The sun island of the Dalmatian coast: lavender, vineyards and pine shores, the Greek town of Stari Grad, and the private villas of Maslina Resort.
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Croatia · Hvar Island
Hvar lies off the Dalmatian coast between Split and Dubrovnik, long and narrow, with pine and olive on its shores, vineyards and lavender in its interior, and St Nicholas, its highest peak, above them. Greek settlers from Paros founded Pharos, today’s Stari Grad, in the fourth century BC, and the field pattern they laid out on the Stari Grad Plain is still farmed and protected by UNESCO. The island holds six UNESCO listings in all, from the Za Križen night procession to the agave lace made by its Benedictine nuns, and Hvar town keeps one of the oldest public theatres in Europe.
On the quieter north shore, in Maslinica Bay, Maslina Resort Villas keeps three private houses among the pines, each with a heated pool and garden, a short walk along the coast from Stari Grad and its harbour.
Why visit
Featured properties
Houses we know by name, the ones we would open for this landscape.
The house
A first reading of the stay: rooms, light, and the quiet between them. Each still is a note, not a catalogue.
When and how
Each season keeps its own calendar. We plan the transfer around it.
Best time to visit
Hvar counts some 2,800 hours of sunshine a year. May and June are warm and green, with lavender in flower from June; July and August are hot, festive and busy; September and early October bring the warmest sea and the grape harvest.
Seasonality
Maslina Resort opens from spring to mid October. July and August fill first. Your advisor confirms villa dates when you inquire.
Airport / logistics
Split is the nearest international airport, with Brač and Dubrovnik as alternatives. From Split, a private speedboat reaches Maslinica Bay in about an hour. A private light aircraft flies from Zagreb in under two hours, and there is a helipad on the island.
Month by month
Seasons follow the notes above. Average daily high and monthly rainfall for 2015 to 2024 from ERA5 reanalysis, via Open-Meteo.
Luxury experiences
Ways of traveling
Begin with the collection that holds these houses and shores.
Collection
Whole houses for the whole family: a hilltop Residence in Fiji, an exclusive-use villa in the Maasai Mara, a 1930s lake house in Austria, staffed villas in Bali, a Tuscan estate of private villas, a staffed sea-view villa on Capri, pool villas of four and five bedrooms on Hvar, three-bedroom Reserves on a Vietnamese bay, a four-suite villa above Lake Wakatipu, a sole-use house between Lake Hāwea and Lake Wānaka, and a garden haveli in Rajasthan.
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Hillside houses in olive country: above the Argolic Gulf and the Aegean at Bodrum, in the hills of Volterra and Chianti, on Monte Argentario, above the sea in Anacapri on Capri, and among the pines of Maslinica Bay on Hvar.
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Stays where wellbeing is the reason for the journey: Ayurveda in the Himalaya, onsen above Ago Bay, a desert spa in Utah, three spa floors in Manhattan and healing traditions from Bali to Phuket.
Open the collectionRelated destinations
Landscapes that sit well beside this one.
Destination
Italy house by house: Florence on Piazza Santa Maria Novella, Tuscan estates from Chianti to Volterra and Monte Argentario, a villa near Lucca, chalets above Merano, sea-view villas on Capri and the Cilento Coast, and a family farm estate in Sicily.
Destination
The island at the mouth of the Bay of Naples: the Faraglioni, the Blue Grotto and the quiet lanes of Anacapri, where Villa Giada keeps four sea-view suites.
Destination
Campania’s quiet southern shore: sea caves, Greek temples and olive hills, and Villa Le Cannicelle above the gulf.
Plan My Trip
Tell us the season, the company, and the feeling you want to keep. We will write back with a considered path, not a link to a search.
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