Dalmatia
Zadar is the Dalmatian coast that travelers 'discover' and then can't believe nobody told them about. Read more
The most quietly moving thing in Zadar — an instrument you play by sitting still. Reportedly the sound that helped inspire Hitchcock's 'most beautiful sunset' line.
Zadar's after-dark set piece: stand on a glowing solar disc while the Sea Organ plays and the islands turn to silhouettes. Come for sunset, stay for the colours.
Three thousand years, unfenced and free: walk across the eastern Adriatic's biggest Roman forum, touch the medieval pillar of shame, and look up at a 9th-century church built from the rubble.
Croatia's great round church and the emblem of Zadar — a 1,200-year-old drum built from Roman spolia, with acoustics so good it's now a concert hall.
The best view in Zadar for the price of a coffee: climb the 180-step bell tower for the full sweep of red roofs, harbour and islands — then step into Dalmatia's largest cathedral below.
