Northern Dalmatia

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Zadar

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Zadar is the biggest city, cultural, economic and transit center of northern Dalmatia and the oldest continuously inhabited city in Croatia. Zadar is today one of the most popular Croatian tourist destinations, named "entertainment center of the Adriatic" by The Times and "Croatia's new capital of cool" by The Guardian in 2017.

Šibenik

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Šibenik is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatian self-governing cities on the Adriatic, the capital and cultural, educational, administrative and economic center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the third-largest town in the Dalmatian region.

Knin

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Knin is a city of 12,000 people in Northern Dalmatia, a former capital of the medieval Kingdom of Croatia.

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Dugi Otok

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Dugi Otok is the seventh largest island in the Adriatic Sea, part of Croatia. It is located off the Dalmatian coast, west of Zadar.

Krka National Park

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Krka National Park is the second most visited Croatian national park. It is named after the river Krka that runs through it.

Biograd na Moru

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Biograd na Moru, shortened to simply Biograd, is a town in northern Dalmatia in Croatia. It is significant for being another capital of the medieval Kingdom of Croatia.

Nin

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Nin is a walled town in a lagoon on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea, in northern Dalmatia. It is surrounded by natural sandy beaches and linked with the mainland by two stone bridges from the 16th century.

Novalja

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Novalja is a city on the island of Pag. Novalja used to be a popular family resort due to its pristine beaches and clean sea. It is now nicknamed "The Croatian Ibiza" because the Zrće beach, has been declared as the #1 spot in Croatia.

Pag

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Pag is the largest town on the island of Pag, with a population of 2,343 in the urban core and 3,178 in the entire municipality.

Pašman

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Pašman is an island with a surface area of 60 square kilometers, separated from the mainland by the Pašman Channel, which is strewn all over with many islets.

Murter

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Murter is an island in the Croatian part of the Adriatic sea, located in central Dalmatia. A small village on the north-western part of the island also bears the name.

Ražanac

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Razanac is a typical Dalmatian fishermen's village and small harbour on the coast of the southern part of the Velebit Channel, 24 km northeast of Zadar.

Kornati National Park

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Kornati National Park is one of the Croatia's national parks. The park's territory includes the area around the Donji Kornati a group of westernly islands of the Kornati archipelago, which is in the northern part of Dalmatia, south from Zadar and west from Šibenik, in the Šibenik-Knin county.

Rtina

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Rtina is a village in northern Dalmatia, Croatia. The population is 452. Rtina belongs to Zadar County, and is located about 13 km from the Motorway No.

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