Destinations in Croatia - Novalja

Like most cities of the Adriatic coast and islands, Novalja offers Mediterranean cuisine.

The best known specialties of the island of Pag are definitely cheese, lamb and strudel with curd.

In Novalja is well known, "Novaljski Brudet, soup prepared with fish and seafood.

All these dishes is added the home grown vegetables and local wine will delight all lovers of excellent wines.

Destinations in Croatia - Novalja

Novalja is a tourist resort that combines an active tourism and crazy party time. Novalja is definitely a destination for those who want a day of rest after a crazy night on the beach Zrce or in some Novalja discotheque.

Beach Zrce is one of the most beautiful beaches in Croatia and is known for his Party of electronic music. Every year, a beach Zrce visit top DJs and in 2010. are expected to arrive Dj Sven Vath, DJ Umek, Dj Armin van Buuren, Dj David Morales, Above & Beyond and many others. Beach Zrce in Novalja is also called Croatian Ibiza.

In addition to crazy night life in Novalja there are maintained traditional cultural performances.

If you arrive in Novalja during Easter, in the main square is organized Easter Monday in which with the songs hosts offer local dishes and specialties.

In the month of May is held May Festival, which is ecological and gastronomic event in which visitors can try Novalja delicious from local caterers.

On the feast of St.. Anton in Novalja is maintained the traditional Kids music festival where sings school children.

In addition to cultural and culinary events are organized in Novalja also economic events. Certainly the most famous is exhibition of sheep and cheese of the island of Pag that is very well known. Every spring is held „Lunjska maslinada“ which encourages the development of olive growing.

The most famous cultural and artistic events is certainly Novalja summer festival that begins on the feast of St.. Anton 13th June. Abundant cultural summer art exhibitions, concerts of classical music, choir performances, ensemble performance, theater, outdoor theater performances, exhibitions of books, concerts, pop music etc.

During the day, in Novalja is offering various sporting activities. The most famous on the island of Pag are certainly Wakeboard and Ski lift. Lift is length 600m and has speed of 30 to even 80 km / h. In addition to these two sports on the island of Pag and Novalja settlement offers also rent Jet ski, windsurfing and water skiing.

The island of Pag has a nice bike paths that connect all villages on the island. If you like cycling you will be delighted of panorama of the island of Pag.

Diving enthusiasts will be delighted by the waters of the island of Pag and valuable sites that hide amphoras. All equipment and expert advice can be found in the local diving centers.

At certain places on the island of Pag are high vertical cliffs that are suitable for mountaineering. The most famous are the top Sv. Vid and rocks Stogaj that is in many European maps for the sports climbing.

Destinations in Croatia - Novalja

Hotels in Novalja: Apartment Settlement Hostin***, Hotel Boskinac***, Hotel Liburnija**, Hotel Loza**

Camps in Novalja: Auto camp Strasko****

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Destinations in Croatia - Novalja

In Novalja is archaeological collection "Stomorica" which contains archaeological material and a few pieces of ancient jewelry.

Be sure to visit the city museum in Novalja in which is underground plumbing from the ancient times that was built in the first century BC. In museum is also an exhibition of photos of the old sites of amphorae from the bay Vlaska old around 2000 years ago.

The museum also contains photographs of UFO phenomena on the island of Pag, which are increasingly in recent years.

Not far away from Novalja is a natural phenomenon called "Pag triangle“. Triangle size is 32x32x22 meters and although is not completely investigated and associated with the appearance of a UFO over Pag area in the past.

Of the eight Croatian national parks, five are located in the vicinity of Novalja. Croatian national parks are rich in natural beauty and we recommend that you visit national parks Kornati, Krka waterfalls, Plitvice Lakes, Paklenica and Northern Velebit.

In addition to national parks, Novalja offer tours to tourist destinations on the island of Rab, Losinj, Silba, Olib and Zadar.