Today, Hvar Town on the southwest coast of Hvar is probably Croatia's most fashionable resort. Old stone houses have been built into the sides of three hills which surround a bay. The highest peak is crowned by a Venetian fortress, dramatically floodlit by night.
Accommodation is available in hotels, apartments and pensions, while camping site are located in the vicinity. Tourism started to develop in the 1920s. Today, Hvar is one of the most frequently visited tourist centers in Dalmatia. The town has an extensive sports and recreational offer, as well as rich entertainment program, especially in the summer season that lasts longest in this part of Croatia. It is connected to the mainland by ferry lines to Split, Rijeka, Zadar and Dubrovnik. There are also ferry lines to other islands.
Besides the city of Hvar, there is a number of small villages offering accommodations mainly in apartments, Hvar city being a place to go out at night and sightseeing, while during day enyojing peceful natural surrounding. Apartment accommodation offers alternative to hotel accommodation not only with price, but also for possibility of interacting with locals. The private owners of Hvar apartments (apartmani Hvar on Croatian) will offer you a glass of "Prosek" delicious sweet wine, dry figs, tomatoes from their own garden, they will tell you how olives did this year etc. Everything differently from pro hotel atmosphere.
