Lavender – symbol of Hvar

The island of Hvar is well known for it’s Mediterranean herbs, especially for it’s lavender. It is often called “The Island of Lavender”.
The Hvar lavender is of highest quality among all sorts of lavender grown throughout Europe. It is ecologically produced, while sowing and harvesting are done manually. Colourful, fragrant bags, full of dried Hvar lavender flowers in shops, souvenir-shops, hotels, pharmacies and perfume-shops all around Croatia.
If you want an original Hvar souvenir, a remedy and fragrance in one, then an ideal solution for you is a fragrant bag of “Hvar Lavender” or a bottle of lavender oil.

Oldest public theatre in Europe

Did you know that oldest public / communal theatre is in Hvar?
Hvar’s Theatre, situated in the Arsenal building, is a monument of the highest national significance for the Republic of Croatia.
The Theatre was built in 1612, on the first floor of the Arsenal building during the rule of venturesome Duke Petar Semitecolo. The monumental Arsenal building situated in the historical centre of the Town of Hvar is one of the most important buildings of naval architecture of its kind on the Mediterranean.