Croatia

Croatia: Zadar and the Kornati Islands

A wave-powered musical instrument that Alfred Hitchcock called the world's most beautiful sunset, then an archipelago of nearly one hundred and fifty deserted islands

Croatia

Croatia: Zadar and the Kornati Islands

A journey along the northern Dalmatian coast, far from Dubrovnik and Hvar: Zadar, whose Sea Organ, an architectural instrument powered by wave motion beneath a series of submerged pipes, produces random harmonies facing a sunset that Alfred Hitchcock called the world's most beautiful after his 1964 visit, then Kornati National Park, an archipelago of nearly one hundred and fifty desert-like limestone islands and islets, largely bare of vegetation and fresh water, explored by sailboat among isolated coves.

When

May to Sept

Price

From 2 700€ excl. flights

(based on 2 people sharing)

How long

6 nights

Ideal length

Zadar and the Sea Organ

Days 1-2

The first chapter unfolds in Zadar, a Dalmatian city with a millennia-old history whose waterfront has hosted the Sea Organ since 2005, an architectural installation designed by Croatian architect Nikola Bašić, where the movement of waves activates a system of submerged pipes producing random, ever-changing harmonies. Facing this unique instrument, the sunset over the Adriatic was called by Alfred Hitchcock, visiting the city in 1964, the most beautiful he had ever seen.

Day 1

The Sea Organ at sunset

A stroll along Zadar's waterfront to the Sea Organ, where the movement of waves produces ever-changing harmonies, facing the sunset that made the site world-famous.

Day 2

The old town and Sun Salutation

A stroll through Zadar's Roman old town, then a visit to the Sun Salutation, a light installation next to the Sea Organ that captures solar energy to light up every night.

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Kornati National Park

Days 1-2

A sailboat crossing to Kornati National Park, an archipelago of nearly one hundred and fifty desert-like limestone islands and islets lacking fresh water and tall vegetation, a lunar landscape that inspired Irish writer George Bernard Shaw to write that the Creator must have, on the last day of creation, let loose a play of stone tears and stars to shape these islands. This marine park, one of the most densely islanded in the entire Mediterranean, remains largely preserved from mass tourism thanks to the absence of permanent infrastructure.

Day 1

Sailing among the desert-like islands

A day of sailing through the Kornati archipelago, between limestone cliffs plunging directly into turquoise water and isolated coves accessible only by boat.

Day 2

Snorkelling and a fish lunch on a deserted island

Snorkelling in the park's protected waters, then a lunch of freshly caught fish prepared on board, on a deserted island with no tourist infrastructure.