{"id":1303618,"date":"2026-09-30T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303618"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:32:19","slug":"hvar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/croatia\/hvar\/","title":{"rendered":"Hvar"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302253,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"","hw_hub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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Hvar","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"The party island with a Venetian town attached: yacht money and beach clubs in August, lavender fields and empty stone villages the rest of the year.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304100","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"2,800 | Hours of sun a year, the most in Croatia\r\n1612 | The theatre, one of Europe's oldest public ones\r\n1h | From Split by catamaran","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"Two islands in one","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Hvar Town in August is yacht crews, beach clubs and \u20ac15 cocktails, and it has a reputation across the Adriatic to match. Hvar the island, twenty minutes inland, is lavender terraces, abandoned stone hamlets and a UNESCO-listed field system that has been farmed the same way since the Greeks laid it out in the fourth century BC.\r\n\r\nThe town itself is genuinely handsome \u2014 a Venetian square, a fortress above, and a theatre from 1612 that is among the oldest public theatres in Europe.\r\n\r\nIt claims the most sunshine in Croatia at around 2,800 hours a year, and some hotels historically refunded guests for snow or excessive rain.\r\n\r\nTwo or three days for the town and the Pakleni islands offshore, longer if you rent a scooter and go inland, which almost nobody does.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Catamaran from Split 1 hour, about \u20ac12. Car ferries to Stari Grad\r\nGetting around | Hvar Town is walkable. The island needs a scooter, car or bus\r\nCurrency | Euro since 2023\r\nDress code | Fines apply for walking through town in swimwear. It is enforced\r\nSeason | May to October. Much of the town closes in winter\r\nTap water | Safe to drink","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"The town, the quieter ports, or inland where nobody goes.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Hvar Town | First-timers and nightlife | The Venetian square, the fortress, the beach clubs and the catamaran dock. Expensive and loud in August. | 43.1720 | 16.4420 |  | \nStari Grad | Quiet and older | Across the island, the car ferry port and one of Europe's oldest towns, with a fraction of the noise. | 43.1840 | 16.5980 |  | \nJelsa and Vrboska | Value | The north coast: small harbour villages, cheaper beds, and buses to Hvar Town. | 43.1630 | 16.6930 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Hvar","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Take a boat to the Pakleni islands, a scatter of wooded islets twenty minutes offshore with clear water, beach bars and coves. Taxi boats leave the harbour constantly in season for \u20ac5 to \u20ac15 return.\r\n\r\nThe Spanish Fortress above the town is a twenty-minute climb for a few euros, and the view down over the town, the harbour and the Pakleni islands at sunset is the island's best.\r\n\r\nHvar's theatre, built in 1612 above the arsenal, is one of the oldest public theatres in Europe.\r\n\r\nInland, the Stari Grad Plain is a Greek field system from the fourth century BC still farmed on the original boundaries, UNESCO-listed and almost entirely empty of visitors.\r\n\r\nLavender grows across the interior and the hamlets around Velo Grablje were abandoned when the trade collapsed.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Pakleni islands | \u20ac5\u201315 return by taxi boat. The best swimming here\r\nSpanish Fortress | Twenty minutes up, and the best sunset on the island\r\nStari Grad Plain | A Greek field system from 384 BC, still farmed\r\nLavender and abandoned hamlets | Inland, and almost nobody goes","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Hvar","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Hvar","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The walk up to the fortress is free \u2014 only entry to the fort itself charges \u2014 and the path has viewpoints all the way.\r\n\r\nSt Stephen's Square, the largest in Dalmatia, and the harbour cost nothing, and the town is best walked early before the beach clubs open.\r\n\r\nSwimming off the rocks below the town and along the coast is free.\r\n\r\nThe Stari Grad Plain is open farmland with walking and cycling paths through it, free and UNESCO-listed.\r\n\r\nInland roads and the lavender terraces cost nothing beyond the scooter to get there.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"The fortress path | Free, with viewpoints. Only the fort charges\r\nSt Stephen's Square | The largest in Dalmatia\r\nStari Grad Plain | Open, walkable and UNESCO-listed\r\nRock swimming | Free, all along the coast","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Hvar","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Hvar","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Hvar Town's harbourfront is priced for people arriving by yacht \u2014 \u20ac30 to \u20ac50 a main is normal. Walk up into the lanes behind the square and it drops to \u20ac18 to \u20ac28.