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1.8.-10.8.2024 Jelsa, Hvar, Croatia The Creating a Dramatic Character Workshop aims to help young, beginning opera singers feel natural and relaxed on stage while mastering the basic craft techniques of this art. The course will focus on technical and movement …

Our guide to Hvar’s proud tradition of Holy Week celebrations and rituals, their origins and their significance today.

The Tourist Boards of the Island of Hvar have unveiled a joint brand strategy, slogan, visual identity, and brand video. YouTube video: Light of Hvar The goal of the new brand strategy was to unify all the towns and municipalities …

Jelsa’s Municipal Tourist Board has been proud to present Hvar’s first vegetarian cookbook. Written by Dominka Juzbašić, this cookbook is the result of many years’ research combined with a passion for Hvar Island and its food traditions. It will certainly …

Croatia and Croatian tourist destinations have been nominated in four categories of the Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards competition, including Best European Destination, Best European City, Best European Island, and Best European Region. In the category of Best European Destination, Croatia …

Bolstering the intangible tradition of the People’s ‘Za Križen’ (‘Following the Cross’) Procession, Jelsa has been accepted as a member of this special international network of towns formed to promote the development of authentic ways of celebrating Holy Week and …

The Jelsa Municipality has recently featured in a programme titled “Wind Masters Croatia” on the world’s most prestigious TV channel for sailors and everyone who loves seafaring and water sports. The programme, available in four languages, can be seen on …

Hvar wines are famous far and wide, as is the island which, preserving traditional grape varieties along with the island’s designation as Dalmatia’s sunniest, produces top-class wines. The well-known project for identifying the ‘Stars of Wine’, now in its fourth …

Danger! Hunters about on Sundays and Wednesdays through the winter