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Explore Hvar
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- Population
- 4.250
- Main airport
- SPU
- Best time to visit
- May to October (peak nightlife July–August)
- Climate
- Summer 28°C · Winter 10°C
About Hvar
Hvar Town wraps a pretty Venetian harbour with a 13th-century city wall climbing to the Spanjola Fortress — a 20-minute uphill walk for the panorama over the terracotta roofs and the green Pakleni Islands floating just offshore. The main square (St Stephen's, the largest in Dalmatia) holds the cathedral and a 16th-century theatre that claims to be one of the oldest municipal theatres in Europe, opened 1612. By day, the action moves to the Pakleni Islands by water-taxi — Palmizana, Jerolim, and Stipanska have pebble coves, pine forests, and beach bars; by night, Hvar becomes one of the Mediterranean's premier party towns at Carpe Diem and Hula Hula. Inland, the UNESCO-listed Stari Grad Plain has been farmed in the same Greek grid pattern since 384 BC — walk between the dry-stone walls, olive groves, and tiny stone shelters for a deeply restful day. June lavender fields around Velo Grablje are an instant Instagram win.
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