Heaven on Earth( island Hvar, bays Torac and Tvrdni dolac) / Raj na zemlji ( uvale Torac i Tvrdni dolac)

Welcome to heaven on earth. These images were taken in bays Torac and Tvrdni dolac. I spoke to you about my little village Gdinj. Well, like most villages situated on this part of the island Hvar, it is located on the middle of the island. About thirty bays on each side of the island belong to Gdinj, that is they form a vital part of it. This kind of arragements is nothing out of the ordinary. It was quite common in the old days to have two houses, one by the sea and one in the village. It was actually a necessity because people had so much land to farm that they had no time to go back to the village to spend the night. In addition, everyone was a fisherman in those days, so that is another reason why they had to have a house by the sea. Consequently, the majority of houses in Gdinj's bays are at least a hundred years old. Today most of these houses are available for rent ( to tourists) during the Summer. Fortunately, there are only a handful of houses in each of Gdinj's bays (there are even bays that have a single house), so it never gets too crowded and there is always pleanty of space to be found on the beaches. This is still heaven on earth. Untouched, natural and beautiful. There is never an empty bed in these bays, so if you want to vacation in this place, plan in advance and book in time.

Dobrodošli na raj na zemlji. Ove su fotografije uslikane u uvalama Torac i Tvrdni dolac. Govorila sam vam o svom "malom mistu" Gdinju. Kao i većina takvih sela na otoku Hvaru ( pogotovo na ovoj strani otoka) smješten je na sredini otoka i otprilike tridesetak uvala s svake strane otoka pripadaju njemu, to jest važan su dio njega. To nije ništa neobično, dapače u prošlim vremenima bilo je sasvim uobičajeno imati po jednu kuću u uvali i jednu kuću u selu. To je zapravo bila nužnost jer su ljudi obrađivali toliku količinu zemlje da se nisu mogli vratiti u selo kako bi tu proveli noć. Također tada su svi i ribarili, pa im je i zbog toga bila potrebna kuća uz more. Slijedom toga, većina kuća po Gdinjskim uvalama je barem stotinu godina stara. Danas se većina tih kuća i iznajmljuje turistima. Srećom u svakoj uvali ima po nekoliko kuća, a u nekima čak samo jedna, tako da nikad nije prevelika gužva i uvijek ima dovoljno mjesta na plažama. Ovo je još uvijek raj na zemlji. Nedirnut, prirodan i prelijep. Nikad nema praznog kreveta u Gdinjskim uvalama, pa ako želite ovdje ljetovati, planirajte unaprijed i iznajmite na vrijeme.