Zarace

Halfway between Hvar Town and the tunnel on the new road to Stari Grad lies the almost abandoned village of Zarace. The views of this tranquil stone village above the road are surpassed when looking down from its various ruins to the southern shores of Hvar and beyond.

Home to one of the island's most infamous pieces of real estate in the Great Property Rush of 2004, there is another less visible part of Zarace, its pretty beach with restaurants down a small road. So photogenic is it that it was used as a film set for a Croatian movie which included former President Stipe Mesic.