Recreation

The Marjan pension can make your vacation very interesting and attractive.

With a little good will and desire for a different vacation, you can choose from the following offers and surrender yourself to enjoyment on one of the prettiest islands in the world.

• Cycling
• Sailing
• Hiking-by foot and through hiking paths
• Swimming
• Panorama flights

The right choice if you truly want to see what Hvar is:

• Underwater fishing
• Scuba diving

Information of the scuba diving school and other recreational offers can be gotten by us at the pension.

• A possibility of scooter and sail boat rental

If you want to rent a scooter or a small boat we offer a plan of how to spend the day touring the hidden bays or exploring the untouched nature of the island of Hvar.

• Trips to the close by island Scedro

The island Scedro (Turis) is situated south of Hvar on the distance of approximately 27oo meters from Zavala. It got its name according to the old Slavic word Scedro which means gracious, or the gracious island. Scedro is, therefore, valuable for its two shelters for boats: the port Moster and the Big Port. On this island, which surely has a sacral connotation, there is an estate of the Dominican monastery which was built at the end of the 15th century, on the place the chapel of St. Maria stood. Due to pirate attacks, they left the monastery by the end of the 18th century. On the island there is a few people living which have wine cellars on the ports as well as restaurants well known for the good food they serve. In other words, specific forest areas are suitable for good grapes from which good wine is made of, and the small waters enable people to live there even through the drought climate.

• Visits to the autochthonic wine cellar in Pitve

For enthusiasts that want to experience the production of olive oil, grape harvesting and the production of vine there is also a way they can get familiar with that traditional occupation, in an old autochthonic wine cellar.

• Setting off for an olive harvesting

The olive and olive oil have a special meaning for Hvar. Wherever we go we will find olive trees that are bordered with numerous gray rocks assembled onto piles, a couple of hundred years old. The olive harvest starts in November and lasts until New Year, and is processed into a quality olive oil, and the biggest and healthiest fruits are separated for meals and have a strong and specific taste which goes well with the fine Dalmatian kitchen. The olive symbolizes holiness, peace, anointment, strength, reward, hope, beauty and richness of the Mediterranean. Due to its sacred status, its twig represents the symbol of peace.

• The trip to the vineyard and the grape harvest

In the 4th century b.c. the Greek have gave us the wine in the Starigrad area and enviously organized the production of wine. The Roman people cultivated it and since then the wine has been preserved on all productive areas of the island, and winegrowing has stayed the basis of life for centuries on the island.
At the end of the past century Hvar counted 5750 vineyards, which represents more than 19% of its total area. That was the time of the vineyard-wine bloom of the island, because during that time the European vineyard owners were hit with diseases (vine pest and oidium), and the demand for the Hvar wines grew.
Many island ports have been built during that time. All the floods and tides were stopped and the population of the island grew 30%.

On the southern hillsides of the island rectangular terraces can be found, laid out in a slope so they are maximally exposed to the sun. These hoarse positions called the car beaches enrich the colorful small towns Zavala, Ivan Dolac and St. Nedjelja. Many vineyards, some on the altitude of 620 meters, are harvested by hand. These are the vineyards of the autochthonic plavac mali (which is also called the ruby red, passionate plavac) shone upon the sun almost all throughout the year.

The Hvar winegrowing has changed its appearance over the past twenty years. These days the harvest lasts from the end of August until the end of November.
There is a possibility of participation in the harvest and processing of wine for people who have a tempting desire and want to get to know this tradition.
You will see how it once was done on our sunny island.