Sv. Klement & Pakleni Islands

The Pakleni Islands, a 10km long group of 16 islands, add to the attraction of Hvar Town, being situated opposite it. The bays of the islands of Sv. Klement, Marinkovac and Sv. Jerolim are spacious, with room for luxury yachts to unroll their oversized yacht slides, something which would be more difficult in the narrow harbour basin of Hvar Town. There are some idyllic restaurants located here too. The largest of the islands, Sv. Klement, also houses the settlement of Palmižana including the ACI Marina with 160 berths, compensating for to the limited availability at the town harbour at Hvar, located 2.5 sea miles away. There is a taxi boat connecting them in summer. Pakleni is incorrectly translated as “hellish,” as the Croatian word for it is rather similar. The more correct definition is from the old term for pitch, which has been extracted from pine resin here since ancient times.