Excursionen

Vodice is a tourist center known for its liveliness, varied tourist offer and friendly hosts. In 1402 Vodice is first mentioned in scriptures. At this time, the coast was sparsely populated, where boats docked and there was a market. Drinking water was the most important commodity and with this was traded until the end of the 19th century. The water wells were the real reason why the place was just here. In the center of the village is still the built in 1646 tower of Coric. It was built by the wealthy Fondra family from Sibenik as a summer house. Today Vodice is a popular tourist center, the most famous in the central Adriatic.

The Krka National Park is located 20km north of Vodice. This is open all year for visitors.

In the national park are various hiking trails, boat tours, presentations, souvenir shops, a museum and restaurants.
The source Krka is located by the waterfall Topoljski buk (22 m), which is no longer in the territory of the National Park, but is also under conservation. In addition to many small waterfalls, the river also has eight large, seven of them within the National Park Krka. The largest of them are these: Manojlovački slapovi (waterfall with a total height of 59.6 m and 1 main level of 32 m)
Skradinski buk (17 steps with a total height of 45.7 m)

The best starting point in the Kornati islands is 20 km southwest of the city of Vodice. In total, the national park consists of 89 islands and rocks. The largest island is called Kornat.
The vegetation on the islands is largely sparse. The islands are made of limestone and is little overgrown. There are neither water courses, nor water sources.
Also from Vodice are offered in the summer months almost daily trips to the National Park Kornati.
Immediately north of the Kornati National Park is the Telaščica Nature Park. In some places, the steep coast reaches up to 90 m below sea level (as in the islands Piškera and Rasip). The highest, steeply sloping rocks are found on the island of Klobučar (82 m above sea level).

The Plitvice Lakes National Park is located 120 km north of the town of Vodice. This is the largest Croatian national park in terms of area.
At the same time, it is the oldest national park in southeastern Europe.
It was founded in 1949 and is located in the hilly karst area of Central Croatia.
The National Park area covers 297 square kilometers and is world famous for its cascading lakes, of which 16 are currently visible on the surface.
The extended area of the national park is one of the last in Europe, where a variety of wild bears and wolves are still found.

The Paklenica National Park is located in the Velebit massif, 45 km northwest of the city of Vodice.

Paklenica means "little hell" in Croatian, the name was born, probably because of the rough and steep karstic rocks, which contain numerous hidden caves, and which are illuminated by the sun, the association with the underworld arouse.

The total area of this national park is 96 square kilometers. The national park provides habitat for many rare and protected species: brown bears, lynxes, snake eagles, griffon vultures living in the national park. In addition, numerous reptiles also live: poisonous horn vipers and common otters occur relatively frequently in the karst.

The city of Zadar is located 55 km northwest of the city of Vodice.
Zadar is a city with 3000 years of history and an outstanding cultural heritage.
Above all, the Roman and Venetian ruins, located on the peninsula old town are known. On the city walls are several Venetian gates and the Roman Forum.
Tourist attractions include the Sea Organ with a greeting to the sun (through solar panels and lights games).
The Riva is a prestigious city promenade overlooking the Zadar Channel and the islands of Ugljan and Pašman.

The "capital of Dalmatia" is called Split and is located 65 km from Vodice. Downtown Split with the Diocletian's Palace was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979.
The Diocletian's Palace is an ancient building complex that served as a retirement home for the Roman Emperor Diocletian, who was the only Roman emperor in 305 AD. voluntarily resigned, together with his co-emperor Maximian.
The palace remained after the death of Diocletian in the possession of the Roman emperors. It is known that the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Julius Nepos, found refuge in the palace in 475 AD. The Palace of Diocletian today forms the city center of the port city of Split and was converted into an inhabited fortress after the Roman era.

Trogir one of the most beautiful port cities in Croatia and is located about 45 kilometers east of Vodice. The entire old town of Trogir is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Trogir was already in the 3rd century AD. known as the Greek settlement Tragurion. In the year 1107, the Hungarian King Koloman recognized the city's autonomy rights to 1123. In 1242, Hungarian King Béla IV sought refuge here from the Tartars. In 1420, the long period of Venetian rule began.
After the fall of Venice in 1797 Trogir was until 1918 Austrian (with the exception of the French occupation from 1806 to 1814) and then fell to the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

The city of Dubrovnik is southeast of Vodice. The drive takes about 3.5 hours.

The city is known as the "Pearl of the Adriatic" and is called "Croatian Athens".
The entire Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Dubrovnik is definitely something special! The old town is surrounded by a magnificent walled fortress, which you can also visit, from which one has a beautiful view of both the Altsctadt, as well as on the offshore islands.