\r\n\r\nThe island makes serious wine: Plavac Mali from the steep southern slopes, and the Zlatan Otok and Tomi\u0107 cellars run tastings.\r\n\r\nGregada, fish stewed with potatoes, onions and white wine, is the island dish, and peka is worth ordering in a konoba inland.\r\n\r\nLavender honey, olive oil and rosemary products are sold everywhere, and the island's olive oil is excellent.\r\n\r\nA beer in town is \u20ac4 to \u20ac6 and cocktails \u20ac12 to \u20ac18.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Harbourfront | \u20ac30\u201350 a main. The lanes behind are \u20ac18\u201328\r\nGregada | Fish stewed with potatoes and wine. The island dish\r\nPlavac Mali | From steep southern slopes, with cellars open for tastings\r\nCocktails | \u20ac12\u201318 in town. This is the expensive part","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Hvar","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Hvar","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Hvar Town has the biggest nightlife on the Adriatic islands and the prices that come with it. Carpe Diem on the harbour and its beach club on a Pakleni island are the names, with boats running out to the island club until the early hours.\r\n\r\nHula Hula on the coast path west of town does sunset and afternoon drinking, and the bars around the square fill after midnight.\r\n\r\nCocktails are \u20ac12 to \u20ac18 and beers \u20ac4 to \u20ac6.\r\n\r\nThe dress code is worth knowing: walking through the town centre in swimwear carries a fine, and it is enforced. Cover up between the beach and the square.\r\n\r\nIn May, June and September it is a much calmer and more pleasant place.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Carpe Diem | On the harbour, with a beach club on a Pakleni island\r\nHula Hula | Sunset drinking on the coast path west of town\r\nDress code | Fines for swimwear in the centre, and they are enforced\r\nPrices | Cocktails \u20ac12\u201318, beers \u20ac4\u20136","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Hvar","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Hvar","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Catamarans from Split take an hour to Hvar Town for about \u20ac12 as a foot passenger, and car ferries go to Stari Grad, which is a twenty-minute bus from the town.\r\n\r\nHvar Town itself is small and car-free in the centre.\r\n\r\nThe island is 68 kilometres long and buses between the towns are infrequent \u2014 a scooter at \u20ac30 to \u20ac50 a day or a car is how to see the interior, and almost nobody bothers, which is why the inland is empty.\r\n\r\nTaxi boats to the Pakleni islands leave the harbour constantly in season for \u20ac5 to \u20ac15 return.\r\n\r\nNote that catamarans are foot-passenger only; if you have a car it must go to Stari Grad.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Catamaran from Split | An hour, about \u20ac12, foot passengers only\r\nCar ferries | To Stari Grad, twenty minutes from Hvar Town\r\nScooter | \u20ac30\u201350 a day, and the only sensible way inland\r\nTaxi boats | \u20ac5\u201315 return to the Pakleni islands","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Hvar","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Hvar costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Expensive in season, and the most expensive island in Croatia. Dorms are \u20ac25 to \u20ac55, a main on the harbour \u20ac30 to \u20ac50, and cocktails \u20ac12 to \u20ac18.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac60 to \u20ac120 in August.\r\n\r\nThe levers: stay in Jelsa or Stari Grad and bus in, eat in the lanes rather than on the water, take taxi boats rather than organised tours, and go in May, June or September when everything drops by a third or more.\r\n\r\nCroatia has used the euro since 2023.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac25\u201355, with August at the top\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac60\u2013120 in August\r\nStay in Jelsa or Stari Grad | Far cheaper, and a bus from the town\r\nShoulder months | A third cheaper, and a better island","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Hvar","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Hvar","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Hvar is safe, and the risks come from the combination of heat, alcohol and rocks.\r\n\r\nThe swimming is off rocks with sea urchins throughout \u2014 water shoes are genuinely useful here.\r\n\r\nCliff jumping around the Pakleni islands and the coast causes injuries every summer; depths vary and rocks move.\r\n\r\nScooter accidents are the other regular problem, usually involving inexperienced riders on unfamiliar roads after a long lunch. Wear a helmet and check what your insurance covers.\r\n\r\nThe town dress code carries fines. And the sun here is the strongest in Croatia at around 2,800 hours a year. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Sea urchins | Everywhere on the rocks. Water shoes\r\nScooters | The most common injury here. Helmet, and check your insurance\r\nCliff jumping | Depths vary. People are hurt every summer\r\nEmergency | 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Hvar","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Hvar","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Islands offshore and an interior almost nobody sees.