In an area that is so full of natural marvels, it is hardly possible to pick up out the one jewel other things that glitter. May however see it is in the crown fashioned of 147 silvery fragments in the unique, and mysterious Kornati archipelago to which Biograd n/m is the genuine doorway. In this paradise there is MARINA KORNATI.

         In the Mediterranean, which gave birth to all the gods and the essential things of Western civilisation, temporal relations can hardly be measured by mainland chronometers. It is hardly to be wondered at, then, that the town of Biograd n/m has been keeping humankind company for three millennia by now, as well as by the Croats, who for the last 13 centuries have been looking after the continuity of Mediterranean culture in its Adriatic variant in the area, this has been engraved into the memory of the town by the Eastern Goths, the Romans, the Greeks and the Illyrian Liburnian people.

         Biograd n/m underwent its greatest flowering when it was capital of the medieval Croatian kings, with the King of Croatia and Hungary, Koloman, being actually crowned in the city 1102. There are a great many fascinating memories of the rich and stormy history of the region of Biograd n/m kept in the superbly interesting local museum. Of the ancient buildings of Biograd n/m only the Basilica of St. John (11th century) survived the Venetian sacking of the town in 1125. On the other hand, on the nearby island of Pasman there is still the 800 year old monastery of St. Kuzma and St. Damjan, as well as the slightly more recent (14th century) Franciscan monastery of St. Dujam. In neighbouring Vrana the medieval walls of the Knights Templar still defy time together with the Turkish caravansary in Maskovic, talking volumes of the clash of civilisations that occurred not so long ago, and so far away from the coast of the Adriatic and the town of Biograd n/m.

         Located within easy reach of Split and Zadar airports, and brought close to the centre of Europe by good roads, hardly ten hours away by car or bus, the Biograd n/m of today draws its vital energy from the attractions of the surroundings that make it an alluring destination for those looking for a comfortable holiday in unadulterated nature. In response , up-to-date accommodation has been built, capacity-wise dominated by privately owned villas, apartments and by camps, and in terms of variety of facilities by the Adriatic, Ilirija and Kornati Hotels, with the Crvena Luka tourist village and the Biograd Motel.

         Although Biograd n/m can certainly please guests who spend their days best at night, it is the sea and the sun that are real holiday-making trump cards of this white city (the meaning of the Biograd). The long Pasman Channel is an ideal place for wind-surfing and all other kinds of fun on, in or under the sea. The extra-terrestrial Kornati Islands are certainly a heaven for yachtsmen, and can be reached fastest and easiest from the contemporary Biograd marinas of Kornati and Sangulin with a total of a thousand moorings.

         This city in the centre of the Adriatic is literally a promised land for people who want to revel in a crystal clear sea and yet prefer a dynamic and interesting vacation. For this kind of guest, the people of Biograd n/m have in recent years constructed 20 tennis courts, and also introduced many more things of a sporting and entertainment nature, and also brought the infrastructure of their endless beaches up to date . In a world, the diversity of what is on offer is a guarantee to holidaymakers that they can find whatever is precisely to their taste.

         The vicinity of national parks at sea (Kornati archipelago), in the mountains (Paklenica on Mt. Velebit), on a river (the Falls of Krka) and on the lakes (Plitvice), of a nature park (Telascica on Dugi otok, or Long Island), the very close vicinity of Vrana Lake, richly stocked with fish, its shores teeming with water birds, all give visitors to Biograd n/m the chance to take trips into dream-landscapes, from which they will go back convinced that Biograd n/m must be the capital city of the natural wonders of the world.