Pokojni Dol

Pokojni Dol Beach

We rented a paddle boat/slide for an hour-fun!

Waking up to a gorgeous Hvar morning we thought we would head into town for breakfast.  That was not a good idea- most restaurants have great food- breakfast was not so good.  But we ate up had a coffee, walked up the 110 steps and got ready for the beach.  We drove 10 minutes to the beach- getting to a road that we though lead to the beach we were not sure if it was a road or a pathway- we proceeded with extreme caution as there was a sheer drop off the side and only one car could get by at a time, with no pullouts.  Phew okay it was a road as it ended in a parking lot- once again scary roads!
The drive was worth it- the beach was gorgeous!  We scored a couple of lounge chairs at the waters edge and a beach umbrella- thank goodness I got an umbrella as I would have been burnt to a crisp otherwise.  The temp was in the mid 30's! The girls hit the water and Frank hit the rays- I hit my book.  The only thing that sucked was that an hour into our beach time my book ran out- that is what sucks about e-readers.  Oh well- it was great people watching. The girls came out for a breather- and an ice cream; the beach at the end of the road with a nothing else around, had a coffee shop and ice cream stand of course.  Back in the water I headed in with the girls and we played ball for about an hour- the water was unbelievably clear- at times it was like we were in a pool- and pretty warm too. 5 hours at the beach we figured it was time to head home.  We drove to our street only to be stopped by a policeman telling us we couldn't go down the street!!  Apparently some lady had died and there was a HUGE line up on the street waiting to pay their respects.  We had to park and try and make our way via the many steps to our apartment- made it.  We had no idea the apartment was across from the graveyard!  About an hour later we were able to get our car and we headed out for the night- we had decided to head up to fort before dinner.  This majestic fort looks out over the city from high up on the hill.  We drove up (previously we had thought we would walk up, but that would have taken about 90 minutes and we thought it might not be open.  What an incredible view- we explored this 14 century fort for about an hour - prison cells, museum and view - all pretty amazing.
Then we headed back in to town for dinner- we went to a restaurant called Park Hotel and had a wonderfully, delicious dinner.  What a great end to a lovely visit in Hvar.

View from the fort