Diklo
Guide to Diklo, Zadar
Diklo is a quiet coastal suburb north west of Borik, mostly apartments and family houses along a low rocky shore with small coves and long sunset views.
Diklo sits at the far north western end of Zadar's built-up coast, past Borik and Puntamika, and is residential in a way the resort bays are not. Accommodation…Diklo sits at the far north western end of Zadar's built-up coast, past Borik and Puntamika, and is residential in a way the resort bays are not. Accommodation here is apartments and rooms in family houses rather than hotels, prices run below the centre, and the shoreline is low rock broken by small pebble coves with concrete platforms, quiet enough that you can usually find space in August.
The trade is distance: the Old Town is roughly six kilometres away, so most stays here assume a car or a reliable bus. What Diklo gives back is a west-facing shore looking towards Ugljan, which makes it one of the better places in the city for the sunsets Zadar is known for, and a few long-standing konobas and pizzerias that serve a local crowd rather than a passing one.
Nearby places in Zadar
Other places around the bay, sorted by distance.
Borik
Borik is Zadar's resort strip four kilometres north west of the Old Town, with most of the larger hotels, a marina, a campsite and the city's main swimming beach.
Petrcane
Petrcane is a village on a wooded headland twelve kilometres north west of Zadar, with pine-backed coves, a small harbour and the Punta Skala resort complex.
Old Town
The Old Town fills a walled peninsula where the Roman forum, St Donatus, Kalelarga and Five Wells Square all sit within a ten minute walk of each other.
Kolovare
Kolovare is the beach nearest the Old Town, a fifteen minute walk south east along the shore, backed by a promenade of cafes and a handful of hotels.
Gazenica
Gazenica is Zadar's ferry and cruise port, four kilometres south east of the Old Town, handling the island lines and the large ships that once used the city quay.
Nin
Nin is a small island town fifteen kilometres north west of Zadar, known for the shallow sandy lagoon at Queen's Beach, working salt pans and the church of the Holy Cross.