June 10, 2020 – Looking for socially-distanced tourism this summer? Take the Road Less Travelled to the Top of Hvar Paradise Pop-Up Bar.
It is never a dull moment when you catch up with Ante Lacman, owner of Hvar’s most innovative tour agency, Hvar Tours.
Normally, we meet and chat about Hvar tourism of his other DMC which covers Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia, but a couple of weeks ago, the topic was a little different, and a little more pressing.
My car died on the way out of Split towards the motorway. On a Sunday. The only person I knew who lived nearby and would possibly help was young Lacman.
And so it proved. Within minutes, we had got to a garage, where his friend was the mechanic, and within 15 minutes of the phone call, he was taking a look at the problem.
And while we waited for the prognosis, we talked about the season, and what there might possibly be for his agency.
He was philosophical and positive, determined to enjoy the summer with his family if there were no guests.
But the thing with Lacman is that there is always something new that he wants to explain, some new idea.
Hvar Tours was the first agency to do proper wine tours on Hvar, and their range of options now is outstanding, from speedboat wine tours to a winery in a hidden cave to a private tasting with a certified Master of Wine.
He told me about his new plans, which were extremely interesting for Season 2021, and then he remembered.
“Oh, we got the video done. Remember that private group on the top of Hvar with its own pop-up bar you wrote about last summer?
“Watch this. I think we will call it Taking the Road Less Travelled to the Top of Paradise.”
If you can make it to Hvar this summer, I think it will be the season of a lifetime for chilling.
Looking to learn more about Lacman’s tours?
To learn more about Conde Nast’s Number 1 islands in Europe for 2019, some digital tools for Hvar from our Virtual Croatia series.
