City guide Hvar
- Best Area to Stay for Tourists Stari Grad (Old Town) or the Riva (Harbor) for proximity to nightlife and landmarks The Pjaca, Trg sv. Stjepana, and the Riva in Hvar Town. Stari Grad is a separate town on…
- Best Beach Nearby Dubovica Beach (8km away) or Bonj Beach (in town) Dubovica, on the south coast, is the start of the cliff walk toward the Zlatan Otok…
- Best Coworking Space The Hub Hvar (Pop-up style, often located near Pharia Hotel) or Saltwater Nomads… No coworking day pass in Hvar Town was found on an operator site. A 2026 remote-work guide…
- Best Hospital Hvar Town Health Center (Dom Zdravlja); serious cases require a 15-min helicopter… Emergency medicine for Hvar is at Biskupa Dubokovića 3, phone +385 21 717 099. The summer…
- Best Taxi/Ride App No Uber on island; use Cammeo or local Hvar Taxi (+385 91 161 6263) The travel guide names no ride-hailing app. It says not to take a taxi from the Stari Grad…
- Bike/Scooter Rental Suncity Hvar (Scooter: €35/day; E-bike: €30/day) located near the main bus station The travel guide puts a scooter or moped at about 33.50 euro a day, with hourly rates as…
- Birdwatching Locations The Stari Grad Plain (Ager), an ancient Greek land parcel system The Stari Grad Plain, on the north side of the island, is a UNESCO world heritage cultural…
- Bonfire-Friendly Spots Highly restricted due to forest fire risk; check with fire department (Vatrogasci) The town fire station is at Antifašizma 35, phone +385 21 741 200. The pages opened do not…
- Budget Accommodation Dink's Place Hostel (€25-€40/night) or White Rabbit Hostel (€30/night) The tourist board lists White Rabbit Hostel at Stjepana Papafave 6, phone +385 21 717 365…
- Cashless Friendly Yes, cards accepted in most restaurants/hotels; cash still preferred for small cafes and… Cards are accepted almost everywhere, and American Express is not accepted in Croatia…
- City Hvar Town, Hvar Island, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia Hvar Town, on the island of Hvar, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.
- Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, EU-aligned regulations Yes. A foreign entity is covered when Croatian residents, alone or with related parties…
- Corporate Tax 10% for revenues up to €1M; 18% for higher 18% corporate income tax, or 10% when revenue in the tax period is under 1 million euro.
- Cultural Districts The Groda (The historic uphill residential neighborhood) The main square sits between two old fortified quarters: Gorda to the north and Burg to…
- Currency & Banking 1 EUR = 1.05 USD. Croatia uses the Euro since 2023. Raiffeisen Bank and PBZ have ATMs in… Euro (EUR) since 1 January 2023. The rate used for Croatia cost files is the 19 October…
- Dividend Withholding Tax 10% 12% final withholding on dividends paid to an individual. A company pays 10% corporate…
- Highest Income Tax Bracket 30% (on income over €50,400) Hvar's rates are 20% up to 60,000 euro and 30% above that, in the table applied from 1…
- Highway Access State road D116 connects Hvar Town to Stari Grad and Sućuraj State road D116 includes the Selca-Dubovica tunnel between Hvar Town and Stari Grad. When…
- Historic Buildings The Loggia and Clock Tower on the main Pjaca The Loggia and the Leroj clock tower, Trg sv. Stjepana 6. An adult ticket is 5 euro and…
- Historical Sites The Hvar Public Theatre (Oldest in Europe, founded 1612) Hvar Public Theatre, Trg svetog Stjepana 44, opened in 1612 on the upper floor of the…
- Internet Speed Avg. 75 Mbps; Fiber optics increasingly available in the town center via HT (Hrvatski… No Hvar-only series is published. Ookla's September 2026 medians for Croatia were 210.68…
- Laundry Services Lavasub Self-Service Laundry (located near the Konzum supermarket) The tourist board lists a laundry at Nikice Kolumbića 2/a, a self-service laundry at…
- Libraries & Study Spots Hvar Town Library (Gradska knjižnica Hvar) inside the Arsenal building City Library and Reading Room Hvar, Vicka Butorovića 2, phone +385 21 742 997.
