Next stop is Hvar. The arrival feels well-earned after a day of Mediterranean exploration. The port welcomes you with its ...

I first heard the word "Hvar" at a hostel breakfast table in Dublin. I had struck up a conversation with a group of fellow travelers and they were a hearty group, who all happened to be sporting a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The journey into the Croatian island of Hvar’s past continues. The journey into the Croatian island of Hvar’s past continues as Jeff and the crew are granted rare access into several sites few ever ...

Approaching by chartered speedboat, you’d be forgiven for not spotting the rustic stone and wood structures that make up Maslina Resort from the shoreline. Blending seamlessly into the rock-fringed ...