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The Paklenica National Park
Paklenica

 

With its surface area of 96 km2, from the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea to the highest peaks of the Velebit Mountains, Vaganski Vrh (1757 m) and Sveto Brdo (1753 m), Paklenica abounds with numerous natural wonders and phenomena, which is why the entire area was proclaimed a national park in 1949... 

 
The Krka National Park
Krka

 

The Krka National Park is a spacious, largely unchanged region of exceptional and multifaceted natural value, and includes one or more preserved or insignificantly altered ecosystems. The Krka National Park is located entirely within the territory of Šibnik-Knin County and encompasses an area of 109 square kilometers along the Krka River: two kilometers downriver from Knin to Skradin and the lower part of the Čikola River...

 
The Kornati National Park
Kornati

 

In the central part of croatian Adriatic Sea, about 15 Nm to the west from Sibenik town, 7 Nm to the southwest from Murter, or 15 Nm to the south from Zadar town, there is amazing group of islands named Kornati archipelago. Beauty and singularity of the archipelago moved authorities in 1980 to proclaim a bigger part of that area national park... 

 
Sibenik
Sibenik

 

In the heart of the Adriatic coast, at the mouth of the river Krka, hidden among the channels, there lies the Old Croatian fortress of St. Mihovil. In 11th century houses of a town emerged at the bottom of the fortress. The great Croatian King Petar Krešimir IV made the name of Šibenik famous ever after. That is the beginning of the town history and its beauties...

 
Primosten
Primosten

 

Sailors called it a "dry point" because of the long lasting dry periods while its inhabitants, and visitors know it as Primošten.

It is set upon a little island that five centuries ago the inhabitants linked to the land by a causeway so that they could go off to the fieldsthe more easily. Surrounded by seven little islands, Primošten is a special gift from nature that leaves no one indifferent...
 

 
Rogoznica
Rogoznica

 

In a deep bay, hidden from a sea waves and opened sea, is placed a little fishermen’s village Rogoznica. Thanks of a good position (34 km south from Sibenik and also so far from airport Split), with a lots of historical monuments, and fascinating beauty of nature, Rogoznica was always considered one of potential tourist bathing resorts of highest category. 

 
Trogir
Trogir

 

Trogir is a remarkable example of urban continuity. The orthogonal street plan of this island settlement dates back to the Hellenistic period and it was embellished by successive rulers with many fine public and domestic buildings and fortifications. Its beautiful Romanesque churches are complemented by the outstanding Renaissance and Baroque buildings from the Venetian period...

 
Split
Split

 

It was in 295 A.C. - 1700 years ago, that the Roman emperor Gaius Valerius Aurelius Diocletianus started to build his palace in the bay of Aspalathos on the Dalmatian coast, the land of his birth. Split is a busy port, with an international airport and regular ferry services with the nearby islands, the north and south Adriatic, Italy and Greece... 

 
Rogoznica
Solin

 

Colonia Martia Iulia Salona, was the title of the ancient Roman capital of the province of Dalmatia. It was established in a sheltered bay, at the mouth of the river Jadro under the monutain of Kozjak. The place was populated by the native tribe of Delmati and by Greek merchantes who settled there before the arivall of the Italics and Romans... 

 
The Mljet National Park
Mljet

 

Mljet is an elongated island, with an average width of 3 km, 37 km long. It is an Island of great diversity and contrast, and "Mljet" National Park covers his northwestern part with an area of 5.375 ha of protected land and surrounding sea. This area was proclaimed as national park 11 November 1960 and represents the first institutionalized attempt to protect an original ecosystem in the Adriatic...

 
Brac
Brac

 

Island of Brac, is the largest island of the central Dalmatian group of islands and third largest among the Adriatic Sea. Because of its long, nice sandy beaches surrounded with pine forests, Brac is a popular holiday resort for a long time... 

 
Hvar
Hvar

 

Since Hvar lay in the middle of the main sea routes, history has left here many traces, maybe more so than on any other Adriatic is land. The finds from Grapčeva and Markova spilja (caves) have enabled the archaeologists to identify the so-called Hvar culture (around 3500 to 2500 BC)... 

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