- Local Heritage The 'Za Križen' (Following the Cross) procession (UNESCO protected, held during Holy Week) Za Križen, Following the Cross, is a night procession on Maundy Thursday on the island of…
- Main Train/Transit Hub Hvar Bus Station (Dolac) for island travel; Split Ferry Port for mainland access Hvar has no railway. Čazmatrans runs the island buses, and the timetable valid from 19…
- Museums & Art Venues Hvar Heritage Museum (located in the summer residence of Hanibal Lucić) Hvar Heritage Museum, in the 16th-century summer residence of Hanibal Lucić, on the old…
- Music Scene Veneranda (Outdoor club/concert venue in a former monastery compound) Veneranda, Dinka Kovačevića 3, is the open-air summer stage for concerts, film and…
- Must-See Landmarks Fortica Spanish Fortress (Spanjola) overlooking the archipelago Fortica, also called the Spanish fortress (Španjola), at Biskupa Jurja Dubokovica 80. An…
- Nearby Nature Escapes Pakleni Islands (Accessible by taxi boat for €10-€15 return) The Pakleni islands, south of the port, are a protected landscape. Water taxis leave from…
- Parcel Delivery Service Hrvatska Pošta (Main office on the Riva); DHL/DPD deliver to island Hrvatska pošta, Riva bb, phone +385 21 406 811.
- Population Approx. 4,200 (Permanent residents in Hvar Town; rises to 20,000+ in summer) 3,979 people in the Town of Hvar on 31 August 2021, and 3,519 in the Hvar settlement. A…
- Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F sockets 230 V, 50 Hz, Type C and F (Europlug and Schuko).
- Property Tax No general annual property tax, but a 'Second Home' tax (approx. €0.60 to €5.00 per m²)… The Town of Hvar decision of 21 February 2025, published on 7 March 2025, sets the annual…
- Property Transaction Tax 3% Real Estate Transfer Tax 3% of the market value, when the purchase is not charged VAT.
- Public Transport Passes Single tickets only on Čazmatrans buses (Hvar to Stari Grad approx. €5) No monthly pass is printed on the Čazmatrans timetable valid from 19 October 2026. Tickets…
- Regional Travel Jadrolinija or Krilo Catamarans (Hvar to Split: €10-€25, 1 hour) Jadrolinija catamaran line 641, Split to Hvar Town, is 25 euro one way on the 2026…
- Religious Sites St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Franciscan Monastery St Stephen's Cathedral at the east end of the Pjaca, the Franciscan monastery and Church…
- SIM Card Hrvatski Telekom (HT) or A1. Unlimited 7-day tourist SIM for €11 from Tisak kiosks Hrvatski Telekom (and its bonbon prepaid brand), A1 and Telemach cover the island. On the…
- Scenic Viewpoints Napoleon Fortress (higher than Spanjola for unobstructed sunset views) Fort Napoleon was built in 1811 on the higher hill northeast of Fortica (Španjola). The…
- Street Art Limited; look for small artisan workshops like the Lace Museum (Agave lace by Benedictine… No street-art trail is listed. The Benedictine convent's agave-thread lace, made since the…
fix pass after the batch check. Highest Income Tax Bracket restated so the national ranges follow the unit type, a town up to 31 percent on the higher rate and the 33 percent top being the City of Zagreb's, instead of one blanket band; Must-See Landmarks, Historical Sites, Theater Venues and Historic Buildings moved to the heritage operator's current opening hours, fortress 9 to 17 and theatre and loggia 10 to 17; Best Hospital now prints the tourist clinic's weekend hours, Saturdays 14:00 to 20:00 and Sundays and public holidays 8:00 to 20:00; the record's model name and check date and the retrieval dates of the pages reopened this pass were refreshed (https://hvar1612.hr/za-posjetitelje/, https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/croatia/individual/taxes-on-personal-income, http://www.dalmacija.hr/en/healthcare-services-for-tourists)