Mar 19 2008
Hvar Island - One of the 53 Places to Visit in 2008
The New York Times recently published a list of the must-see places in the world for 2008. Included in this list, at an impressive #11, is the town of Hvar (on Hvar Island).
The NY Times describes Hvar thus:
“As Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast has become a new Riviera, Hvar has become its St. Tropez: a tiny village that fills with yachts and international partyers over the summer. While the waterfront Carpe Diem remains the island’s night-life center, narrow stone alleys are lined with chic cocktail lounges and hotel terraces, including the rooftop pool at the new Adriana Hotel, Croatia’s first Leading Small Hotels of the World member.”
Now personally I can only take the ‘jet-set’ in small doses. But when you combine the high-life with a little adventure its excellent. Many of those who visit Hvar Town only see its bars and nearby beaches, but there is a lot more to explore on the whole island.
The picture in the NY Times article is actually of a beach in Komiža, which happens to be on Vis Island - only 25 kilometers away - so much for the fact-checkers!
But both Vis and Hvar Islands are combined in our Vis and Hvar Islands Kayak Adventure - how’s that for a segue!? (And, yes, our picture at the top of this post is of a beach on Hvar!)
Hi! Bonnie here, remember me?
I’m laughing enough that I have to say something. Here I am visiting the blog of people in Croatia, who I knew when I was at Manhattan Kayak Company and they were paddling Hawaiian-kine canoes with New York Outrigger, after having seen it mentioned on a site run by an Anglophilic Spanish fellow, which I was reading on an aggregator run by a Dane who’s opening a kayak company in Venice.
How much does the Internet rock, anyways?
Of course we remember you, Bonnie! How could we forget those halcyon days kayaking and paddling on the Hudson River.
It is indeed a small electronic world now!
Actually I’d visited the site before, shoulda said hello - but it was just the sheer silliness of today’s route of arrival that I loved! Very entertaining opening up Paddling Planet & oh, hey, look, there’s Wenley writing about Ray & Shane!
Fortunately Wenley doesn’t know about how I almost killed Ray at an overcrowded rolling session this winter!
Good to see you guys are doing well out there.