Hvar Island

The island of Hvar is an island located in Croatia. It covers the surface of 297.37 km² and it has the population of approximately 11103 people. The island Hvar has 7 larger and more picturesque towns worth visiting. Not all of them have ferry ports of course, so to be specific - the island of Hvar has 4 ferry ports offering daily departures to and from the island of Hvar. It is reachable from mainland cities such as Split, Dubrovnik, Makarska, Trogir, Drvenik and Ancona.

Ferry ports on the island

There are 4 ferry ports on the island of Hvar. The island ferry ports are generally smaller in size, but they can accommodate the ferries sailing from the mainland according to the departure schedule that you can see on our website. The island ferry ports are the following ones:


How to get to Hvar by ferry

Hvar currently has 71 daily arrivals by ferry, coming from a few ferry ports in Croatia. The most popular way to get to Hvar by ferry is by taking one of the ferry lines departing from Split, Dubrovnik and Bol. The quickest way to get to Hvar is from Bol, where the travel time by ferry is 00:33 and the longest is from Dubrovnik, where you'd spend 01:31 at sea. Below you'll see a list of the most popular ways to get to Hvar where you can find out more, and book your tickets!


Ferry lines from the island of Hvar

There are 62 daily outbound ferry lines from Hvar going to domestic destinations such as Split, Dubrovnik and Bol in Croatia. The most popular ferry lines departing Hvar in terms of number of travellers are Hvar - Split, Hvar - Dubrovnik and Stari Grad - Split which help over 40948 travellers set sail each year. Below you will see the most popular ferry lines departing from Hvar.


Ferry companies sailing to and from the island of Hvar

There are 3 companies operating ferry lines to and from the island of Hvar, Croatia. These ferry companies have fast ferry, ferry and car ferry in their active fleet of vessels. The average user rating for the ferry companies operating to and from Hvar is 8.8. The largest ferry company is Jadrolinija with more than 28 ferry lines to and from Hvar while Krilo - Kapetan Luka is the smallest with 6 ferry lines in comparison. Below we have listed some of the most popular ferry companies when travelling to or from Hvar. A full list of ferry companies and more information can be found here.


Nearby Islands

While you're staying on the island of Hvar, you can also take some time to visit some of the other islands in Croatia, such as Brac, Krk or Korcula. The smallest island in terms of its size is the island Obonjan with the surface area of only 0.55 km², while the largest island would be Krk covering 405.78 km². You can find a list of islands in Croatia below and click on them for more information!


Island Hopping

Since the island of Hvar is well connected not only to the mainland, but to the other islands as well, it would be a waste of time not to visit some of them like Brac, Korcula and Lastovo too. The cheapest and easiest way is booking a ticket for the catamaran or car ferry. Below we have composed a list of the most popular island hopping destinations when departing from Hvar.


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