Interesting things
Hvar
Hvar is the sunniest place in Europe. It has 2700 hours of sunshine a year. During winter, if it snows guests have a free stay during snowy days...
The origins of the Tudor name in Milna
According to the legend, an English war ship sank near Hvar and one member of the English Royal family Tudor saved himself swimming ashore. He could have gone back to England, but wouldn't have left the beauty of Hvar.
The name of the island
Is Greek in origin, from Pharos and from it the Romans derived the name Pharia. The Dalmatian Romans, under the influence of Croatian pronunciation in the medieval documents spelt the name as Quara. In the 11th century the Italians called it Lesina. This was derived from an old Croatian word les meaning wood. The Venetians called the island Liesna which meant "awl". It is probably because of the form of cutting edge of the eastern part of the island...
Stari Grad
Stari Grad is the oldest town in Europe founded by the Greeks from the island of Paros in 384 BC.
The roman Taurida
The roman Taurida stood on the site of the present-day islet of Scedro. Just in front of that islet in 47 BC there was a historical battle in which Caesar's fleet beat the Pompey's fleet...
The oldest depiction of ship
The oldest depiction of ship in Europe is on the pottery fragment found in the Grapceva spilja. Some people believe that the Grapceva spilja was a place where Odysseus fought against Cyclops. The fragments from the legend: "...That was the land of the Cyclops about which Odysseus knew nothing. He just moored and saw a cave overshadowed by a laurel tree and a huge stone protected the entrance. There lived Cyclops, all by himself..."
The first meteorological station
The first meteorological station was founded in 1858. It was established in the tower of the monastery of Veneranda. Today we have one of the most beautiful disco clubs inside the monastery.
Ivan Vucetic
Ivan Vucetic a police official from Hvar, was the first person in the world to perfect dactyloscopy, the identification method by fingertips, the basics for forensics.
Heraklea
Some archeologists suppose that a still unidentified Heraklea might have existed on the site of present-day Hvar town, as could be indicated by the coins founded bearing the name of that town...
Astronomical observatory in Hvar
Hvar has the astronomical observatory in the fort of Napoljun, built by the Emperor Napoleon in 1811...
Theatre in Hvar
Hvar has the oldest communal theatre in Europe built in 1612..
The benedictines
The benedictines in Hvar are very famous for making lace out of agava threads. There is a legend connected to the agava threads saying that the Neolithic man, who inhabited the Grapceva spilja, caught fish by a net made out of agava threads...
The last supper
One of the most famous paintings of the last supper is the one by Matteo Ponzoni, in the Franciscan monastery in Hvar... In the collection of the Franciscan monastery is also the atlas of Ptolomej from 1525 year...
The tradition of tourism
The tradition of tourism on the island of Hvar is 140 years old. The first hotel was opened in 1903. It was named the Queen Elizabeth, but was later renamed in the Palace hotel...
During winter
During winter if it snows guests have a free stay during snowy days...
In order to promote health tourism
In order to promote health tourism on the island, in 1868 was founded "The Hygienic Society" of Hvar - the first tourist society in Europe.
The square of Hvar
The square of Hvar is the largest and perhaps the most beautiful town square on the Adriatic...
Queens wather
Queens wather is the Hvar's most famous product. It is the pure distillation of rosemary oil, made out of the young, upper parts of the plant. It has also been produced in pharmacy.
Lavander
Hvar is also the island of the pink fields of lavander. From the first twigs found in Velo Grablje, this aromatic plant developed all over the fields of Hvar. It blossoms in June, July and August. The medical part of the plant are flowers which should be picked as soon as they blossom.