Grad/Hvar - Korcula - Sobra/Mljet - Dubrovnik – Bari. All information on international and fast coastal car-ferry lines can be found on www.jadrolinija.hr

    Catamaran line Italy – Hvar
    In the season, apart from car-ferry lines connecting Italy (Pescara) with Croatia (Hvar, Stari Grad) there is also fast catamaran line too. More information can be found on www.snav.it

  • 3.By plain

    International airports in Croatia:
    Zagreb 01 / 6265-222
    Split 021 / 203-171
    Dubrovnik 020 / 773-222
    Pula 052 / 550-900
    Rijeka 051 / 842-132
    Zadar 023 / 313-311
    Osijek 031 / 297-438
    Brač 021 / 648-615 (only smaller planes can land at the airport)
    Lošinj 051 / 231-666 (only smaller planes can land at the airport)

    The national airline company flying to and from Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Copenhagen, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sarajevo, Skopje, Vienna, Zurich, Tel Aviv, and, seasonally, to Manchester.
    Information, tel. 0800 7777, +385 1 4819 633
    www.croatiaairlines.hr

    Other airline companies flaying to Croatia:

    - Adria Airways, www.adria-airways.com
    - Aeroflot - www.aeroflot.org
    - Austrian Airlines, www.aua.com
    - Air France, www.airfrance.com
    - Avioimpex, www.avioimpex.com.mk
    - British Airways, www.british-airways.com
    - Crossair www.crossair.fr
    - ČSA, www.csa.cz
    - Lufthansa, www.lufthansa.com
    - LOT, www.lot.com
    - Malaysia Airlines, www.malaysiaairlines.com.my
    - Malev www.malev.hu
    - Swissair www.swiss.com
    - Turkish airlines www.turkishairlines.com

  • 4.By bus

    Bus lines connect all parts of the country. Regular international bus lines connect Croatia with all neighboring countries, as well as most of middle European and west European countries.
    Croatia itself has a good national bus network that will take you to any part of the country even to the smallest village.
    Bus Terminal Zagreb - Information, tel. 060 313 333,
    International lines, tel. +385 1 6157 938
    www.akz.hr

  • 5.By train

    The Railway connects all major Croatian cities. There are direct lines to Slovenia, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, France, Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Yugoslavia. There are indirect lines to almost all other European countries.
    The types of train services that operate in Croatia are the following: EuroCity (EC), InterCity (IC), express (Ex), fast (B), local and accelerated trains.

    Eurocity and Intercity

    EC "Mimara" Munich - Salzburg - Villach- Ljubljana - Zagreb
    IC "Croatia" Vienna- Maribor - Zagreb
    IC "Kvarner" Budapest - Zagreb - Rijeka
    IC "Drava" Budapest - Cakovec - Ljubljana - Venice

    Main Railway Station in Zagreb,
    Information, tel. 060 333 444
    International lines, tel. +385 1 4573 283
    www.hznet.hr

History

Since Hvar lay in the middle of the main sea routes, history has left here many traces, maybe more than on any other Adriatic island. Constant fights over the island can only confirm its importance and value of its territory.. Each of the conquistadors left their traces in the history, a mark for the future...
The history of the island goes back into the prehistoric period, and the finds from two most important caves prove that: Grapčeva and Markova špilja (caves) substantiate the existence of life on the island 6000 years old. Characteristic examples of painted pottery enabled us to identify the so-called Hvar culture (around 3500 to 2500 BC). The oldest depiction of a ship in Europe was found on a pottery fragment in Grapceva spilja.

The town of Pharos was founded in 385 BC by the Ionian Greeks, the Parans, predominantly as an agrarian colony. The map of land division of the fertile plain of Stari Grad is an exceptional document 2500 years old and belongs to that period. It is today one of 3 oldest plains in the world with preserved Greek land division.

After the fall of the Syracuse Empire in the middle of the 4th century BC, Pharos was without protection from invasion by the Illyrians. Pharos came under the rule of the Romans in 219 BC and was called Pharia. In the period of the Roman rule villae rusticae were built over the whole island, mostly in the town of Hvar, Stari Grad and around the present-day Jelsa.

