HOTEL ILIRIJA BIOGRAD,
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ZAD AIRPORT - 10.9 MI/17.5 KM SSE
BIOGRAD ON THE SEA. SURROUNDED BY HUNDREDS OF THE
MOST NAUTICALLY ATTRACTIVE ISLANDS OF DALMATIA
AND IN ITS REAR BY VELEBIT THE HIGHEST
CROATIAN MOUNTAIN WITH AS MUCH AS FIVE NATIONAL
PARKS NEARBY LIES THIS TOWN OF INCREDIBLY
INTERESTING HISTORY AND PLEASANT MICROCLIMATE
WHICH GIVES IT THE MOST SUN DAYS IN THE
MID-ADRIATIC AREA. MILD MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE
WITH AN AVERAGE SUMMER TEMPERATURE OF 25 DEGREES
C AND AVERAGE SPRING AND AUTUMN TEMPERATURE OF
18 DEGREE C OFFERS A PLEASANT VACATION DURING
THE WHOLE YEAR. ON THE AREA OF MODERN DAY
BIOGRAD THE SETTLEMENTS OF ANCIENT LIBURNIC AND
ILIRIC TRIBES WERE SETTLED. THAT AQUATORIUM IN
WHICH THE STRONG NORTHEASTERN WIND CALLED BURA
AND HIGH ADRIATIC WAVES LOSE THEIR STRENGTH AND
GIVE ROOM TO PLEASANT WIND MAESTRAL THE MOST
SUITABLE WIND FOR SAILING WAS THEN SPOTTED BY
ROMANS WHO BUILT THEIR HARBOUR NAMED BLANDONA.
DUE TO ITS VICINITY TO KORNATI ISLANDS THE
HISTORICAL TOWN OF THE FIRST CROATIAN KINGS IS
TODAY LEADING IN THE NUMBER OF ORGANIZED REGATTAS
ON THE CROATIAN PART OF ADRIATIC SEA. AWARDED
-BLUE FLAG- TELLS THE STORY OF THE CLEANNESS AND
ECOLOGICAL VALUES OF THE FAMOUS
TURQUOISE-COLOURED BIOGRAD BEACH WHICH SPREADS
ALL THE WAY TO THE MAGICAL SAND-BEACH AND BAY OF
SOLINE. BEACH -SOLINE- IS THE MOST VISITED AND
ATTRACTIVE NATURAL SAND BEACH IN THESE AREAS AND
IS CONTINUOUSLY SPREAD FROM THE HOTEL BEACHES
WITH ITS TOTAL LENGTH OF 2 KM. IT IS PARTLY A
WILD COMPLETELY NATURAL BEACH FOR THE ONES WHO
STILL LIKE THE VIRGIN-LIKE VIRTUES OF UNTOUCHED
NATURE. NEARER TO BIOGRAD THERE ARE THREE MORE
PARKS OF NATURE - TELASCICA WITH ITS IMPRESSIVE
100 METER TALL VERTICAL CLIFFS ON DUGI OTOK
/LONG ISLAND/ SHORE-LOCATED VRANSKO JEZERO
/VRANA LAKE/ TRUE PARADISE FOR ORNITHOLOGISTS
AND RIVER-FISHERMEN AND THE PARK OF NATURE OF
VELEBIT MOUNTAIN. APART OF THE NATURAL BEAUTIES
OF BIOGRAD ITS SURROUNDINGS ARE FULL OF
INTERESTING LANDSCAPES FROM ITS RICH HISTORY
FROM THE ROMAN FORUM OF ZADAR TURKISH
FORTIFICATIONS ANCIENT-ROMANIC CHURCHES ALL THE
WAY TO AGRO-TOURISM DEDICATED TO PRESERVATION OF
THE TRADITION AND CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE AREA.