Svirce (island Hvar) Locate On Map

Tourism in Svirce is based on olive and vine growing and summer tourism in Ivan Dolac.

You can find accommodation in many private houses and apartments. Mostly developed tourism is rural tourism consisted of wine tasting and visiting vine groves.

Svirce has a lot to offer to guests coming inland of island Hvar. You can enjoy in degustation of wines, go hiking, biking and visiting many historical sights and monuments. With group or private boat excursions you can visit nearby Vrboska or Jelsa and go on cruises, sailing, swimming, diving and much more. You can also enjoy in beaches that are nearby Svirce, such as Soline, bay Basina, island Zecevo, Bay Mudri Dolac and many other. For night life you can visit Stari Grad, Jelsa or town Hvar.

There are many night clubs, cocktail bars and restaurants where you can njoy in many Hvar's specialties. You can visit winery Svirce with many homemade wines to try. There are also beautiful restaurants nearby Svirce: tavern Vrisnik in Vrisnik, tavern Kod Komina at Pitve and many other in Jelsa or Stari Grad.

Through Svirce passes by one of the most beautiful bicycle tracks on Adriatic coast. You can visit hill St. Nicholas and enjoy in panoramic view on island Hvar and island Brac. You can go on excursions on island Hvar or you can visit nearby islands Brac, Solta, Korcula or Vis with private boat transfers.

There are also beautiful sights on mainland that you can visit, like city of Split and Diocletian's palace, town Trogir with rich historical heritage, towns Makarska and Omis and many other. You can rent a boat in Hvar or in Split.

Attractions in Svirce:

- Memory-park for fallen in World War II.,
- Church complex St. Magdalena,
- Hill St. Nicholas,
- Church of St. Joseph,
- Church of st. Nicholas...

Church of St. Magdalena was built in 1776. It has 5 altars and it is the only church on island Hvar with a dome.

Svirce is a settlement in Municipality of Jelsa, on island Hvar, Central Dalmatia, Croatia. It is located in the middle of Stari Grad plain, in the bottom of hill St. Nicholas. Svirce is located south of Vrbanj, east of Stari Grad and 4 km west of Jelsa. You can get to Svirce by car, airplane, bus, train or boat.

If you are coming by car or bus, you will take highway A1 Zagreb-Split and exit in Dugopolje. When you arrive to Split's port, you will take a ferry Split-Stari Grad and then a road Stari Grad-Svirce. If you are coming by plane, you will get to Airport Split and get to Split's port by bus, taxi or rent a car services.

You can continue with ferry to Stari Grad or you can rent a boat to get to Stari Grad and then follow the road Stari Grad-Svirce. Bus station and train station in Split, as well as the ferry port are very close, so you won't have problems in finding transportation. Also taxi services are available everywhere.

To get to many beautiful locations on island you can use private boat transfers to get you fast to the locations where you can enjoy in water activities like cruising, swimming, diving and sunbathing. They can also organize group or private boat excursions to nearby places.

Svirce has around 445 inhabitants. Croats are the only autochtonous inhabitants of Svirce. In 1910. Svirce had around 900 inhabitants which was the maximum. All inhabitants are Catholics.

Svirce is part of Municipality Jelsa, which is consisted of 12 settlements: Jelsa, Pitve, Vrboska, Gromin Dolac, Ivan Dolac, Poljica, Zavala, Vrisnik, Zastrazisce, Gdinj, Svirce and Humac.

Svirce is one of the most developed villages on island Hvar. Most of the inhabitants are directed to olive and vine growing and tourism.

There are two opinions of name formation and foundation of Svirce. First opinion is that Svrice was founded when few shepherds separated from Vrbanj.

Legend says that they sang and danced around the players (Sviraci). The other opinion is that it was founded around water source, because „svir“ means water.