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 At the centre of the town is Trg svetog Stjepana, a long, rectangular main square which meets the sea at the so-called Mandrač the balustraded inner harbour used for mooring small boats. Dominating the square's southwestern corner is the arcaded bulk of the seventeenth-century Venetian arsenal, with… |
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 Around 385 BC, the Greeks of Paros in Asia Minor established a colony on Hvar, naming it Pharos (present day Stari Grad). After a period of Roman then Byzantine control, the island was thoroughly Slavicized in the eighth century, when it was overrun by the Narentani, a Croatian tribe from the Neretv… |
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 HVAR is one of the most hyped of all the Croatian islands. People talk of its verdant colour, fragrant air and mild climate, and at one time local hoteliers even had enough faith in the weather to offer a money-back guarantee if the temperature ever dropped below zero. And Hvar is undeniably beautif… |
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 Looming over Zlatni rat to the north is the 778-metre peak of Vidova gore, the highest point on any Adriatic island. It's accessible via an asphalt road which leaves the Supetar-Bol road just south of the village of Nerciisća, and there's also a marked walking trail (2hr each way) from the centre of… |
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 Brač's second town, BOL has long been the only significant settlement on the island's southern side - an isolated community stranded on the far side of the Vidova gora, the mountain ridge which overlooks this stretch of coast. In the seventh century, its isolation attracted Romans fleeing the Croat … |
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