Villas Hvar

Hvar is 68 kilometres long. A significant portion of what happened on this island, from the uprisings to the watchtowers, winemaking and centuries of people building lives away from the coast, happened in its hidden villages. The villages that still stand exactly where they were built.

Most people arrive on Hvar through Hvar Town or Stari Grad. Jelsa is the town they discover later. 

There is a moment, driving through the tunnel that connects Pitve to the south side of the island, that no one is ever prepared for. 

Hvar has grown grapes for 2000 years. September is the best time to taste that fact.

Not every house on this island has a story. These twelve do, and the stories are why they matter.

Every summer, we make a playlist. It started because music is simply part of how we live here, and it has always been that way.

Ask any travel guide for the best beaches on Hvar island and you will get the same handful of names. And they are not wrong, because Dubovica is beautiful, Zaraće is dramatic and the Pakleni islands are the Pakleni islands, after all. 

There is a version of Hvar that most visitors see. The harbour. The fortress. The restaurants along the waterfront. But that only tells part of the island’s story.