Kolovare
Guide to Kolovare Beach, Zadar
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.
Kolovare is the beach Zadar walks to. It sits on the first bay south east of the peninsula, reached in about fifteen minutes along the seafront promenade, which…Kolovare is the beach Zadar walks to. It sits on the first bay south east of the peninsula, reached in about fifteen minutes along the seafront promenade, which means it fills with locals after work as much as with visitors. The shoreline mixes concrete bathing platforms with stretches of pebble, there are ladders into deeper water off the rocks, and the whole front is lined with cafes, a few beach bars and several hotels looking straight out at the water.
It is a working city beach rather than a resort one: showers, loungers for hire and a lifeguard in season, but no pine shade to speak of and no quiet. That proximity is the point. Anyone staying inside the walls can swim here between sightseeing and be back on Kalelarga in a quarter of an hour, which is not true of Borik or the island beaches.
Nearby places in Zadar
Other places around the bay, sorted by distance.
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.
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.
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.
Diklo
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.
Sukosan
Sukosan lies ten kilometres south east of Zadar and holds Marina Dalmacija, one of the largest marinas on the Adriatic and the usual start point for a yacht charter.
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.