Just days after the Dalmatian villages of Kastela unveiled their wine tourism credentials as the birthplace of Zinfandel, the nearby wine island of Hvar is about to embark on a week-long wine and ...

Car ferries arrive at Stari Grad, 16km (ten miles) to the east of Hvar town, where traffic is barred from the centre. Seven a day run from Split in summer, three in winter (1hr 45mins, 39kn foot ...

Jane is a travel writer and hotel expert specialising in Croatia and Montenegro, based in Dalmatia. She worked at Colors (Benetton magazine) in Italy, before co-authoring several guidebooks, including ...