Maslina Resort Villas, Hvar, Croatia

Each villa is a complete house with a professional, restaurant quality kitchen, generous living and dining rooms, a private garden and a heated pool, and the full service of the resort a few steps away.

Villa Litica. About 300 square metres on the slope above A•Bay, with four king bedrooms, every one opening to a sea view terrace, and a thirty one square metre heated pool with an outdoor shower. The master bathroom has two separate walk in showers. Up to eight adults.

Villa Borovina. About 300 square metres sheltered by pines, with four king bedrooms, a broad terrace, a twenty five square metre heated pool with an outdoor shower and a private garage. Up to eight adults.

Villa Uvala. About 500 square metres on the shoreline, the largest of the three, with five bedrooms including a private access suite with its own entrance and study, a travertine terrace, a fifty five square metre heated infinity pool, a jacuzzi, a fireplace, a Finnish sauna and a forty square metre fitness room. Up to ten adults.

In the villa. Every kitchen is built to restaurant standard, so a private chef can cook for you at home, from a long lunch under the pines to dinner by the pool, with a sommelier to bring up bottles from the resort’s cellar.

Terra. The resort’s restaurant, listed in the MICHELIN Guide, pairs classic French technique with the produce of the Mediterranean and of its own organic garden of 7,000 square metres, in a room of warm terracotta. It honours the Mediterranean diet that UNESCO protects.

The Bar and A•Bay. The Bar pours Champagne Thiénot and cocktails built on Hvar’s herbs and fruit; from June, the A•Bay Beach Bar opens on the sand facing the Kabal peninsula.

By the sea. A private platform on the water can be set for dinner for two or for the whole house.

The resort’s spa takes its name from Pharos, the Greek name for Stari Grad, and from the aromatic herbs that have made Hvar a place of healing since the Hvar Health Society was founded in 1868.

Treatments. Biologique Recherche facials, traditional massage and signature rituals built on island herbs, among them the Adriatic Rejuvenation and a treatment for couples.

Movement. Hatha, Vinyasa and Ashtanga yoga, assisted stretching, sound healing, and personal training that can begin with a biomarker assessment, in a fitness space equipped by Nordh and Matrix.

At home. Villa Uvala adds its own Finnish sauna, jacuzzi and fitness room; every villa has a heated pool and an outdoor shower in the garden.

The pools. Each villa has its own heated pool: thirty one square metres at Litica, twenty five at Borovina and a fifty five square metre infinity pool at Uvala, with the bay just beyond. The resort adds two heated pools and a beach on the bay.

By speedboat. The Pakleni Islands off Hvar town, the island of Vis and the coves of Brač are all within reach for a day on the water, with swimming stops wherever the water is clearest.

On the island. Private wine tastings in the island’s vineyards, the dry stone terraces of the Stari Grad Plain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the old ethno villages of the interior and, in early summer, the lavender of Velo Grablje.

Families and generations. Four or five bedrooms under one roof, a garden and pool of your own, and the resort’s playroom, beach and kitchen close by.

Friends travelling together. Up to ten adults at Villa Uvala, with a chef, a sommelier and a speedboat arranged around the group.

Couples who want space. A whole house on the bay, with Terra, the spa and Stari Grad within a walk.

Design lovers. Architecture by Aalto and interiors by LA.M Studio, in larch, terracotta and Brač stone.

Split is the nearest international airport, with Brač and Dubrovnik as alternatives.

Private speedboat. The resort’s Colnago speedboat, seating up to twelve, runs from Split airport or harbour to the bay in about an hour, from Brač in about twenty five minutes and from Dubrovnik in about three and a half hours.

By air. A private light aircraft from Zagreb in about one hour forty five minutes, and a helipad on the island about 1.5 kilometres from the resort.

By ferry. The car ferry from Split reaches Stari Grad in about two hours, the catamaran in about one, and the ferry port is five minutes from the resort on foot.

Your advisor arranges the arrival with the stay.

Hvar counts some 2,800 hours of sunshine a year, and the resort opens for the season from spring into mid October.

Late spring. May and June bring warm days, a cool sea and, from June, the lavender in flower and the beach bar open.

High summer. July and August are hot and lively, with the Hvar Summer Festival and the island at its busiest; the villas are the calm side of it.

September and October. The sea at its warmest, the grape harvest in the vineyards and quieter roads.

Your advisor confirms the villas’ opening dates and the best weeks when you inquire.