Sunset and boats

Hvar Island photos

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August 29th 2006
Some photos from around Hvar town. One thing I noticed about Hvar was how clean it was. Dubrovnik was quite dirty in places and there was a lot of litter around. I don't recall seeing any litter at all on Hvar. Hvar was also very laid back, in spite of being a major tourist destination, and the people, to me anyway, seemed much friendlier than most of the people we came across in Dubrovnik. I wo ... read more

Europe » Croatia » Dalmatia » Hvar

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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more