This is for souvenir collectors - what you should have and have in mind when going to the island of Hvar. Local shops will certainly offer you some or all of Hvar’s characteristic products. Those products are lavender, sage, wine, rosemary and olive oil, all made in the hart of this beautiful island of sunshine and health!
Croatian lavender is already a brand and for sure one of the Croatia’s most wanted and quality souvenir. As such it represents Croatia all over the world. The lavender from the island of Hvar is labeled as top quality between all sorts of lavender grown all through Europe. Its production is hundred percent ecologically - planting and collecting (harvest) are done by hand. The soap with lavender oil represents a first-class cosmetic invention and it is used also in aroma-therapy. Such soap is hand made and each one is exceptional and without chemical additives.

Lavender oil is created by purifying lavender flowers and it is used almost everywhere. You can use it in your bath, aroma lamp, as oil for massage or for face and body care.
A scented bag is handy and practical and should have its place everywhere: in your car, office, apartment, in wardrobes or next to your pillow for a good night sleep. If you are in a search for practical souvenir, trust me – aromatic bag of “Lavandula Croatica”, a bottle of lavender oil or perhaps soap – are perfect solutions. Souvenir like this will always remind your body and soul of holidays on the island of Hvar.

Olive trees and olive oil are occupying a special place on Hvar Island. Everywhere you go you’ll be surrounded by olive groove bordered by grey stones stacked on mound few centuries old. Olive trees are very well known for its symbolic – hope, peace, eternity, holiness, splendor and of course – the magnificence of Mediterranean.

On the island of Hvar, the olive tree and olive oil is not just merchandise, although many tourists buy olive oil just as a practical souvenir. The olive tree is mingled in history and mythology of people in each period and as a culture of Mediterranean.

The nuns of Benediction monastery on the island of Hvar gave this island one more recognizable product that people also take for a souvenir. This monastery was founded far back in year 1664 and since then its nuns are making beautiful laceworks from agava. Procedure of fiber making out of this plant is passed on from one to another generation for about 120 years.

The very process is long and particular. Leaves of agava have to be at least 3 years old, then processed till the strings become white and set for embroiling. You can get this lacework in three styles: Tenerifa on paper bases, Tenerifa with the net or Net with metal net base. Every comment about this unique works is unnecessary. You have to see it to understand and enjoy it!

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