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All places →Blue LagoonDon't missLandmarksStandard stop on the island run, and the water really is that colour - shallow over a pale sand bar, so you can stand up a long way out. Plenty of other boats moored up doing exactly the same thing, so don't expect it to yourself. Still worth the swim.HvarDon't missTownsA long lunch and a wander, which is exactly the right way to do Hvar. I had the grilled meat - ribs, ćevapi, chops and grilled vegetables - and then walked it off in the stepped stone lanes that run down to the waterfront, bougainvillea over the walls and tables set out along the steps. The whole town funnels down to the harbour, so you keep getting these slots of blue between the buildings. Climb up to the Spanish fortress if you've got the legs for it, the view back over the Pakleni islands is the picture everyone comes for.Blue CaveWorth a stopLandmarksThe trip out to Biševo, and then a wait offshore with a line of other boats for your turn. You transfer into a little boat that ducks through a low opening, and inside the light comes up through the water from underneath so the whole cave glows blue. Ten minutes and you're back out, and the wait is long, so go knowing that.Hvar to Split crossingWorth a stopJourneysTime this one for the evening if you can. Coming back into Split with the sun dropping behind the Marjan hill, the whole waterfront went to silhouette and the light laid out flat across the water. Nicest hour of the day to be on a boat, and it costs nothing extra to book the late one.Split to Biševo crossingWorth a stopJourneysOut of Split early on a fast boat, open blue water most of the way with the islands sitting low off to one side. A good way to start a day, though it's a long way out and you feel it in a small boat.