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Stari Grad and the Plain | 20 minutes | Bus, about \u20ac4 | One of the oldest towns in Europe and a Greek field system from 384 BC, still farmed on the original boundaries. |  | 1304220\nBra\u010d and Zlatni Rat | 1 hour | Ferry via Split or direct in season | The shingle spit that appears on every Croatian poster. |  | 1304221","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Hvar","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May, June and September. July and August are the party season and priced for it.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Hvar claims around 2,800 hours of sunshine a year, the most in Croatia, and the lavender is in flower through June and early July.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 12 | 1 | Closed. Mild and empty\r\nFebruary | 12 | 1 | Still closed, and ferries reduced\r\nMarch | 14 | 2 | Reopening slowly. Almonds in blossom\r\nApril | 18 | 3 | Good. Quiet, green, sea still cold\r\nMay | 22 | 5 | Excellent. Warm, affordable and calm\r\nJune | 26 | 5 | The best month. Lavender in flower, sea warm\r\nJuly | 30 | 4 | Peak party season. Expensive and loud\r\nAugust | 30 | 3 | The busiest and priciest weeks of the year\r\nSeptember | 26 | 5 | Superb. Warmest sea and the yachts thinning\r\nOctober | 21 | 3 | Still swimmable, very cheap, half shut by the end\r\nNovember | 16 | 1 | Closing down. Ferries reduce\r\nDecember | 13 | 1 | Closed","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A party season, a lavender festival and a procession that has run since 1510.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Hvar","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/croatia\/hvar\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Za Kri\u017een | Maundy Thursday night | Six island villages | A UNESCO-listed procession running through the night since 1510, with cross-bearers walking 25km between villages barefoot. |  | \nSummer season | June to September | Hvar Town | When the beach clubs, taxi boats and the yacht crowd are all in. |  | \nLavender Festival | Late June | Velo Grablje | The lavender harvest celebrated in a semi-abandoned inland village. |  | \nHvar Summer Festival | July and August | Old town | Classical concerts in the cloisters and churches of the town. |  | \nWine harvest | September | Southern slopes | Plavac Mali picked on some of the steepest vineyards in Europe. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros, in season.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"August runs well above these figures in Hvar Town. Jelsa and Stari Grad are considerably cheaper for the same island.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 25 | 18 | 4 | 10\r\nMiddle of the road | 45 | 38 | 6 | 35\r\nComfortable | 90 | 70 | 12 | 65","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Hvar","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A seasonal scene concentrated in Hvar Town, with better value in Stari Grad and Jelsa. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Hvar","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/croatia\/hvar\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Hvar travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Is Hvar just a party island? | Hvar Town in July and August largely is, and it is expensive with it. The rest of the island \u2014 lavender terraces, abandoned stone hamlets, a Greek field system still farmed since 384 BC \u2014 is almost empty, and a scooter for a day is all it takes to see it.\r\nIs there really a dress code? | Yes, and it is enforced with fines. Walking through the town centre in swimwear or bare-chested carries a penalty, introduced after years of complaints. Cover up between the beach and the square.\r\nHow do I get there? | Catamaran from Split in an hour for about \u20ac12 as a foot passenger. Cars have to go on the ferry to Stari Grad instead, which is twenty minutes by bus from Hvar Town.\r\nWhere should I swim? | The Pakleni islands, twenty minutes offshore by taxi boat for \u20ac5 to \u20ac15 return. The swimming is off rocks rather than sand and sea urchins are common, so water shoes are worth having.\r\nIs it expensive? | The most expensive island in Croatia in August \u2014 dorms to \u20ac55, harbour mains \u20ac30 to \u20ac50 and cocktails \u20ac12 to \u20ac18. Staying in Jelsa or Stari Grad, eating in the back lanes and travelling in May, June or September changes the maths entirely.\r\nWhen is the lavender out? | June and early July, across the interior. The Lavender Festival at Velo Grablje in late June is held in a semi-abandoned village and is the best way to see it.\r\nWhat is Za Kri\u017een? | A UNESCO-listed procession that has run since 1510, on the night of Maundy Thursday, when six villages send cross-bearers to walk 25 kilometres barefoot through the night. It is extraordinary and very few visitors are there for it.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Hvar hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Hvar | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/croatia\/hvar\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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