{"id":1303622,"date":"2026-09-30T12:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303622"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:32:22","slug":"zadar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/croatia\/zadar\/","title":{"rendered":"Zadar"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302253,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"","hw_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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Zadar","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Roman ruins lying where they fell, an organ played by the sea through holes in the promenade, and the sunset Alfred Hitchcock called the most beautiful in the world.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304111","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"35 | Pipes in the Sea Organ\r\n9th c. | St Donatus, built from Roman rubble\r\n5 | National parks within reach","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"The coast's most underrated city","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Zadar is a peninsula of Roman and Venetian stone that was bombed heavily in the Second World War and rebuilt around what survived, which is why Roman columns lie in the middle of the main square and a ninth-century church stands on the old forum floor.\r\n\r\nAt the tip of the peninsula are two installations by the architect Nikola Ba\u0161i\u0107: the Sea Organ, which plays through 35 pipes as waves push air through holes in the marble steps, and the Greeting to the Sun, a solar disc that lights up after dark. Both are free, and both are better than they sound on paper.\r\n\r\nHitchcock came here in 1964 and said the sunset was the most beautiful in the world, which the city has repeated ever since and which is not far off.\r\n\r\nIt is also the best base on the coast: five national parks \u2014 Plitvice, Krka, Paklenica, Kornati and North Velebit \u2014 are all within reach.\r\n\r\nTwo days, more as a base.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Bus from Zagreb 3.5 hours, Split 3. Airport shuttle 25 minutes, about \u20ac6\r\nGetting around | The peninsula is walkable. Buses about \u20ac1.50\r\nCurrency | Euro since 2023\r\nSea Organ | Free, always playing, and loudest in rough weather\r\nMaraschino | Cherry liqueur made here since 1821\r\nTap water | Safe to drink","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"The old town is a peninsula. Everything else is across the bridge or along the coast.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Old Town | First-timers | The stone peninsula: Roman forum, the Sea Organ, bars and restaurants, walkable end to end in fifteen minutes. | 44.1160 | 15.2270 |  | \nVo\u0161tarnica and Relja | Value | Across the footbridge, residential and much cheaper, with a five-minute walk into the old town. | 44.1200 | 15.2340 |  | \nBorik | Beaches | Four kilometres north-west, with the main beaches, campsites and a bus into the centre. | 44.1280 | 15.2110 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Zadar","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Sit on the Sea Organ steps at sunset. Waves push air up through 35 pipes cut under the marble, and the sound is genuinely musical and never the same twice. Next to it, the Greeting to the Sun charges through the day and puts on a light show after dark. Both are free, and at sunset the whole city is there.\r\n\r\nThe Roman forum is the largest on this side of the Adriatic, and the columns and paving are simply lying where they were left \u2014 there is no fence and no ticket.\r\n\r\nSt Donatus, a circular ninth-century church built directly on the forum with Roman stones visibly reused in its walls, is a few euros and has famous acoustics.\r\n\r\nThe Museum of Ancient Glass and the gold and silver collection at St Mary's are both better than expected, and the Kalelarga, the main street, has been the main street since Roman times.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Sea Organ at sunset | Free, and the reason people remember Zadar\r\nRoman forum | Open, unfenced, and lying where it fell\r\nSt Donatus | Ninth century, built from Roman rubble, remarkable acoustics\r\nGreeting to the Sun | Solar disc light show after dark, free","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Zadar","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Zadar","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The Sea Organ and the Greeting to the Sun are both free and both are the highlights.\r\n\r\nThe Roman forum is open ground with no ticket, and the Kalelarga and the peninsula streets cost nothing.\r\n\r\nThe city beaches at Kolovare and along the Borik coast are free, as are the rocky swimming spots off the peninsula itself.\r\n\r\nThe sunset from the western tip is free and is the city's nightly event, with the organ playing underneath it.\r\n\r\nThe morning market by the walls is free to wander and is where to buy for a picnic.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Sea Organ and Sun | Both free, both permanent\r\nRoman forum | No fence, no ticket\r\nThe sunset | Hitchcock's favourite, and free\r\nCity beaches | Kolovare and the Borik coast","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Zadar","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Zadar","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Dalmatian, and better value than Split or Dubrovnik. A konoba meal is \u20ac12 to \u20ac20, grilled fish by weight, and pa\u0161ticada \u2014 beef marinated for days in wine and prunes \u2014 is the dish to order.