Zadar Airport was formally a flight school that served the Croatian Air Force. Today it is ranked as an international airport serving the city of Zadar in Croatia. Zadar airstrip is located about 8km from the city’s main railway station in Zemunik Donji region.
Zadar is a City filled with history, culture and exquisite scenery. There are dozens of monuments and places of interest that catch the traveler’s eye each time they fly into Zadar Airport. And all these places are open for venture when you first sort out your transport plans from the airport to a suitable hotel. How about a car hire? You will be glad that this top class airport in Croatia has the leading brand names in rentals to serve you; Budget, Hertz, Alamo, Europcar and Sixt are 5 of the best you can vouch for.
However, before you have your car hire fueled up ready for a drive off, why not walk around Zadar airport and see what you can take home with you. There is a special Duty Free shop covering an area of 213m2. With such a big retail building to shop in, you can never lack a take home gift or some snacks to carry on the way. Duty free shop offers a variety of liquor brands, cigarettes, drinks and sweets. For gift items, there is an array of perfumes, leather accessories, electronics, jewelry, cameras that could be a surprise gift to your love ones courtesy of the Croatian heritage.
Souvenirs and gifts off the list, now for some accommodation; Croatia has several quality hotels that charge good rates to travelers. You don’t have to drive far on your car hire, just near to Zadar Airport in the region of Sokusan, there are several well serviced hotels with the amazing service response. You can have your first amazing night in Zadar at Joso Sokusan Hotel which is rated a 7/10 by travelers. The hotel offers secure parking for your rental 24 hours a day and you may also love it because of its proximity to major sceneries in Zadar.
Also close to Zadar Airport are Hotels Porto Zadar and Vila Anton; they both offer top services like Joso Sokusan hotel with additional services like ATM machines, a multi-culinary restaurant and conference rooms in case you are in town for business as well as pleasure.
Now for the tourist attractions that make Zadar in Croatia famous; there are a number of wonderful monuments and buildings like the Benedictine monastery, St Donat, St Mary, St Krsevan and St Stosija monuments. On your car hire you can drive to the numerous national parks like Kornati, Velebit, Paklenica, Krka and Plitvice. Alongside large and exotic national parks, Zadar in Croatia also boasts of amazing nature walks like Telascica, Vransko Lake and North Velebit; just in case you want a walking break from your rental. If you are in form some ship cruise experience you can drive about 0.6 miles from the city to Jadrolina Ferry; take some amazing pictures of Croatian ships and perhaps have a lovely boat ride experience.
