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Best of Bol pick · Day trips by excursion boat · full day to Hvar

Frane excursions

A family-run excursion boat that sails from Bol to Hvar and the Pakleni islands, with swimming stops and a fish lunch with salad, bread, wine and water served on board.

Local family business Frane excursions is run by a local family who live on Brač all year round. When you book with them, your money stays on the island and helps local people keep living here.

The excursion boat Frane at anchor in a turquoise bay, with swimmers in the water around it
Photo: Izleti Frane
Frane anchored among sailing yachts in a turquoise bay off Hvar
Photo: Izleti Frane
The excursion boat Frane under way on the open sea, guests on the upper deck
Photo: Izleti Frane
The Frane excursion boat moored at a wooden pier in a pine-fringed bay
Photo: Izleti Frane

Why it is a pick

  • Day trips from Bol to Hvar town and Palmižana in the Pakleni islands
  • A fish lunch on board with salad, bread, red wine and water
  • A clean, shaded boat with room to move, reviewers say
  • Rated 4.2 on Tripadvisor from 9 reviews when we checked

Good to know

  • Tickets can be bought online on frane.hr
  • Frane also runs trips to Vis, as well as private tours, weddings and school trips

To do To confirm: Frane: days, departure time, price and what lunch includes this year (frane.hr loads its trips in a way we cannot read automatically).

To do To confirm: Photos from Frane (save them as photos-business\pick-frane-excursions-1.jpg).

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