Long live Hvar! Discover the Croatian island known as the sunniest Mediterranean island
Long live Hvar! A Croatian gem with lavender fields, ancient ruins and the sunniest island in the Mediterranean (no wonder Jackie Kennedy visited to 'reset' her troubled life) Jo Knowsley is staying at Hvar's new five-star eco-friendly Maslina resort , who sits on a hill covered in pine trees She is struck by historic Stari Grad, where she visits a museum that houses the oldest artifacts on the island. The island is home to large stone coves, offering "the clearest blue water and a verdant, fragrant environment"
AdvertisementThere's nothing wrong with letting your imagination take over, especially when you are on an island as evocative as Hvar.
As I board the custom-built Maslina motorboat that takes me from Split to this fabulous little island - about the same size as Malta - I feel the spirit of Jackie Kennedy. She traveled there with her sister in 1964, nearly a year after her husband's assassination shook the world. She used her visit to "reset" her troubled life.
Hvar, the sunniest Mediterranean island, has long been known for its powers of transformation and attracted all kinds of foreigners. Although it has been inhabited by humans for over 6,000 years, it was properly settled by the ancient Greeks with their settlement of Pharos, on the site of one of the oldest villages in Europe, Stari Grad.
Then came the Romans, Venetians, Ottoman Turks, Italians and, in more modern times, Communism.
Finally, after the breakup of Yugoslavia and its vicious civil war, Hvar became part of the new country of Croatia.
None of that uproar is in the air today as e we spin on the water for our hour-lon...
There's nothing wrong with letting your imagination take over, especially when you are on an island as evocative as Hvar.
As I board the custom-built Maslina motorboat that takes me from Split to this fabulous little island - about the same size as Malta - I feel the spirit of Jackie Kennedy. She traveled there with her sister in 1964, nearly a year after her husband's assassination shook the world. She used her visit to "reset" her troubled life.
Hvar, the sunniest Mediterranean island, has long been known for its powers of transformation and attracted all kinds of foreigners. Although it has been inhabited by humans for over 6,000 years, it was properly settled by the ancient Greeks with their settlement of Pharos, on the site of one of the oldest villages in Europe, Stari Grad.
Then came the Romans, Venetians, Ottoman Turks, Italians and, in more modern times, Communism.
Finally, after the breakup of Yugoslavia and its vicious civil war, Hvar became part of the new country of Croatia.
None of that uproar is in the air today as e we spin on the water for our hour-lon...
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