United Has a New Nonstop Each day That Makes It Simpler to Go to the ‘Sunniest Island’ in Croatia

There are locations the place time appears to stretch out like a sun-drenched afternoon, the place the clamor of contemporary life softens to the murmur of waves and the clink of glasses below vine-shaded pergolas. Hvar, a slender Croatian island adrift within the Adriatic, is one such place. Lengthy favored by yachters and sunseekers, Hvar is understood for being Croatia’s sunniest island, notably throughout the summer time months of June, July, and August.

The island—and the entire of Croatia—simply bought twice as straightforward to go to due to new each day flights that join Newark, New Jersey (EWR) and Dubrovnik (DBV). The expanded route, operated by United Airways, builds off of a seasonal service that beforehand ran between the 2 cities 4 instances weekly. Now, People can journey on to Croatia each day on a nine-hour nonstop red-eye flight that arrives in Dubrovnik the following morning.

The expanded nonstop service began in early Could 2025 and ends in late August 2025, reflecting “a greater than doubling of obtainable seats,” for the summer time, in keeping with a November 2024 press launch shared by Dubrovnik Airport. 

The Newark to Dubrovnik flight is presently the one nonstop flight connecting the U.S. and Croatia. The in a single day flight lands in Dubrovnik simply after 10 a.m. native time, permitting U.S. vacationers time to discover the coastal metropolis earlier than heading to the island of Hvar. Dubrovnik, which sits on the Adriatic Sea, is understood for its charming Outdated City and surrounding Sixteenth-century stone partitions.

From Dubrovnik, attending to Hvar is as straightforward as hopping on a ferry that runs between the 2 locations 4 instances each day throughout the peak season. The ferry experience takes simply over three hours. 

Upon arrival into the ferry port in Hvar City, the island’s major hub, vacationers shall be welcomed by sun-drenched marble streets and Renaissance structure. Additional afield are hillsides lined with lavender and tiny stone villages tucked amongst olive groves.

The seasonal flight additionally serves as an entry level to different islands: many vacationers take ferries to the Pakleni Islands, that are simply off the southwest coast of Hvar and famend for his or her secluded seashores and rocky coves.