Hvar Beaches
Milna beach, Hvar
Location: 6 km south from Hvar Town
Description: Milna is a small village, 4 km south-east from Hvar town with which is connected by a street road. There is an organized transportation by boat from Hvar port. The boat drive takes about 25 minutes. It is also reachable by car, bus or foot.
Milna is blessed with four lagoon-shaped beaches surrounded by a woody and gentle coast where pine-trees, agaves, vineyards and orchards overgrow. Two beaches are situated in the village itself and two in its immediate vicinity. Beaches are pebbly and forest between them is offering nice shade. Orientation to the south provides protection from northern winds and the sea is warm and crystal clear.
Where to eat/drink: a lot of restaurants right next to the beach.
Shops/Minimarket: None
Telephone: None
Transportation: Boat from Hvar. A payed parking place 50 meters from the beach.
Beach Activities: Rentals
Dubovica beach, Hvar
The largest beach on the southern coast of the island is Dubovica, located 4 km east of Milna. Again it has a lagoon-like shape. The beach is made of white pebbles and it has beautiful submarine scenery. At one side of the beach there is a small village with just a small church and several stone houses. In one of them there is (sort of) a restaurant. The beach is so beautiful it is hard to resist not to dive into the blue waters and have a swim. Like Mlini, you can reach it by a boat, bus or car.
Palmizana beach, Hvar
Sv. Klement (St. Clement) is the largest island in the Pakleni archipelago. It takes about 20 minutes to get there by taxi Hvar, Palmizanaboat. People often reffer to Sveti klement as Palmizana which is a spacious and island's the most popular cove with a shallow fine shingle beach. In the bay of Vinogradisce the family of the botanist Eugen Meneghello began to build summer houses and also to plant trees. Nowadays, it is a veritable arboretum with tourist facilities. Palmizana is surrounded by a thick pine forest, fragrant heather and rosemary shrubs and a number of exotic plants. Restaurants: Meneghello, Novak, Zori, and there is also a yacht marina.
Jerolim beach, Hvar
Jerolim - On the island of Jerolim (named after a 15th-century church which has since disappeared), directly opposite Hvar town, there is a well-known and long-established naturist beach, equipped with showers and a shop. Restaurant: Jerolim. The busiest area is around jettie but further away one can find many isolated places. A boat runs several times a day from Hvar harbor. Boats are leaving at about every half hour or so from 9am-1pm, returning at half hour intervals between 4pm and 6pm. Same goes for Stipanska. For further islands (Palmizana) boats are leaving hourly in the morning.
Stipanska beach, Hvar
Stipanska - This beach, located on the island of Marinkovac, part of Paklina archipelago, is reserved for naturists, equipped with showers and a shop. Restaurant: Stipanska. A boat runs several times a day from Hvar harbor. Mlin beach, next to the Stipanska beach, the island of Marinkovac.