In the early Middle Ages Hvar was under Croatian auspicies. In 1420 Hvar came under the Venetians and remained so until the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797. Hvar became the main Venetian port in the eastern part of the Adriatic. Later on Hvar came under the Austrian rule (1797) until the arrival of the French (1806), and their constant fight marked that period.

The Austrians reoccupied the island in the 2nd half of the 19th century and in the beginning of the 20th century bringing a period of relative prosperity. Around that time all the island ports were rebuilt. Its prominence in nautical and trade domination became quite large, so in that period there were four consulates in the town of Hvar: Greek, Parmesan, Papal and Napolitan.
The first meteorological station in Croatia was established in the tower of the monastery of Veneranda in 1858. Weather conditions helped to promote tourism on Hvar. As a result, the first tourist society in Europe was founded in 1868.

In 1918 the Italian army occupied the island and the occupation lasted until 1921, when Hvar, along with the whole of Croatia, joined the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, succeeded by the Republic of Yugoslavia after the Second World War.

Hvar obtained a new administrative position in the territorial reorganisation that took place after the recognition of Croatia as an independent state (1992)...

Outstanding palaces and churches, valuable paintings and sculptures, important literal and music works have been created over a long period, and still the artists find the inexhaustible inspiration in the beautiful island...
Hanibal Lucic, Petar Hektorovic, Vinko Pribojevic, Miksa Pelegrinovic... only a few of the protagonists of the Croatian culture who lived and worked on the island.

special offer

From our rich offer Hvar Travel is specially for you select the best quality accommodation.

  • Apartments Viviana
    Apartments Viviana (Stari Grad) Apartment 2+1
  • Apartments Ružica
    Apartments Ružica (Hvar) Apartment 4+2
  • Villa Zvonko
    Villa Zvonko (Hvar) Apartment 8+0
  • Villa Orange
    Villa Orange (Jelsa) Apartment 4+2
  • Apartments Kalina
    Apartments Kalina (Jelsa) Apartment 6+0
  • Villa Mirjana
    Villa Mirjana (Stari Grad) Apartment 5+2
  • Villa Jasmina
    Villa Jasmina (Stari Grad) Apartment 4+0
  • Villa Majda
    Villa Majda (Hvar) Apartment 4+0
  • Villa Marija
    Villa Marija (Basina) Apartment 2+1
  • Villa Milivoj
    Villa Milivoj (Vrboska) Apartment 2+2
  • Apartments Borivoj
    Apartments Borivoj (Hvar) Apartment 4+1
  • Villa Jure
    Villa Jure (Stari Grad) Apartment 2+2
  • Villa Jagodna Nova
    Villa Jagodna Nova (Brusje) Apartment 2+2
  • Villa Jagodna Stora
    Villa Jagodna Stora (Brusje) Apartment 6+2
  • Apartments Urban
    Apartments Urban (Jelsa) Apartment 2+2
  • Villa Prosper
    Villa Prosper (Brusje) Apartment 4+2
  • Villa Anđela
    Villa Anđela (Hvar) Apartment 2+0
  • Villa Zelko Ante
    Villa Zelko Ante (Hvar) Apartment 3+0
  • Apartments Marko
    Apartments Marko (Basina) Apartment 2+2
  • Villa Jelena
    Villa Jelena (Jelsa) Apartment 2+2
  • Villa Marjan
    Villa Marjan (Hvar) Apartment 3+2
  • Villa Fabijan
    Villa Fabijan (Stari Grad) Apartment 4+2
  • Hotel AMFORA grand beach resort
    Hotel AMFORA grand beach resort (Hvar) Room 3+0
  • Hotel ADRIANA marina hotel & spa
    Hotel ADRIANA marina hotel & spa (Hvar) Room 4+0
  • Hotel RIVA yacht harbour hotel
    Hotel RIVA yacht harbour hotel (Hvar) Room 4+0
  • Apartments Nikolina
    Apartments Nikolina (Hvar) Apartment 4+0
  • Apartments Ada
    Apartments Ada (Hvar) Apartment 2+2

Accommodation

The rich offer of accommodation on the island Hvar, use the most favorable benefits of booking during the whole year.