Just days after the Dalmatian villages of Kastela unveiled their wine tourism credentials as the birthplace of Zinfandel, the nearby wine island of Hvar is about to embark on a week-long wine and ...

Car ferries arrive at Stari Grad, 16km (ten miles) to the east of Hvar town, where traffic is barred from the centre. Seven a day run from Split in summer, three in winter (1hr 45mins, 39kn foot ...

The most lovely of Croatia’s Dalmatian islands, Hvar has no airport, so most visitors arrive by yacht, motorboat, ferry or luxury cruise ships such as Compagnie du Ponant’s L’Austral. The bustling ...

Jane is a travel writer and hotel expert specialising in Croatia and Montenegro, based in Dalmatia. She worked at Colors (Benetton magazine) in Italy, before co-authoring several guidebooks, including ...