{"type":"city","city":"Hvar Island","citySlug":"hvar-island","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/croatia/hvar-island","description":"Hvar Island divides itself, quietly but firmly, between two kinds of attention. The town of Hvar, clustered around its Venetian-era piazza and the 16th-century Benedictine convent, draws the crowds — the yachts, the aperitivo hour, the predictable summer theater. Stari Grad, seventeen kilometers to the east along the island's spine, is older and considerably less interested in performing itself. Founded by the Greeks in 385 BC, it sits around a long tidal inlet, its stone lanes still following a pre-Roman agricultural grid that UNESCO has recognized as one of the best-preserved ancient land divisions in the world. These two poles offer genuinely different experiences of the same island, and the two hotels on this list reflect that split almost exactly.\n\nMaslina Resort occupies a hillside above Stari Grad Bay, and it earns its position among the more considered addresses on the Dalmatian coast. The property was developed with serious attention to the local vernacular: dry-stone walls, indigenous plantings of lavender and rosemary, and a farm-to-table commitment that sources from the estate's own olive groves and kitchen garden. The architecture keeps its scale low and horizontal, reading less as a resort dropped onto a landscape than as something that grew out of it incrementally. For a traveler who finds meaning in where food comes from, or who simply wants to spend a week largely undistracted, Stari Grad's quieter end of the island makes that possible in a way that Hvar town, at the height of summer, does not.\n\nPalace Elisabeth, in Hvar town itself, occupies a 19th-century Austro-Hungarian building on the harborfront promenade, and operates at a different register entirely. The renovation preserved the period shell while updating interiors with a restrained contemporary hand, and the location places guests directly in the middle of the town's social energy, for better or worse depending on one's tolerance for that particular kind of midsummer spectacle. The hotel carries a medium quality tier at a splurge price point, which reflects the premium of its address more than a consistent experiential edge. It suits the visitor whose interest is in the piazza and the harbor, in proximity to the Old Town's fortress and the rhythms of the port. The two properties are not competing for the same person, and that distinction is worth taking seriously before booking.","provider":{"name":"PressBeyond","url":"https://pressbeyond.com","description":"PressBeyond provides AI-optimized hotel content with a consistent 5-image structure across its entire portfolio. Each image sequence includes strong lighting, complete room-visibility angles, and strictly non-duplicative scenes — enabling AI to accurately describe and recommend properties to travelers.","curationStandard":"PressBeyond Hotel Photography Standard"},"hotels":[{"name":"Maslina Resort","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/croatia/hvar-island/maslina-resort","city":"Hvar Island","cityHeader":"Hvar Island • Stari Grad • OVER THE TOP","neighborhood":"Stari Grad","designSummary":"Pressed into the pine-covered hillside above Stari Grad Bay on Hvar's quieter northern shore, a three-storey building wrapped in vertical timber brise-soleil screens steps down toward the Adriatic in a composition that refuses to compete with its surroundings. Maslina Resort, which opened in 2020, was designed by Studio Interscape with an architecture rooted in the agricultural vernacular of the Dalmatian interior — white rendered volumes, deep overhangs, and landscaping planted with mature olive trees that make the terraces feel borrowed from a working estate rather than installed for effect. The pool deck and restaurant pavilion unfold across a central courtyard at the waterline, where teak decking and gabion stone walls anchor the scheme to the coastal landscape visible in every direction.\n\nThe 50 rooms and suites carry the same restraint indoors: whitewashed oak floors, low-platform beds with upholstered linen headboards, and handwoven fringed rugs layered over natural jute ground the palette in warm neutrals. Rattan pendants — woven in a globe form that recurs throughout — deliver a craft note without tipping into souvenir-shop territory, while floor-to-ceiling steel-framed glazing ensures that the pine forest and Brač channel beyond function as the dominant decorative element in every room. The restaurant, framed by blackened steel mullions and furnished with cane-back bistro chairs and dark timber tables, opens fully to the pool terrace, dissolving the boundary between interior and the island light outside.","snippet":"A 2020 hillside resort on Hvar's quiet northern shore with timber screens, whitewashed interiors, and unobstructed Adriatic views.