Stari Grad is a small town on the northern side of the island of Hvar in Dalmatia, Croatia. Stari Grad (The Old Town) is located at the end of a four nautical mile-long bay on the northern side of the island of Hvar. The fields used to provide sustenance and the bay provided protection. Today, both the fields and the bay add an attractive quality to the old heart of the island, in the which the modern vacation sights have become interwined with the antiquities of the town of the island. The true beauty of Stari Grad is its Renaissance and Baroque architecture a legacy of Venetian occupation in the 16th and 17th centuries and the fragrant lavender and rosemary-smothered hills that border the town, making it an antidote for stressed-out urbanites in search of lovely surroundings and safe beaches. The town Stari Grad is dating back to 385 BC when the Greek settlers from Pharos populated the island Hvar. Stari Grad is the second largest town on the Island of Hvar and has some wonderful old cobbled streets where an array of restaurants, café bars and boutique shops can be found.