Access Adriatic finds villas on the Split to Hvar coast and arranges the week around them. We shortlist two or three real ones for your dates and headcount, you book the one you want with the villa’s own booking office at its published rate, and we arrange the boat days, the chef and the drivers around it.
The area decides more of the week than the house does, and the decision runs in one order. Which coast first, then mainland or island, then which island or which stretch of the mainland, then the village. Every one of those questions has its own page below with a line on what it settles, so you can start at the step you are actually stuck on rather than reading the lot. The figures in them were checked in September 2026 against ferry timetables, tourist boards and published villa lists, and none of it is a quote for your dates.
Which coast, and mainland or island?
Start here if the map is still open. These two settle the biggest jumps, and every page further down assumes they are answered.
- Where to rent a villa in Croatia answers which stretch of coast to look in at all, from Istria to Dubrovnik, on airports, where the houses actually are, and which weeks each stretch suits.
- Split or Hvar, where to base your week answers mainland or island, and what each base costs you in crossing time, boat range and hours spent moving instead of swimming.
Which island near Split?
Four islands are in honest reach of Split for a week in a house, plus one you can drive to. Take the island first and the village second, because the crossing you pay twice a day decides more than the view from the terrace does.
- Which island near Split is best for a villa week compares Brač, Hvar, Šolta, Vis and Čiovo on crossing time, how many houses each has, families and nightlife.
- Hvar or Brač for a villa week settles the two that most shortlists come down to, on fifty minutes of car ferry against an hour of catamaran.
- Where to stay on Brač picks between Bol, Supetar, Sutivan, Milna, Postira and the east end, either side of the ridge that splits the island in two.
- Where to stay on Hvar picks between Hvar town, Stari Grad, Jelsa, Vrboska and the south side on an island sixty eight kilometres long.
- Hvar’s north shore explained goes one level closer on Stari Grad, Jelsa and Vrboska, and which quay your boat day should leave from.
- Where to stay on Vis weighs Vis town against Komiža, and says what the two hour twenty crossing does to a week.
- Islands near Split without a car answers which of the four islands works with no car, which towns you can live in on foot, and what that filter does to the villa search.
- Is Šolta worth staying on answers whether the quietest island near Split holds enough houses to make the week bookable.
Which stretch of the mainland?
The villa belt runs either side of the runway at Kaštela, and the four pages below take it west to east. Stock is deepest here and transfers are minutes rather than an hour, which is why most first trips end up on this list.
- Split or Trogir, where to stay covers the west end, five kilometres from the airport, and why the houses sit on Čiovo rather than inside the old town.
- Is Kaštela a good place to stay sorts the seven settlements strung along the bay, with the runway inside the westernmost of them.
- Is Podstrana a good base covers the villa strip closest to Split, about eleven kilometres from the Old Town, where how far up the slope you sit changes the week.
- Is Omiš a good base covers the sand, the Cetina and the twenty kilometres of coast running south, where Split is a drive rather than a walk.
What does it cost, and when do you book?
Read these once the area is settled. They change which houses are open to you rather than which bay you want.
- What a villa week in Croatia costs to rent gives the per night and per head figures by size and season, and what sits on top of the nightly rate.
- When to book a villa in Croatia explains why the best houses go six to twelve months out and why summer means five to seven nights.
- Split airport to Hvar, every option priced prices every route from arrivals to the island, which is the day an island base costs you most.
What should you send us?
Dates or the month, how many nights, how many people and how many bedrooms, the area or nothing at all if it is still open, the two or three things the house must have, and the budget, per night or in total. If quiet, nightlife or a short crossing is the thing that decides it, say which, because it changes the area before it changes the house.
We come back with two or three houses that fit, each with the total for your nights and what sits on top, you book the house with the villa’s own booking office at its published rate, and we arrange the boat days, the chef and the drivers around it.
Request villa options on find a villa.
Next step
Turn what you have read into one short message.
Share dates, group size, where you are staying, and what you want to arrange. Access Adriatic can then point you toward the most relevant experience page or request path.