\r\n\r\nMaraschino, a cherry liqueur, has been made in Zadar since 1821 and was a favourite of several European courts; a bottle from a shop is a few euros and it is poured everywhere.\r\n\r\nPag cheese from the island up the coast is the best in Croatia, sharp and salty from sheep that graze on herbs in sea spray.\r\n\r\nThe morning market by the walls has the produce, and a beer is \u20ac3 to \u20ac4.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"A konoba meal | \u20ac12\u201320, and better value than Split\r\nPa\u0161ticada | Beef marinated for days. The Dalmatian special-occasion dish\r\nMaraschino | Cherry liqueur made here since 1821\r\nPag cheese | From the island up the coast, and the best in the country","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Zadar","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Zadar","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"The old town has a good, manageable scene: bars in stone courtyards, the Arsenal in a Venetian warehouse, and terraces along the waterfront.\r\n\r\nThe university keeps it going outside summer, which is unusual on this coast.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac3 to \u20ac4 and cocktails \u20ac7 to \u20ac10, noticeably below Split and Dubrovnik.\r\n\r\nIn summer the beach clubs at Borik and the Zr\u0107e party beach on Pag \u2014 about an hour north, and one of the biggest open-air club strips in Europe \u2014 take over. Zr\u0107e is a very different proposition from Zadar itself and worth knowing about either way.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Old town courtyards | Bars in stone, and the Arsenal warehouse\r\nPrices | Beer \u20ac3\u20134, below Split and Dubrovnik\r\nYear-round | The university keeps it alive outside summer\r\nZr\u0107e on Pag | An hour north, and an entirely different scale of night","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Zadar","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Zadar","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The old town is a small peninsula and walking covers it in fifteen minutes end to end. A footbridge links it to the eastern side of the harbour.\r\n\r\nCity buses cost about \u20ac1.50 and reach Borik and the beaches.\r\n\r\nThe airport shuttle takes 25 minutes for about \u20ac6, timed to flights.\r\n\r\nBuses are the intercity option: Zagreb three and a half hours, Split three, Plitvice two and a half, \u0160ibenik an hour and a half.\r\n\r\nFerries from the old town harbour reach the Zadar archipelago \u2014 Ugljan, Dugi Otok and the Kornati \u2014 and catamarans run in summer.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Walk the peninsula | Fifteen minutes end to end\r\nAirport shuttle | 25 minutes, about \u20ac6, timed to flights\r\nPlitvice | Two and a half hours by bus\r\nIsland ferries | From the old town harbour to the archipelago","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Zadar","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Zadar costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Cheaper than Split and much cheaper than Dubrovnik. Dorms are \u20ac18 to \u20ac35, a konoba meal \u20ac12 to \u20ac20, and a beer \u20ac3 to \u20ac4.\r\n\r\nA day is \u20ac45 to \u20ac75 in season.\r\n\r\nThe best things \u2014 the Sea Organ, the forum, the sunset, the beaches \u2014 are free, which keeps a day here low if you want it to be.\r\n\r\nThe costs that add up are national park entries, which vary sharply by season and are highest at Plitvice and Krka in July and August.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac18\u201335\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac45\u201375 in season\r\nThe highlights are free | Sea Organ, forum, sunset, beaches\r\nPark entries | The real expense. Highest in July and August","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Zadar","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Zadar","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Zadar is a safe, relaxed city with low crime, and the peninsula is comfortable at night.\r\n\r\nThe marble and stone paving in the old town is polished and slippery in rain.\r\n\r\nThe rocky swimming spots off the peninsula have sea urchins, and water shoes are worth the few euros.\r\n\r\nThe bura, a fierce northeasterly wind off the Velebit mountains, hits this coast hard in winter and can cancel ferries and close the coastal road and the Pag bridge at short notice.\r\n\r\nIf you head into Paklenica or Velebit, that is proper mountain terrain. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"The bura | A fierce winter wind. It closes roads and cancels ferries\r\nSea urchins | On the rocky swimming spots. Water shoes help\r\nPolished stone | Slippery in rain across the old town\r\nEmergency | 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Zadar","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Zadar","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"Five national parks are within reach, which is the main argument for basing here.