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Autumn in Novalja: Why Pag Is Best After the Crowds
Mild weather, olive harvest, empty trails and cheese tastings: why autumn is a wonderful time to visit Novalja and Pag.
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Mild weather, olive harvest, empty trails and cheese tastings: why autumn is a wonderful time to visit Novalja and Pag.
A small mosaic floor behind a little church in the centre of Novalja is one of the town’s quietest treasures.
From Zavratnica and Rab to Silba, Olib and Maun, here is how to choose a boat day trip from Novalja and Lun.
Bad weather on Pag? Spend it underground in a Roman aqueduct, in a cheese cellar in Kolan and over a long konoba dinner.
Six centuries of needle lace from Pag town: its convent origins, what makes it UNESCO-listed, where to see it and how to buy the real thing.
Pag has made salt for over a thousand years. Here is how it is made, what to see and how to fit the salt pans into a day out from Novalja.
Follow the coast road south-east out of Novalja, past Caska and the turning for Vidalići and Zubovići, and the asphalt
Novalja looks like a beach town from the water and a moonscape from a bike saddle. Ride a few hundred
Town centre, right behind Zrce, Camping Straško, or the quiet lanes of Stara Novalja — how to pick the right base for your trip to Pag.
Drive five kilometres north out of Novalja, past the last apartment blocks and the turn-off for the bridge, and the
Sea caves, stone stacks and glassy morning bays — how to get out on the water around Novalja, from the Pag Bay kayak tour to renting a small boat without a licence.
Two kilometres south of Novalja, the road bends around a wide, shallow cove where the water goes glassy in the