Jadrolinija Ferry Boat or Katamaran, Hvar

If you want to reach island Hvar (and don't have your own boat) you should travel from Split, Drvenik town on Makarska Riviera, Ancona/Italy, Pescara/Italy by ferries or catamarans. This is the only way to come to the island. There are daily ferry lines from Split to the town of Hvar. Ferries from Italy sail only during summer season.

You buy your ticket on the day of your trip. We left Split at 8:30 and arrived at 10:30. Cost 42km ( under $10.00) each way . It was a nice boat and pleasant trip. Best to buy a one way ticket ..not a problem to buy one for the trip back on the island . It might be a different ship leaving at the time that best workd for you. Gives you the flexiblility. The terminal arrives at the terminal about 3km from the main town.The bus arrives to meet the ferry and take you to town.

Jadrolinija has several ferries and catamarans between Split and Hvar every day. One-way ticket for one person costs 35 kunas in ferries. Car is 260 kunas.

Catamarans go to town Hvar, ferries to Stari Grad. Busses are waiting next to the ferries, so it's easy to get to Hvar, Jelsa or Stari Grad from the harbor.

If you´re feeling like leaving Hvar or perhaps visit the island of Brac, you´ll need to go by boat or ferry.

The ferries only departure from Stari Grad every morning (08:30 when we were there in June 2005).
So for us it was a so called "speedboat" that was the only option. For the expensive amount of 150 Kn per person we left Hvar in the morning towards Brac. The boatride were supposed to take 45 minutes. We arrived to Brac after 1 hour & 15 minutes that felt like 3 hours.

These speedboats have many different routes, and also lots of different daytrips to beaches.
Tickets are for sale by 3 different companies: Atlas, Pelegrini & Fontana.
All of these three boatcompanies have their office along the boatport sidewalk in the middle of Hvar city.

We used the Jadroljina ferries mostly to move between the islands and mainland. I loved the ferries. The staff was very friendly and the ferries were all very clean. Just beware that refreshments on the ferry is extremely expensive.

Catamarans and car ferries to Hvar are available from several points on the Croatian coast. The most popular ferry is the Split-Hvar ferry.

We were traveling north from Montenegro, so we took the Drvenik-Sucuraj car ferry. This picture was taken from the harbor in Drvenik as we boarded the ferry. The Croatian coastline was beautiful!

Passenger boats leave Split directly for Hvar several times a day; car ferries also leave Split for Stari Grad, a town on the island, several times a day. Tickets may be bought through a ferry agency, Jadrolinija, or through travel agencies. Ferry service to Stari Grad operates daily from Rijeka, in northern Croatia, and once a week from Ancona, Italy.

The neighboring island of Brac has an airport, with daily flights from Zagreb on Croatia Airlines, www.croatiaairlines.hr ; round trip from $174 (ask about specials). There is ferry and boat service from Brac to Hvar daily.

The Croatian Tourist Office in Hvar is at Trg Sv. Stjepana 1 (St. Stephen Square)

Buses arrive to meet the ferry . They head out to all the little towns. Just make sure you get on the right one . They take you back too and there schedule corresponds with the ferry times.