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Plitvice Lakes | 2.5 hours | Bus, about \u20ac12 each way | Sixteen terraced lakes linked by waterfalls, on boardwalks through a gorge. Book entry online in summer and go early. |  | 1304222\nKrka National Park | 1.5 hours | Bus or tour, \u20ac25\u201345 | Waterfalls and boardwalks, closer and usually less crowded than Plitvice. |  | 1304223\nKornati Islands | Full day | Boat tour, \u20ac50\u201380 | Eighty-nine largely bare islands in a national park archipelago, reached by boat with lunch included. |  | 1304224\nPaklenica | 1 hour | Bus, about \u20ac6 | Two gorges cut into the Velebit range, with the best rock climbing in Croatia and walking trails for everyone else. |  | 1304225\nPag and Zr\u0107e | 1.5 hours | Bus, about \u20ac10 | A lunar-looking island famous for sheep's cheese, salt and one of Europe's biggest open-air club strips. |  | 1304226","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Zadar","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May, June, September and October. The parks are best outside the July and August peak.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The bura wind can drop the felt temperature sharply in winter and spring, and the waterfalls at Plitvice and Krka are at their most dramatic in April and May.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 10 | 2 | Cold, windy and quiet. The bura blows\r\nFebruary | 11 | 2 | Still winter. Cheapest month\r\nMarch | 14 | 3 | Warming, and the parks are empty\r\nApril | 18 | 4 | Good. Waterfalls at full flow at Plitvice and Krka\r\nMay | 22 | 5 | Excellent. Warm, affordable and everything open\r\nJune | 26 | 5 | The best month. Warm sea before the crowds\r\nJuly | 30 | 4 | Hot and busy. Park queues at their worst\r\nAugust | 30 | 4 | Peak everything\r\nSeptember | 26 | 5 | Superb. Warmest sea and quieter parks\r\nOctober | 21 | 4 | Still swimmable and much cheaper\r\nNovember | 15 | 2 | Wet and windy. Ferries reduce\r\nDecember | 11 | 2 | Quiet and mild, with a small Advent market","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A summer of festivals, and a sunset every evening.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Zadar","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/croatia\/zadar\/","hw_hub_city_events":"The Garden and summer festivals | July and August | Tisno and the coast nearby | A cluster of boutique electronic festivals along this stretch of coast through the summer. |  | \nZadar Summer Theatre | July and August | Old town | Performances in the forum, courtyards and churches of the peninsula. |  | \nNight of the Full Moon | July | Waterfront | The quays lit by candles and torches, with stalls selling local food and wine. |  | \nZr\u0107e season | June to September | Pag island | One of Europe's largest open-air club strips, an hour and a half north. |  | \nAdvent in Zadar | December | Old town | Lights and stalls on the peninsula, with the Sea Organ still playing. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros, in season.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"National park entries are the main variable and rise steeply in July and August. Plitvice and Krka both cost considerably less outside peak season.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 18 | 14 | 3 | 6\r\nMiddle of the road | 32 | 28 | 5 | 25\r\nComfortable | 60 | 50 | 10 | 50","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Zadar","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A decent scene on the peninsula and across the footbridge, at prices well below Split. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Zadar","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/croatia\/zadar\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Zadar travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"What is the Sea Organ? | A set of 35 pipes built under the marble steps at the tip of the peninsula, played by waves pushing air through them. It is free, permanent, never the same twice, and loudest in rough weather. Sitting on the steps at sunset is what people remember about Zadar.\r\nIs the sunset really that good? | Hitchcock said in 1964 that it was the most beautiful in the world, and the city has never stopped quoting him. It is genuinely excellent, helped by the islands on the horizon and the organ playing underneath you.\r\nWhy base here rather than Split? | Five national parks are within reach \u2014 Plitvice, Krka, Paklenica, Kornati and North Velebit \u2014 and beds and food cost noticeably less. Split has the better city and the ferry hub; Zadar has the better base.\r\nHow long do you need? | Two days for the city itself, and longer if you are using it for the parks. The old town peninsula is walkable in fifteen minutes end to end.\r\nIs it cheaper than the rest of the coast? | Yes. Dorms \u20ac18 to \u20ac35 against Dubrovnik's \u20ac25 to \u20ac60, konoba meals \u20ac12 to \u20ac20, and the best things here \u2014 the organ, the forum, the sunset, the beaches \u2014 are free.\r\nWhat is the bura? | A fierce northeasterly wind that comes off the Velebit mountains, mostly in winter and spring. It can close the coastal road and the Pag bridge and cancel ferries at short notice, and it makes the felt temperature much lower than the forecast.\r\nWhen should I visit? | May, June or September. April and May are best for the waterfalls at Plitvice and Krka, which run hardest after the snowmelt, and park entry costs considerably less outside July and August.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Zadar hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Zadar | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/croatia\/zadar\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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