Biograd is first mentioned as a royal Croatian city in the mid 10th century in the travel
book of the emperor Constantine Porphyrogennetos. In the 11th century it was the seat of
Croatian kings.
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Location and climate
Biograd, a town and a harbour in north Dalmatia, is situated on the
peninsula surrounded by modern marinas looking onto the beautiful
sea strait of the Pasman channel and the islands scattered in it.
It is surrounded by national parks Paklenica, Kornati and Krka as well
as nature parks Telascica and Vransko jezero.
The climate has the basic characteristics of the Mediterranean climate
with extremely dry summers and mild winters. The average temperature
throughout the year is above 15 °C, the average temperature of the
warmest month (July) is 24 °C, whereas of the coldest (January) 12 °C.
Insulation amounts to around 2500 hours per year, while in July the
sun shines 10 to 12 hours daily.
History and sights
Biograd is first mentioned as a royal Croatian city in the mid 10th century in the travel
book of the emperor Constantine Porphyrogennetos. In the 11th century it was the seat of
Croatian kings. During the Venice-Turkish
wars the city suffered severe damages and it was completely
destroyed in 1646.
Only the remaining of the St. John's monastery are preserved - a
basilica with three bell-towers that are also preserved. Furthermore,
St. Tom's basilica is preserved only partly, and close the centre of the
ancient town a ruin of the small church with an arcade and early medieval Croatian
national heraldic sign is found. The parish church of St. Anastasia, with baroque
altars (one of them being made of gold-plated wood), is built in the mid-
18th century.
In the surrounding area there are prehistoric sites and remains of
the Roman aqueduct. The town museum has an archaeological collection
with prehistoric, Roman and early Medieval findings, as well as the
ship’s cargo from the end of the 16th century.
Today
Nowadays Biograd is a typical tourist town that has become (due to its
location) a prominent tourist as well as nautical centre with excellently
equipped marinas „Kornati” and „Sangulin”, but also a commercial and
traffic centre with good connections with the surrounding area.
The bay Soline in the southern part of the town has a large pebble beach, surrounded with pine trees, and one of
the biggest and best equipped tennis camps in this part of the Adriatic
is situated in its vicinity.
How to arrive?
By plane
You can reach Biograd in two ways: either travel from the airport
Zadar that is approximately 25 km drive by car or bus, or from the
airport Split that is around 120 km far away.
By car or bus
If traveling by car or bus from the direction of Zagreb toward Biograd,
the fastest way is via highway, driving in the direction Split.
Since the Adriatic highway passes near Biograd, it is no problem to
reach it from the direction Trieste - Rijeka - Zadar.
By ship
If traveling by ship, you can use one of the regular ferry lines from
Rijeka or Dubrovnik toward Zadar or international ferry lines from Ancona
toward Zadar.