Jennifer Swiatek

I have tried to write this a few times, but it only reminded me sadly that we are back in reality now that our trip to Croatia is over.
My Husband & I took my parents on a 3 Country tour with the highlight being Croatia to celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary as well as their 80th & 81st birthdays.
None of us had been before, so I started researching Villas to try to find truly special places to make them feel the magic of the Country.

Enter Elisha and Hvar Away.
From the first interaction, I was at ease. She was charmingly warm, knowledgeable and refreshingly passionate about the places she offers to travelers. Mostly, we felt that she was invested and excited about making sure we had the trip that would forever be recalled with vibrant memories. Being new to Croatia, we had many questions. ( oh soooo many questions) The team at Hvar Away not only answered each one with great clarity but also suggested things that we had not thought of. You want something out of the box? Ask Elisha. She’s got you.
We finally settled on Villa Azzurro.
Pictures on the site were stunning, but we find often the pictures are not as perfect as reality. Not in this case. The Villa exceeded the images.

If you can snag this Villa, just do it. It was perfection. ( and the toiletries made us feel like we were staying in a spa)
One of our favorite things were how we had these playful swallows flying into the pool on occasion to wet their wings. Chirping little acrobats!
The location was great, private but only a lovely stroll to the main town. If you did not want to walk, we also had a local cab’s number they gave us who was always available within 20 minutes when we texted.

Hvar Away also arranged a private chef for us one evening, Kristijan Rojnica.
(another review entirely)
What an evening.
Literally one of the best of our lives. My parents glowed. My Mom learned how to Saber Champagne and they felt so attended too, so special. The food… man…. I just can’t even begin to explain how superb this Chef was, how incredibly knowledgeable and yet humble about his talents.

The Villa comes with breakfast prepared for you by staff. We had Angela. She was a ray of sunshine each morning. We were absolutely pampered with a spread that started our day off with fresh bounty and even though we tried to help pick up, she would just laugh and shoo us away.
If you are a coffee lover, you will miss the machine they have for you that produces caffeine in any style you want at the push of a button.
Richard was the Villa Manager and he greeted us with a smile that was so contagious. Anything we needed, he provided. What an awesome team. Not stuffy, full of laughter and they made us feel so welcome the entire time.
I keep going over all the details that they just took over so we could do what you are supposed to when on vacation… relax, laugh till your face hurts and connect with whom you are with.
I can’t say enough about what Hvar Away bought to our experience. We have already told so many friends about our stay and trying to gather another group to go over. We only got a small taste of all the things you can do in this beautiful place.
We certainly know Elisha will be our first call.

Thank you Hvar Away…, as the song says “we had the time of our lives” ( thus far)

Jen

A PUNCH for certain!
( A punch of stunning that is)

What a gorgeous outlet. We built a custom 14ft Island and the thought of drilling into the beautiful woodwork made us cringe. Enter Buster & Punch. Now it is a thing to highlight, not hide.
Super happy!

In lieu of other gifts for the Holidays, my Husband and I decided to try a year of Robb Vices. We are like little kids every month when our box of unknown goodies arrive. We always find the products to be of impressive quality and of an interesting source. Some items that were not quite "US" have benefited our friends as a nice Hostess gift at a dinner. Thank you for all the research you must do every month to make such an esoteric and fantastic gathering of goods.