Northern Dalmatia is the lesser-known stretch of Croatia's Adriatic coast. Its centrepiece is the port of Zadar, with as much Roman, Byzantine and Venetian history as the more familiar hubs of Split and Dubrovnik further south. Stuck out on a peninsula, Zadar has been isolated from the mainland for much of recent history. Italian (Zara) between the wars, after severe Allied bombing Zadar became part of Tito's Yugoslavia until 1991. This part of the coast also suffered most from the...
[Zadar guide]