The name of the archipelago of Pakleni,
(about 20 islets right opposite the town of Hvar)
is originated from the noun paklina,
a melted down pine resin
used to coat the hulls of ships on these islands.
The Islands can be easily reached by frequent taxi boats
from the harbour, just outside the Arsenal.
The coast of the island of Sveti Jerolim is predominantly rocky,
with also a nice beach with small shingle or coarse sand,
if you need a more confortable access to the sea.
The vegetation, which comes almost right down to the shore,
is a mixture of shrub and pine groves,
so if you pick your spot carefully you can have plenty of shade
in the heat of the afternoon, with the sea at your doorstep when
you need to cool off. There is a good restaurant.
On the island of
Marinkovac
there are two different bays situated on their own opposite site; Stipanska
is the first one You can reach with the same taxi boat who
goes before to Jerolim; from the docking You can move
left or right to find a place to stay as better You want,
or You can pass through the pinewood
where a very nice restaurant and a rocky beach
with wharf, will enjoy Your stay.
Marinkovac opens out the north side with two breathtaking bays: Zdrilca
rich of good restaurants is
also famous for having harboured
many v.i.p.s as
Bill Gates, Bernie Ecclestone, Ivana Trump,
Luciano Benetton and... Mlin,
going down from the taxi boat on your right and walking through
the rocky street inside the pinewood You will find a wonderful bay with a nice pebble beach, and a little islet rich of sea urchins...
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No description anymore...You MUST...
The Restaurant Tri Grede...another MUST !
Sveti Klement, most famous as Palmizana,
who is the name of its principal bay
(the other is Vlaka, on the opposite coast)
is a small island in the South Adriatic, renowned for the
highest number of sunny hours in the Mediterranean,
a part of the Paklina archipelago south of the island of Hvar.
ACI MARINA offers to the visitors with their boats
all the accueil they need, together with a good choice of restaurants.
In 1999, Palmizana was declared one of the
"10 Dream Points of the Adriatic".
In a poll by the Cruising World magazine, thousands of yachtsmen
said that the coast of Croatia is the most beautiful in the world, together with that of the caribbean.
The Traveller magazine deckared the island of Hvar one
of ten most beautiful islands in the world.
And what would Hvar be without its archipelago and Palmizana?
It seems almost unecessary to say that Palmizana is
one of the most beautifuls places in the world.
This area of the Adriatic hides the greatest number of antique shipwrecks and places on the sea-bed where one can easily find amphoraes. The sea around Palmizana is a treasury of fish,
coral and incredibly beautiful undersea landscapes.
The botanical gardens of Palmizana are full of exotic plants,
tree-like opuntias, agaves, numerous other cacti and succulents, mimosas, eucalyptuses, laurels, olives and different kinds of
aromatic herbs and plants. Their equisential, medicine made from rosemary, first manufactured in 1848 can still be found in every
home medicine cabinet. The rosemary, which blooms several times
a year on every slope on Palmizana, filling the air with it's heady scent gave Palmizana it's second name: The Island of the Rosemary.
Aloa, the plant that is said to be given to mankind by God because
it cures manny ills, even cancer, also grows everywhere.
