Activities, things to do Island Hvar

Active tourism is a temporary travel and stay, which is the main motive for recreation, outside his residence. Because of the need to participate in physical activities, visits and desires for watching various sporting events or any active or passive involvement in sporting activities on a personal level or the organized tourist destination for tourists prepare a variety of sports and recreational offerings. Thus, the capacity of accommodations are sports fields, gyms, fitness gym and other sports and recreational facilities are increasingly under the control of professional trainers. For lovers of active tourism prepared various adventure specialties such as rafting, kayaking, scuba diving, paragliding, climbing the cliffs of mountains, diving the depths of the sea, the wild nature cycling, caving, air tourism and other ordinary and unusual sports. The nature of man's movement, and accelerated pace of life, stress and more sitting and not moving during the work, on vacation people make up sport.

The island of Hvar is one of the longest islands on the Adriatic. It is located in between the islands of Brac, Vis, Korcula, the Peljesac peninsula and the Makarska seaside. Just opposite the western side of the island lay the Pakleni islands.
Hvar's development has progressed throughout the years. A large number of villages are situated in the island's interior and the larger towns such as Hvar, Stari Grad, Jelsa and Vrboska are located along its coastline. All of the towns are connected by roads and visitors can reach the island by ferryboat.
Hvar has many resources some of which are tourism, agriculture (including cultivation of vineyards, olive trees, fig trees, rosemary, and lavender), fishing, and stockbreeding. Cultivation of lavender and manufacturing lavender oil, up until recently, were the island's main resource. Lavender comes to full bloom in the months of April and June and the island's many lavender plantations become filled with colour and wonderful aromas. Hvar has another tradition that has been carrying on throughout the last 100 years. It is the traditional craft of making...