Private accomodation

Apartments house "PETAR"

STARI GRAD - island HVAR

"Where the nature is still - nature"

Nature beaches, crystalline clear sea , Mediterranean plants, hunting pleasure, the town is full of ancient and cultural monuments ...

The apartments house PETAR is situated in Stari Grad on the island of Hvar. Stari Grad - the town of ancient history and cultural monuments, it is today a modern tourist resort. It is situated at the bottom of 4 nautical miles long bay on noth-western side of the island Hvara where deep sea bay transforms to a furtile island field-valley that had in antient times wineyards and olive fields.

Stari Grad was founded in IV. century B.C., as a Greek colony Pharos. It is full of archeological discoveries and cultural-historical monuments. City walls Faros of Greek colonists, Roman mosaics, church of St. John, mediaeval street branches and Tvrdalj the renaissance fortified castle with fish pond, gardens of poet Hektor Hektorovic, are millenium simbols of this city.

Chief occupations include farming, viniculture, olive growing, fruit growing, grapes proces-sing, fishing and tourism. Situated on the regional road running along the island; ferry port. A variety of accommodation facilities (hotels, apartments, bungalows), domestic specialities offered in the restaurants and wine cellars, especially seafood and famous Croatian wines, sports and recreational opportunities (tennis, basketball, football, boccia) including water sports (surfing, diving) attract many visitors to this corner of the Adriatic Sea, first discovered by the ancient Greeks.

The summer months offer numerous cultural and sports events: the Summer of Stari Grad, concerts, recitals, shows. Stari Grad hosts the International Summer Music School in July and August. The first Sunday in September attracts many swimmers on the Faros Marathon, International Croatia Cup in long-distance swimming.

The indents of the bay have beautiful beaches, and the northern coast of the bay offers underwater fishing opportunities. The nearby Kabal peninsula offers hunting pleasure (pheasants and hares).

If you are looking for a quietly place enough far away of urban noise or a place for truthful enjoy in Dalmatian beauty and crystalline clear sea then Stari Grad is the right place.