Each of the islands in Croatia has its own charm and character...
SILBA is an island of ship owners and captains and old captain's houses as well as a harbor protected from the gushes of wind.
IST is an island of fishermen and navigators and is well known to navigators as a safe haven from the storm.
The island UGLJAN is the 'suburban area' and a garden that lies in front of Zadar and it got its name because of its richness in oil. There are in fact more than 100.000 olive trees on this island.
The nearby PASMAN island 'grew into' Ugljan. They are actually twins, only Pasman is a bit more peaceful. They are equally beautiful and covered with silvery green olive groves.
IZ is the island situated between Ugljan and Dugi Otok. It is just as famous for what it does and doesn't have. It has rich Mediterranean vegetation. It doesn't have any cars.
DUGI OTOK offers rest in preserved nature of an area of 114 square kilometers. The town of TELASCICA is situated there, which is the biggest natural harbor of all the Adriatic islands, a nature park and a habitat for mouflon. Its rich woodsy northwestern coast is full of wide coves and a beautiful beach with a 41-meter high lighthouse.
According to the legend, KORNATI labyrinth of sea passages and islands were created from the many rock cliffs that God had left over after he had finished making the World. The infamous George Bernard Shaw said of this group of the most indented islands of the Adriatic and the Mediterranean that consist of 140 islands, islets and reefs: “ The Gods wanted to crown their work, so on the last day, from their tears, the stars and their breath they created Kornati.” They are especially interesting for navigators and there are two nautical enters there: Zut and Piskera.
Among the islands another picturesque one is MURTER which has an area of 18 square kilometers. It is connected to the mainland by a bridge only 12 meters long. This is an island of fishermen, olive growers and ship builders with the towns: Tisno, Hramina, Betina and Jezera.
The island PRVIC is near the tourist pearl Vodice, it's an oasis of Mediterranean flora and fauna.
The island ZLARIN is southwest of Sibenik. In the 15 th century it was famous for coral and sponge harvesting and there is a museum that exhibits this.
West of Zlarin is the island of OBONJAN, known as Otok Mladosti ( The island of Youth ).
Not far is the island KAPRIJE, which got its name from the Mediterranean, plant caper ( kapar ) whose buds serve as spices. Many yachts visit Kaprije because of the many coves and beautiful beaches.
ZIRJE is the farthest away inhabited island of the Sibenik archipelago with great fishing-grounds and many coves for navigators.
KRAPANJ is the smallest and lowest inhabited island of the archipelago of an area of only 0,36 kilometers and only seven meters high but the most inhabited island.
Opposite Split is the island SOLTA with poor vegetation, a steep and well - indented coast with Maslenica - the main harbor and anchorage for small boats.
'Across from' Split, a city harmonious in structure with cultural and historical values, with an airport and a harbor lies the island BRAC, the highest and by size the third largest island in the Adriatic. It is covered with pine woods, vineyards and olive groves and the world famous stone from Brac has been used in the construction of many important buildings (e.g. The White House in Washington DC).The beautiful beach Zlatni rat is located in Bol, which is the biggest tourist town on the southern part of the island. The beach is located on a cape covered in pebbles which moves, depending on the wind and waves from one side to another.
South of Brac is HVAR, the longest island of the Adriatic, home to the oldest theater in Europe and a summer festival and has the most sunshine hours on the Adriatic. This is an island of vineyards, olive groves and lavender. The many stone houses along both coasts, which are connected by small bridges, achieve the harmonious unity of Stari Grad on Hvar, the fisherman’s museum is in Vrbovska which is unique on the Adriatic.
PAKLENI OTOCI are an especially interesting group of islands with pebbly, sandy and mostly nudist beaches and a rocky sea bottom, perfect for spearfishing. It is also a well-known place for navigators.
Far from the mainland and its worries is the island VIS, rich in palm trees, known for its fishermen, sailors, beautiful nature and diverse tourist offer. There are ruins of Roman thermae and an ancient theatre. The Vis archipelago includes the islands SVETAC, JABUKA, BRUSNIK and the islands of PALAGRUZA.
Southwest is the island BISEVO, of an area of 6 square kilometers. There are many caves in 'chiseled' into the steep coasts, among which 'Modra spilja' stands out with an above-sea level and below-sea level entrance. When the sea is calm the light rays that shine in the cave ibreak n such a way against the cave walls that the objects and people inside it are covered in blue and those in the water a silvery color.
At the far south KORCULA is an island with the most legends and monuments and along with Lokrum and Mljet the Croatian island most covered with forests. The island is a birthplace of Marco Polo, the famous traveler and travel book writer. This is an island with many known towns: Korcula, Lumbarda and Vela Luka, the traditional knight dance ' moreska ' from the end of the 15 th century, famous stone-cutters, sailors and ship builders.
Far away out in the open sea is the island LASTOVO of an area of 50 square kilometers, with an indented pebble coast with sandy beaches and a few islands on the west and east coast. The houses on Lastovo are built one above the other one: each one is entitled to its own share in the sun, air and the view. The island is known for its rich underwater.
Although it's formally known as a peninsula, PELJESAC is indeed like an island, separated from Korcula by a narrow channel. STON and MALI STON are picturesque towns that were after Dubrovnik in the Dubrovnik republic the most important towns. Oysters and wines: Postup and Dingac from the Mali Ston bay are famous all over these parts.
Alongside Peljesac is the woodsy island of MLJET of an area of 100 square kilometers. Because of its thick alpine and stone pine, Karst caves, two picturesque lakes connected by the sea, many sandy and pebble beaches, many fishing-grounds rich in fish and lobsters, the western part of the island has been proclaimed a national park.
The stretch of thirteen islands northward off the coast of Dubrovnik are called ELAFITI ISLANDS. The name comes from the Greek word elafos, meaning a deer. No one can ascertain if there were any deer on the islands, but the islands formation resembles the buck’s crown. Some have been inhabited since the ancient times. The biggest are KOLOCEP, LOPUD and SIPAN.