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts seeking Adriatic seclusion","vibe":"Minimalist-coastal · serene","highlights":["Timber brise-soleil screens step down hillside toward bay","Rooms with floor-to-ceiling glazing framing pine forest views","Restaurant pavilion opens fully to pool terrace and sea"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$857","pricePerNightExclTax":"$857","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ul5gx01l715zvfm3m2owz1713360301047_ee40191f-ab6f-4088-a84a-8092ef70c46b.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Maslina Resort — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Maslina Resort · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Maslina Resort captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ul8up022j15zvui505b2o1713360302112_c2577258-9106-4bac-83ae-ef92d0915cb3.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Maslina Resort — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Maslina Resort · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Maslina Resort, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ulbpt02jn15zvnji173gx1713360303125_b455de6f-add0-4341-b581-813776700c2f.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Maslina Resort — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Maslina Resort · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Maslina Resort — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uleno031d15zv8bb3a0bf1713360304818_1b4dcdd9-50f3-46be-a9fd-0d278a1ed78b.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Maslina Resort — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Maslina Resort · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Maslina Resort, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ulhne03j515zvliklvarq1713360303907_f72eeecc-a7b0-4def-b154-8a5cc0104b5d.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Maslina Resort — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Maslina Resort · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Maslina Resort — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/croatia/hvar-island/palace-elisabeth-hvar-heritage-hotel","city":"Hvar Island","cityHeader":"Hvar Island • Hvar • SPLURGE","neighborhood":"Hvar","loyaltyProgram":"LHW Leaders Club","designSummary":"Facing Hvar's ancient main square — one of the largest and oldest piazzas in the Adriatic, flanked by a Venetian loggia whose white limestone arcades have defined the town's civic life since the sixteenth century — Palace Elisabeth Hvar Heritage Hotel was built directly into this layered urban fabric, the loggia's ornate colonnade forming part of the ground floor of the property itself. The building dates to the late nineteenth century, constructed during the Habsburg era when Hvar was developing as one of the Dalmatian coast's favored resort destinations, and its four stories of dressed limestone sit in confident conversation with the medieval clocktower immediately to the right.\n\nThe interiors move between a restrained Central European palatial register and something warmer and more Mediterranean in character. Guestrooms deploy arched headboard niches framing hand-painted tropical murals in sand and blush tones, with amber velvet occasional chairs introducing color against ivory plasterwork and soft grey carpet; suites push further with freestanding copper roll-top baths positioned against ochre-washed walls decorated with painted fan motifs. The dining room runs to powder-blue linen upholstery, crystal chandeliers, and antique-mirrored panels backed by panoramic grisaille wallcoverings in an earthy sepia palette. Above it all, the terrace restaurant looks directly out over Hvar's harbor, its ironwork pergola hung with Venetian-style lanterns beneath a tented canopy — an arrangement that places dinner inside one of the most quietly magnificent port views on the Dalmatian coast.","snippet":"A late-nineteenth-century palace built into Hvar's sixteenth-century Venetian loggia, with harbor views from the terrace restaurant.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts and Adriatic heritage travelers","vibe":"Historic-Mediterranean · refined","highlights":["Sixteenth-century Venetian loggia integrated into ground floor","Habsburg-era limestone building facing Hvar's ancient main square","Terrace restaurant overlooking the harbor with Venetian lanterns"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$589","pricePerNightExclTax":"$589","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ul5r201m415zvdj2uo2y21713361098285_6fdb535f-b9d4-4685-9f74-28f97de3569d.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ul994023t15zvwon6q90i1713361100300_6f83d7c3-0d9e-4f3a-b04a-35564140c3a8.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ulc3t02ll15zvgml5hbrv1713361099720_e61505ba-6662-48d6-b91c-662ccad7d5a5.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ulf1v033d15zvyuen42871713361101526_3e21de31-77b0-4e23-a8ac-c4fd6698da3c.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uli0d03l415zvucg40s5y1713361100909_e5d57c33-1d8b-4d21-b9a0-e2976f6622c8.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Palace Elisabeth, Hvar Heritage Hotel — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]}]}