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Article by: TRAVEL+LEISURE Magazine
New to the list. Hvar, set off Croatia’s ruggedly striking Dalmatian Coast, is well known among European jet-setters, and this year T+L readers voted it onto the list of top-ranked islands. Long and crocodile-shaped, the island is carpeted in aromatic fields of lavender, olive groves, and pine forests; craggy bluffs drop down to meet the shimmering Adriatic, where fabulous luxury yachts idle at anchor. The main port city of Hvar Town is a bustling mix of old and new: elegant, seven-century-old Venetian buildings and promenades house chic boutiques and sybaritic nightclubs, where a tanned, expensively clad young crowd comes to frolic.
