It is Hvar day today! But before we sail we shall visit Vis town with its beautiful older part in the west and an Austrian Fortress in the centre. The 2.5 km walk added 3’400 steps to my personal target of 10k - which I miss very day!
The Perast Tower in Vis built by a private citizen in 1602 who did not trust the Venetians for his safety! I guess this was one of the rich Captains who had a palace in the Bay of Kotor
The Austrian Magdalena Battery - making sure that everybody knew who was the tax collector in town after 1815 ... It was a day when we got off and on the boat many times - we got quite skilled climbing the stairs even when big waves from pass-ing boats slammed into our tender
Hvar - the Venetian Castle protects the port where Venice kept half of its war fleet
The trip to Hvar was short - we arrived just before lunchtime. Hvar is such a busy place today - as in the past as Venice’s main naval base in the Adriatic. Hvar could accommodate most of the fleet and provid maintenance and repair facilities. Today, the boats that criss-cross the harbour and create waves like in the Canale Grande carry mainly sunseekers & tourists
We only had time for a quick tour since lunch was at Langanini, the equivalent to Club 55 in St Tropez or Nikki Beach in St Barth. In all aspects - specifically in pricing! But the food was good!
After sitting out the afternoon heat in a bay nearby we returned to Hvar and climbed the Venetian castle - what a good decision - we benefitted from the evening breeze
Hvar from the castle with French guns - it was a French Departement in the Napoleonic wars
The old port of Hvar- the Venetian dry dock is to the right - whilst it looks small today it could easily accommodate the 6 Venetian galleys which made up half of its peace time fleet
Hvar Main Street - once the place where sailors rested - now a tourist shopping alley
Once back on the boat we took course to Starigrad on thr northern side of the Hvar island - we will stay there overnight
Spectacular sunset in the Bay of Starigrad
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