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About Hvar
Hvar receives 2724 hours of sunshine each year, more than anywhere else in the Croatia. Yet the island is luxuriantly green, with billiant patches of lavender, rosemary and heather. The sunny weather is so reliable that hotels giva a discount on cloudy days, and a free stay if you should ever see snow.
Illyrians, who fought numerous battles with Greeks colonisers, populated the island in 4th century arround Faros, on the place of present-day Stari Grad, and since then most of the interior villages are developed arround fertile Velo Polje which produces grapes, olives, figs and fruit. Lavender is cultivated on the slopes of the nearby hills.
In the 7th century Slavic tribes settled the island, and in 11th century it became part of Croatia under King Petar Kreimir. Venetian rule lasted since 13th century until 1797.
Live info
Weather forecast:At 3:30pm in nearby Makarska it is cloudy, current temperature is 26C, humidity 66%, preasure 1010.6hPa. Wind blowing from southeast 5m/s.
Ferries:
Departures from Drvenik every day at 5:45, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 12:00, 13:30, 15:45, 17:15, 19:00, 20:30 and 22:30. Departures from Sucuraj every day at 5:00, 6:30, 8:15, 9:45, 11:15, 12:45, 15:00, 16:30, 18:00, 19:45 and 21:30. Price per person 13.00kn, price per car up to 2m in height 95.00kn. Camper, minibus, boat trailer up to 5m in length 0.00kn. 5m to 7m in length 198.00kn. 264.00kn for cars longer than 7m. Bikes 26.00kn.
Euro exchange rate:
1 EUR = 7.29 kn
informative rate
subject to changes
Did you know?
A game which is a sort of a predecessor of tennis, "igra na balun" (ball game) is traditionally played in the village of Grablje. Ball is made of leather, filled with goat's hair and hit with the palm instead of a racquet.
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