Zadar

Introduction

Zadar - Sveti Donat Church

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Zadar is a city along the Adriatic Coastline of northern Dalmatia, a region in Croatia. Almost 100,000 people call Zadar their home and they are proud of their city which might be one of the least known of the Croatian coastline. Still, the old city with its narrow and traffic free streets include a nice collection of medieval buildings and beautiful churches.

For more information, check the Zadar Tourist Board website.

Neighbourhoods

Sights and Activities

• Roman Forum - the largest on the eastern side of the Adriatic
• Roman aqueduct remains just outside of the ramparts. There used to be more remains, but most of them are used in the fortifications.
• St Donatus' Church
• St. Anastasia's Cathedral, the largest cathedral in Dalmatia.
• Romanesque style churches of St. Chrysogonus and St. Simeon.
• St. Krševan's Church
• St. Elijah's Church
• St. Francis' Church, gothic styled.
• Five Wells Square
• St. Mary's Church
• Land Gate and citadel.
• Sea organ
• Great Arsenal

Events and Festivals

Weather

Zadar has a pleasant Mediterranean climate. Summers last from June to September when it's mostly between 27 and 33 degrees Celsius during the day and nicely warm nights. Winters are from December to March when temperatures are mostly between 8 and 15 degrees Celsius during the day and nights are still above zero. Frost is possible during some nights though and even snow is not unheard of though rare. Most of the precipitation throughout the year falls from October to April. Summers can have months without a single drop of rain, though sometimes heavy rainshowers occur.

Getting There

By Plane

Zadar Airport (ZAD) is 14 kilometres from the city. Ryanair flies to/from Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, London, Pisa, Stockholm and Weeze (near Düsseldorf). A few other airlines serve cities like Pula, Bratislava, Zagreb, Berlin, Cologne and Stuttgart.

By Train

Trains to Zagreb go multiple times daily, with fast (7 hours) and slow (10 hours) services. Buses are much faster though.

By Car

By Bus

Croatia Express has buses to Zagreb (4-5 hours), Trieste, Split (3 hours) and quite a few German cities. There are also buses from the station to Rijeka (5 hours) and Dubrovnik (8 hours).

By Boat

From Ancona, there are crossing to Zadar. Check the Jadrolinija website for details. Hydrofoil Miatrade has ferries between Ancona and Zadar as well.

Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Budget

Mid-Range

Upscale

Work

Learn

• University of Zadar

Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

See also International Telephone Calls

Post

Hrvatska Posta is the national postal service of Croatia and has pretty fast and reliable service throughout the country and internationally. It takes several days by airmail to other countries in Europe, but over a week to the US for example. They have a direct link to the pricelist, where you can see the prices of sending postcards, letters and parcels both domestically as well as to other countries. Post boxes are yellow in Croatia and the times of collections are indicated on the box. The opening times of post offices vary, but mostly they are open from 8:00am to 7:00pm Monday to Friday and until 2:00pm on Saturdays, though some might keep shorter or even a longer hours, just ask around. You can buy stamps here, or at newsstands. Prices start at around 10Kn for sending a letter or postcard to neighbouring countries, a few more further away.