Hvar
This up-and-comer on Croatia’s southern coast (a thirty-minute high-speed-ferry ride away from Dubrovnik, itself another bona fide summer hot spot) is considered by many to be the hippest island in the Adriatic – and we’d have to agree. It’s blessed with fantastic beaches, the hottest bars in southern Dalmatia, and a beautiful globetrotting crowd, all of which combine to create the chicest beach-party scene north of the Mediterranean. By day, water taxis shuttle bathing beauties to the island’s best sands; come nightfall, you can stroll the picturesque Riva promenade, imbibe cocktails at the famous harborside bar/lounge Carpe Diem, dance under the disco lights at Veneranda, or relish a mouth-watering lobster dinner at Gariful – all in the fine company of yachting celebrities and jet-set revelers.
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