Zadar, Croatia

We took a long bus ride, roughly 6 hours, from Dubrovnik to Zadar.  It made a quick stop in Split along the way.  Our AirBnB host met us at the bus station to give us a ride.  We are staying in a nice one bedroom apartment within the city walls of the old part of Zadar.  Below you can see one of the entrances to the city.  We walk through this one almost daily on our way to the beach.

Zadar is really hot this time of year and there are definitely more people out in the streets at night.  The stone streets are narrow so there is some shade to walk around during the day.  Cars are not allowed in the old part of the city.  There are lots of shops and Italian restaurants, and, of course, tourists like us.  Zadar is on a small peninsula has a unique stone waterfront that wraps around most of the city.  There are some large stone steps that lead into the water, a sea organ that makes sounds from the crashing waves and a large, circular, solar powered platform that lights up at night.  Zadar also has a large open forum with preserved Roman ruins and the famous cylindrical church of St. Donat.