CROATIA BEACHES

The most of the beach along Croatian coast are rock beach (about 75%) and the rest (about 25%) are pebble beaches. Pebble beaches are usually situated in the bays and the promontories are always rock made. Sandy beaches are quite rare, but it is usual that every good beach (near cities) have an little part with sand for children.

Nearby cities the beaches are settled by paths and cement terraces to facility the access to the sea. These "constructions" are usually made environmentally compatible and in some places (Riviera of Opatija ...) is hard to imagine that the coast could have ever been different or more beautiful. The water, prevalently, isn't immediately deep and even bad swimmer can enjoy it. Anyway, for the beaches in Croatia, the shoes for a beach are strongly recommended.

Beaches in Croatia

The main advice about beach choice is - don't place you in the nearest beach which one is usually full of the people. There is no private coast in Croatia, almost all beaches are free and all coast is the beach. Try to find some part of it only for yourself, or find some island - you can rent a boat and reach the most beautiful places hardly accessible by road. If you go by car, you will see outside of cities unexpectedly the cars parked along road - that "means" that an nice beach is near.
There are special beaches and camping for a nudists (with FKK sign), but usually outside of cities all beaches become for nudist or "mixed" (in Dugi Otok island, for example).

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Croatia's best beaches:

Biograd: Drazica beach
Brac island, Bol: Zlatni rat (Golden Horn) beach
Brela: Punta Rata & Berulija beaches
Dubrovnik: Banje beach
Dubrovnik: Lokrum beach
Gradac: Gornja Vala beach
Hvar island: Milna & Dubovica beaches
Hvar island: Pakleni islands
Krk island, Baska: Vela plaza (Great Beach)
Krk island, Stara Baska beach
Losinj island, Mali Losinj: Suncana uvala (Sunny Cove)
Makarska Riviera beaches
Nin: Ninska laguna beach
Pag island, Novalja: Zrce beach
Petrcane: Pinija beach
Primosten: Raduca beach
Rab island, Lopar: Rajska plaza (Paradise Beach)
Rabac: Maslinica beach
Rovinj: Crveni Otok
Ugljan island, Kukljica: Zelena Punta beach

ISTRIA

Brijuni islands (romantic)
Liznjan beaches (hidden)
Medulin - Cape Kamenjak (hidden, windsurfing)
Porec (party)
Pula - Stoja (promenade)
Rabac - Girandella (party, windsurfing)
Rabac - Maslinica (best)
Rovinj (romantic)
Rovinj - Crveni Otok (best, nudist)
Rovinj - Valalta beach (nudist)
Savudrija (windsurfing)
Umag - Katoro & Polynesia beaches (family)
Vrsar - Koversada beach (nudist)

KVARNER & HIGHLANDS
Cres island, Lubenice - Sveti Ivan beach (hidden)
Cres island, Valun (romantic)
Crikvenica (family)
Crikvenica - Dramalj (promenade)
Krk island, Baska - Banculuka beach (nudist)
Krk island, Baska - Vela Plaza (best, family, windsurfing)
Krk island, Klimno bay (sandy)
Krk island, Punat - Konobe beach (nudist)
Krk island, Punat (windsurfing)
Krk island, Stara Baska (best)
Krk island, Vrbnik (romantic)
Losinj island, Mali Losinj - Suncana uvala beach (best)
Losinj island - Mali Losinj / Veli Losnij (promenade)
Opatija - Lungo Mare (promenade)
Opatija / Volosko (windsurfing)
Pag island, Novalja - Strasko (nudist)
Pag island, Novalja - Sveti Duh beach (sandy)
Pag island, Novalja - Zrce beach (best, party)
Pag island, Pag - Rucica beach (romantic)
Pag island, Stara Novalja - Trincel beach (sandy)
Rab island, Barbat - Pudarica beach (party)
Rab island, Rab - Kandarola beach (nudist)
Rab island, Lopar - Paradise beach (best, family, sandy)
Rab island, Lopar - Sahara beach (nudist)
Susak island (sandy)

DALMATIA

NORTH

Biograd - Drazica beach (best)
Bisevo island - Porat beach (hidden)
Dugi Otok, Sali - Telascica bay (hidden)
Dugi Otok, Veli Rat- Saharun (party, sandy)
Dugi Rat (family)
Murter island, Murter - Slanica beach (party, sandy)
Nin - Ninska laguna beach (best, family)
Nin area beaches (sandy, nudist)
Petrcane - Pinija beach (best)
Petrcane - Punta Skala beach (nudist)
Primosten - Raduca beach (best)
Ugljan island, Kukljica - Zelena Punta (best)
Ugljan island, Kukljica - Sabusa, Kostanj, Jelenica (sandy, nudist)
Viganj / Sibenik (windsurfing)
Vodice (party)
Vodice - Plava beach (promenade)
Zadar - Zaton beach (family)

CENTRAL
Bisevo island - Porat beach (hidden)
Brac island, Bol - Zlatni Rat beach (best, party, windsurfing)
Brac island, Bol - Paklina beach (nudist)
Brac island, Supetar (hidden)
Brela - Punta Rata & Berulija beaches (best, family)
Brela - Vrulja beach (romantic)
Dugi Rat (family)
Gradac - Gornja Vala beach (best)
Hvar island (party)
Hvar island, Hvar - Pakleni beaches (best, nudist)
Hvar island, Hvar - Palmizana beach (romantic)
Hvar island, Jelsa (family, party)
Hvar island - Mlaska beach (sandy)
Hvar island, Milna & Dubovica (best)
Hvar island, Sucuraj (romantic)
Hvar island, Zavala & Sveta Nedjelja (hidden)
Makarska Riviera beaches (best, family, promenade)
Omis Riviera beaches (family, sandy)
Split - Bacvice beach (party)
Split - Riva & Marjan (promenade)
Trogir, Ciovo - Okrug beach (party)
Trogir, Ciovo - Saldun beach (sandy)
Trogir - Pantan beach (family)
Trogir / Seget - Medena beach (family, promenade)
Tucepi - Nugal beach (nudist)
Vis island - Stoncica & Zaglav beaches (sandy)
Vis island beaches (hidden)
Zivogosce (romantic)

SOUTH
Dubrovnik - Banje beach (best)
Dubrovnik - Copacabana beach (family)
Dubrovnik - Lapad beach (family, sandy)
Dubrovnik - Lokrum beach (best, nudist)
Dubrovnik / Brsecine - Veli zal beach and Dubrovnik's nightlife (party)
Kolocep (hidden)
Korcula island, Korcula - Korculanska bay beach (family)
Korcula, Lumbarda (sandy)
Korcula island, Vela Luka - Proizd beach (nudist)
Korcula island beaches (romantic, hidden)
Lastovo island beaches (hidden)
Lopud island - Sunj beach (sandy, nudist)
Mlini (nudist)
Mljet island, Saplunara beach (sandy)
Mljet island beaches (romantic)
Orebic - Trstenica beach (family, sandy)
Peljesac peninsula beaches (romantic)
Plat (hidden)
Ston - Prapratno beach (sandy)
Viganj (windsuirfing)
Zuljana - Vucine beach (hidden)

 

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