There are islands where time stands still. Hvar is one of them. Located off the Dalmatian coast, just a few hours from Split, it belongs to that category of places whose beauty is almost overwhelming—lavender on the hills, the white stone of Venetian-style towns, and a sea so blue that photographers struggle to capture its true color. It is there, in the unspoiled bay of Maslinica, just a few minutes from the historic town of Stari Grad, that Maslina Resort has chosen to call home.
Five stars, a member of Relais & Châteaux. The accreditation speaks volumes: Relais & Châteaux doesn’t simply certify well-maintained hotels. It certifies a philosophy of hospitality—a way of conceiving a stay not as a service but as a conversation between a place and those who pass through it. Maslina Resort belongs to this family.
Reinventing Family Travel — Without Compromise
What sets Maslina Resort apart in the world of Mediterranean luxury is its focus on intergenerational travel. Family-friendly luxury is a tricky business: in its most run-of-the-mill form, it tends to focus on kids’ clubs and oversized buffets, sacrificing refinement for the sake of convenience. Maslina Resort takes the opposite approach.
There, children explore Mediterranean scents in botany workshops, learn to garden in a vegetable garden that overlooks the bay, and conduct science experiments inspired by the natural environment around them. Meanwhile, parents can relax. And when it’s time to get together, they can enjoy a treasure hunt on the property, a yoga session that brings generations together, a movie night under the Croatian stars, or a disco night that turns an ordinary evening into a lasting memory.
Stari Grad, the city that has seen it all
Just a few minutes from the hotel, Stari Grad—“the old town” in Serbo-Croatian—is one of the oldest cities in Europe. Founded by the Greeks in 385 B.C. under the name Pharos, it has endured the Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, and Ottoman empires without losing its character. The Stari Grad Plain, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the few agricultural areas in Europe that has remained virtually unchanged since antiquity. The dry-stone walls still mark off the same plots of land as they did two millennia ago.
For Maslina, this connection is no mere footnote. It anchors the stay in a historical depth that few luxury hotels can claim. People don’t just come to Hvar to relax. They come to immerse themselves in a rare sense of human continuity, in a place where time has settled slowly, layer upon layer, without ever erasing what came before.
In a world where luxury travel is often synonymous with a complete break from the ordinary, Maslina Resort offers something different: reconciliation. With loved ones. With nature. With time. The island itself has been doing just that for centuries.
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