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What we did:
- Early wake up to catch our 6am - 10:30am ferry from Dubrovnik to Hvar Island.
- Super impressed and excited once we got there! Hvar downtown is a unique looking town nestled in the hills with stunning views of the greenish/blue water around it, and exceptionally clean. Caribbean vibes but much nicer!
- Hung at the Hvar Beach Club on our oceanfront lounge chairs from 11 - 6. Great relaxing day alternating between reading, jumping in the water, drinking croatian beers and just relaxing. This is the good life! Felt like an all-inclusive minus the all-inclusive $$ part. Another instance of the fantastic Croatian service we have been receiving since arriving in the country.
- Enjoyed the sunset on our Airbnb patio and then wandered around the lit up Saturday night party town (even in offseason) before enjoying dinner in a quaint alleyways
- Slept in and then met our captain for our 10:30 - 6pm speed boat. We just can’t get enough of being on the water; boats >>>. Incredibly relaxing and fun day bouncing around the islands and different beaches with 8 total swim stops. Also pulled up to a picturesque cabana lunch spot midday for fresh caught seafood. Favorite stop included a very small sandy beach since most of the beaches on the coast are rocky. All in all great day!
- Debriefed on the day over a dinner of burgers at a cool bar bumping nostalgic 2000’s rap. Trent was greedily formulating plots to convince his friends to come here for his bachelor party

Where we ate:
- 1st day Lunch oceanside at our Hvar Beach Club. Tough commute from our lounge chairs over to the gazebo to enjoy our Croatian/asian fusion burrito and chicken satay. Broke down and had a lounge chair snack of fries (so much for our goal of limited drinking and no fries on this trip)
- 1st day Dinner at Fig Hvar. Alleyway tables serving Mexican style burritos for both of us. So good and a much needed palette refresh of new spices after so much seafood (such a first world problem and a bit blasphemous to even say)
- Eggs and coffee at the apartment for both breakfasts
- 2nd day lunch at Bacchus (only accessible by boat) for caprese salad, fresh caught red snapper and seafood pasta. Needed a last taste of oceanside seafood!
- 2nd day dinner at Lola Bar for good burgers and fries! Needed something lighter after gorging at lunch

Fun facts:
- We saw dolphins AND flying dish during our boat day. Truly magical!
- WE DON’T WANT THIS TRIP TO EVER END. Sorry family and friends, once StephSnaps goes viral we are retiring to a nomad travel lifestyle and will live off the social media clout. Brains are permanently on “out of office” and we couldn’t even do accounting or tech consulting if we tried right now.
- Hvar is one of the central stops for the now world renowned “Croatian yacht week” where thousands of 20 year olds drop $7-$10k on renting beds in a caravan of 50+ yachts. You basically sign up and the company assigns everyone to boats and you just party for 7 straight days. Most of the time is actually spent docked vs sailing.
- The bar Carpe Diem is open from 1am to 5am every night and is only accessible by a 10 minute water taxi from Hvar town.Read more