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PALMIŽANA is the popular name for the small island of St. Klement. It is one of many islands in the unique Paklinski archipelago renowned for its beauty. In the Southern Adriatic Sea, Palmižana is located just off the coast of the town of Hvar on the island of Hvar , island which has the most hours of sun of all places in the Mediterranean. The Meneghello Place is a rich tropical garden with more than 300 hectares of virgin nature: a hundred-year old pine forest, exotic trees with beautiful flowers, fragrant and aromatic bushes, palm trees, yuccas, agaves, aloes….Because of its beauty, Paklinski archipelago was proclaimed protected landscape.
Construction is forbidden.




The accommodation on Palmižana is decorated in old authentic buildings and their original measures.  All the original structures were renovated. Everything is subject to nature.
A few years ago there was neither electricity nor water on Palmižana. Today all rooms have air conditioning. All rooms, bungalows and villas have private bathrooms with hot and cold water, although water is still transported to the island by water carrying ships, which unfortunately do not arrive when they are most needed. It is precious and expensive.

At the Meneghello Place there are a dozen villas and bungalows as well as two traditional rustic houses with twin and double rooms. The villas and bungalows are picturesque stone buildings which blend into the surroundings. Each one has its own terrace and is uniquely decorated, located just a few steps from the sea. The rustic houses have their own entrances. All the accomodations are furnished with great care in a romantic Mediterranean style and decorated with works of famous contemporary Croatian artists. The villas can accommodate up to 6 people, and they have have fitted kitchenettes and air-conditioning. The bungalows can accommodate between 3 and 5 people. All the bungalows and rooms are fitted with small refrigerators. Those that do not have air-conditioning systems have fans to keep the air cool in the summer heat.
 
Guests have two beautiful Meneghello restaurants to choose for dining: the new and attractive “Toto's” on the beach and the well-known “Palmižana” with its wonderful view of the Southern Palmižana Bay. Both restaurants are famous for their fresh, local seafood delicacies and high-quality Mediterranean cuisine.


Our guests have at their disposal all the benefits of civilisation, but Palmižana is still an island far away from the civilisation.
Palmižana is not an artificial tourist resort like the ones built uniformly around the world. It is a unique and original landscape created and enriched for decades by its inhabitants. It is a landscape visited by people for over a century in order to enjoy close contact with nature, sacrificing some of the comforts of civilisation. Short walks around the islands and its narrow and steep paths, through the luscious forest, somewhere still intact and impervious, lead you to absolutely solitary pebble beaches.
Therefore, even in the peak of the season you can avoid yachts and day-trippers and find a number of your own peaceful havens for swimming and sunbathing. In July and August Palmižana's natural beauty and excellent cuisine attracts numerous cruisers.

Palmižana has welcomed nomads for a century now, and today visitors who flee from the stress of busy cities, seeking a haven to rest and restore their inner peace and strength of body. People who want to be close to nature, the crystal-clear sea, hidden beaches and secluded rocks will love Palmižana! Many of our guests speak with nostalgia of the times when there was no electricity and the only source of power was generators; where people had fun and intriguing “close encounters” as they walked about the island with small lanterns.