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Zadar, Croatia

The City of Zadar has beautiful and practical location. Zadar is an easily reached destination by land, sea and air. It is directly connected to the other bigger cities of the Republic of Croatia: Zagreb, Rijeka, Split, Dubrovnik etc Good infrastructu
re is accompanied with extraordinary accommodation and contemporary service of numerous marinas.

Whichever way you want to reach Zadar, the natural beauty of the landscape will touch you. Highway is brand new and magistral coastal road is just going through last days of serious repairs and improvements.

The ferry port as well as the new tourist port for cruisers are located on the peninsula itself (old part of the city that used to be an island) Entering Zadar on a ferry or boat gives you a magnificent view of the whole city, making your arrival in Zadar a unique experience. Air transport, even though the airport /Zemunik/ is a small it is contemporary and connects Zadar with bigger Croatian cities and some European capitals. During the summer season it is busy place and one would be surprised with abundance and diversity of flights. Other destinations are accessible with changes in Zagreb and/or Split and in the network of international air traffic.

Situated in the hart of the Adriatic, Zadar is the urban center of northern Dalmatia .It is administrative, economic, cultural and political center of the region with almost 100 000 inhabitants.

The coast is particularly indented. Island are forming parallel strings with the coastal line creating Dalmatian specificum with triple or quadruple settings of the islands. Nature is untouched and allures many boaters and sailing fans to this region. The archipelago counts 24 bigger and about 300 smaller islets and rocks, 3 nature parks (Telascica, Sjeverni Velebit and Vransko Jezero) and 5 National parks (Paklenica, Plitvice, Kornati, Krka and Velebit) Zadar and its surroundings are at the the very top of the Croatian tourist offer .

Climate

Thanks for its geographical position Zadar is distinguished by its gentle Mediterranean climate ( warm and dry summers , mild and rainy winters) On average temperature of the air in summer is 25 degrease C, in winter 7 degrease C, while the summer average temperature of the sea is 23 degrease C.
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Josephine Boehm is an Art Historian and author. If you want to read more of her writing visit her blogs: Guide to Croatia and Josephines art history blog. Her web site Croatia vacations is a great place to find short information about almost every major Croatian vacation spot and resort.

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