Nearby weekend places

Nearby Weekend Places from Zadar, Croatia

Research source-backed public places within weekend reach of Zadar. The records on this page are planning candidates — not a route planner, not a tourism ranking, not a live schedule, and not a price guide. Verify access, transport, weather, opening status, and seasonal conditions with the official source linked on each record before departure.

Nearby places
19
City
Zadar
Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025

What you can reach from Zadar

Cities and natural destinations already indexed on this site, grouped by measured straight-line distance from the city centre. Distances are geographic, not travel times — check routes and schedules with a transport operator before travelling.

Close to the city

Within 60 km of the city centre, measured in a straight line.

Day-trip distance

Between 60 km and 120 km from the city centre, measured in a straight line.

Weekend distance

More than 120 km from the city centre, measured in a straight line.

  • PulaCity138 km
  • AnconaCity148 kmAcross the border · Italy
  • RijekaCity149 km
  • Banja LukaCity172 kmAcross the border · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Looking for a specific kind of place?

The nature layer groups these same records by what kind of outdoor place each one is — lakes, mountains, forests, beaches, protected areas — and orders them by measured straight-line distance from Zadar.

Start from your own city

This page helps users research nearby weekend places connected to Zadar, Croatia, as a starting point for local-first weekend rest. It is not a route planner, ticket guide, events page, tourism ranking, or live availability source. Records are planning candidates only.

Records do not publish exact distances, travel times, transport schedules, opening hours, ticket prices, restaurant or hotel recommendations, attraction rankings, or live access status. Confirm time-sensitive details with the official park, museum, transport authority, or municipal source linked on each record.

Nearby weekend places from Zadar

Each card opens an official source where Wikidata lists one, plus links to the connected city, country profile, and the detail page for verified records. Records are unordered and not ranked; verify access and conditions with the official source before departure.

Nearby weekend places from Zadar

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Bilušića buk
    Image: Antonio Pejić / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Bilušića buk

    Nature area

    Bilušića buk is a waterfall reachable from Zadar as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Kraljičina plaža
    Image: Przemek Pietrak / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Kraljičina plaža

    Beach

    Kraljičina plaža is a beach reachable from Zadar as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Krčić waterfall
    Image: The / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Krčić waterfall

    Nature area

    Krčić waterfall is a waterfall reachable from Zadar as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Lake Vrana
    Image: Harald Hetzner / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Lake Vrana

    Lake

    Lake Vrana is Croatia's largest natural lake and a protected nature park with wetlands, nearby southeast of Zadar near Pakoštane and Biograd. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Lavsa Cove
    Image: interpixel.de / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Lavsa Cove

    Nature area

    Lavsa Cove is a cove reachable from Zadar as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Manojlovački waterfall
    Image: Antonio Pejić / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Manojlovački waterfall

    Nature area

    Manojlovački waterfall is a waterfall reachable from Zadar as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Northern Velebit National Park
    Image: Rootmaker / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Northern Velebit National Park

    Park

    Northern Velebit National Park is National park covering the northern Velebit mountains with karst peaks, beech forests and the Premužić Trail, about 90-nearby northwest of Zadar. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Paklenica National Park
    Image: Martin Brož / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Paklenica National Park

    Park

    Paklenica National Park is National park of two limestone gorges on the southern slopes of the Velebit massif, nearby northeast of Zadar near Starigrad. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Plitvice Lakes National Park
    Image: Pablo BM from London, England / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Plitvice Lakes National Park

    Lake

    Plitvice Lakes National Park is National park of sixteen terraced tufa lakes and waterfalls in a karst mountain area, nearby northeast of Zadar. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Roški Waterfall
    Image: Harald Hetzner / Wikimedia Commons, CC0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Roški Waterfall

    Nature area

    Roški Waterfall is a waterfall reachable from Zadar as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Sakarun
    Image: Laurent de Walick from The Hague, The Netherlands / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Sakarun

    Beach

    Sakarun is a beach reachable from Zadar as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Skradinski buk
    Image: Bengt Oberger / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Skradinski buk

    Nature area

    Skradinski buk is a waterfall reachable from Zadar as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Slanica Beach
    Image: ANDREJ NEUHERZ / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Slanica Beach

    Beach

    Slanica Beach is a beach reachable from Zadar as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Vela Sabuša
    Image: scudici / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Vela Sabuša

    Beach

    Vela Sabuša is a beach reachable from Zadar as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Velebit
    Image: Highonsteep / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Velebit

    Mountain area

    Velebit is Largest mountain range in Croatia along the Adriatic, protected as a nature park, rising northeast and north of Zadar. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Verified source record.

  • Verified Wikimedia Commons image of Zrće
    Image: Croq / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only.

    Croatia · Southeastern Europe

    Zrće

    Beach

    Zrće is a beach reachable from Zadar as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.

    Partially verified source record.

How to use this page

This page is a planning surface. Records do not publish exact distances, travel times, transport schedules, opening hours, ticket prices, restaurant or hotel recommendations, attraction rankings, or live access status.

  • Start with the Zadar city profile to anchor the location and country context.
  • Compare the nearby place records above against your origin city’s transport and access patterns.
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Verification status legend

The status shown on each card reflects the level of source verification: a matched Wikidata identity together with an official URL is shown as verified, an identity match without a confirmed official URL is shown as partially verified, and records not yet matched to a stable identifier are shown as pending review.

Verified source record
6
Partially verified source record
13

Sources and methodology

Nearby weekend places are sourced exclusively from Wikidata — primary identifier (QID), coordinates (P625), and official website (P856) — together with the linked operator (park authority, municipality, heritage body, or UNESCO official page) where Wikidata’s P856 points at it. Records do not publish fixed itineraries, attraction rankings, restaurant or hotel recommendations, event or festival dates, ticket prices, hotel or flight prices, opening hours, transport schedules, exact travel times, exact distances, weather forecasts, crime rates, or any “best” / “must-see” / “safest” / “cheapest” claims. Verify access, opening times, weather, health, and safety details with the official source linked on each record before departure. Read the scoring methodology for how structured indicators are constructed, and the data sources registry for the official publishers cited across the platform.

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