The island team · 43°10′N · 16°26′E · since 2005

A local guide, written from here

A local guide to the island of Hvar, online since 2005. One local team, our own villas, honest photos and no platform commission.

No. 01

Who we are

since 2005

Hvar.com started with a simple idea: the island deserves a guide written by people who actually live here, walk to these beaches, eat in these konobas and know which villa really has the view from the photos. Since 2005 we have been building exactly that, one honest page at a time.

We rent villas we have personally visited, and we describe them the way we would to a friend: the sea view and the heated pool, but also the stairs, the parking and how far the bakery is. The same rule runs through the whole site, from live Google ratings on our hotel and restaurant lists to access notes on every beach.

Beyond the guide, we are a small local team you can actually reach. Our water taxi connects the island with the airports and the archipelago, our concierge arranges chefs, boats and transfers, and when you send an inquiry it lands with a person who knows the island, not a call centre.

If you are planning a stay, start with the villas, the beaches or the island guide. And if you are one of the people who make Hvar special, from skippers to konoba owners, we are open for collaboration.

Online since2005
Where we areOn the island, all year
TeamOne local team, one plan
Villas24, each one visited
CommissionNo platform commission
LanguagesTen
Reply timeSame day, usually within hours
Water taxi24 routes, airports and the archipelago
No. 02

How we work

four rules

Four rules that have not changed since 2005. They are the reason the guide reads the way it does, and the reason we say no to listings that would not survive them.

Rule 01

Arranged by the people who never left

Every villa, transfer and boat on this site is arranged by someone who lives on Hvar and has stood in that house or on that pier. Local knowledge is not a marketing line here, it is the whole service.

Rule 02

Honest photos

Our own images, no wide-angle tricks, no borrowed sunsets. If the terrace is small or the path is steep, you see it before you book, not after you arrive.

Rule 03

One local team, one plan

Villa, boat, chef, transfer: one team answers all of it, so nothing falls between two suppliers. Your inquiry reaches a person who can actually change the plan.

Rule 04

No platform commission

On our own villas you book directly with us. No commission layer on top of the price, and no incentive to push you towards the house that pays the most.

No. 03

The island, in numbers

measured, not rounded

Hvar is the sunniest island in Croatia and small enough to know properly. These are the numbers the guide is built on.

2,724Sun hours a year
38Beaches described
24Villas, each visited
24Water taxi routes
No. 04

About hvar.com, common questions

Who is behind hvar.com?

A small local team on Hvar, online since 2005. We live here all year, visit the villas we rent and write the guide ourselves, which is why the access notes, the parking and the walk to the bakery are in there next to the sea view.

Do you charge a booking commission?

Not on our own villas. They are arranged directly by us, with no platform commission on top of the price. Hotels and apartments come from live booking partners, so those prices are the same ones you would find elsewhere.

Are the photos on the site real?

Yes. Honest photos are the whole point: our own images of the island and of the houses we rent, without the wide-angle tricks. Where a listing comes from a partner, the imagery comes with it and is marked as such.

How fast do you reply, and in which language?

Usually within a few hours, same day in season. The site runs in ten languages and you can write to us in English, Croatian or German and reach a person, not a call centre.

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One message reaches the whole team: villas, boats, transfers and the things that are not on any list.

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