Fifty square kilometres of Mediterranean coastline. Around six thousand permanent residents gathered into seven small fishing villages along the eastern shore. The western side, where steep cliffs meet the open Adriatic, is almost entirely uninhabited.
Locally, Ugljan is called the Green Island. The name fits: an estimated 700,000 olive trees grow here, some of them more than two thousand years old, and the oil pressed from them is regarded as among the finest in Croatia. Stone walls thread the hillsides. Fig trees and vineyards mark the slopes. Small coves cut into the coast where the water runs clear over white pebbles.
Roughly thirty minutes door-to-door from Zadar’s old town, including ferry. Within easy reach of the Sea Organ, the Monument to the Sun, restaurants, and beaches. Zadar Airport connects directly with destinations across Europe.
The Mediterranean climate brings long, dry summers, with sea temperatures between 21°C and 26°C from July through September.