News:Argos:The Croatian island of Hvar is being touted as a rival to the French Riviera

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A touch of the Riviera in Croatia

The Croatian island of Hvar is being touted as a rival to the French Riviera. But the yachties haven't taken over completely. Author James Hopkin reveals its charms


A view of the Croatian island of Hvar

Everybody's talking about Hvar. Condé Nast Traveller voted the island one of the 10 most beautiful in the world. The Croatian National Tourist board has promoted it as "the Mediterranean as it once was". Western journalists, creeping back to Dalmatia after the war in the former Yugoslavia, have deemed it the "Balkan Cannes". The first word is ill-chosen, considering Croatia's return to independence and a reluctance to be lumped together with its neighbours. The second, Cannes, relates to escalating prices, a growing exclusivity, and harbours with luxury yachts: Roman Abram-ovich, Bill Gates and Formula One's Bernie Ecclestone among the owners. Hvar has come of age.

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