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We visited Zadar 6 years ago and now that we were back there really wasn't anything new to see. It's a beautiful city if you want to visit it once, but since it's very tourist oriented we would not recommend going there again. The service in most places is unfriendly, the place is overrun with tourists and the eating-out options are all very expensive with food that is not that great.

Beautiful old town city center. Lots of good restaurantes, plus a super vegan restaurant. Lots of boat tour possibility to the surrounding islands. Very good fruit veggie and fishmarket. The local people are very friendly.

You cannot buy a coffee and cake in a cafe. I believe its to do with the smoking rules. No smoking with food. So the smoking gets priority. We had to buy cake in bakery and bring to coffee shop for a coffee. How mad is that. Very nice scenery and walks. Had to find our own way to the ferry for the islands. To much emphasis on flogging tours at inflated prices. Tried to book a tour that had no swimming time snorkling or meals jus a plain sight seeing tour of the islands. No luck. Uber taxis very reasonable and prompt . Excellent. Bus fares very reasonable. Prices at the airport a joke . Plain water €3.5 . In Dublin €1.0

Zadar is a very nice place. This was our 5th visit and we will be back. I recommend to rent a car and travel up and down the coast and see the beaches .A must is to visit Sibenik down the coast and Vir and Pag islands up the coast.

We have stayed in many places in Croatia. Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnick, Istria are just a few. Trying something new, we booked. Zadar. TBH, I was only aware of Zadar because of the singing sea front. We were very pleasantly surprised on our arrival. The city is beautifull. There has obviously been alot of money spent improving, well, everything. And it is working. Arriving September, which I thought was "off season" to find evrywhere busy. Not mobbed as in July/ August, but more than I thought. Restaurant prices reflected this affluent part of thworld, but this is the norm these days. Still managed to find some excellent value eateries. Bottom line - one of our better Croatian holidays.

Plenty to see and do in Zadar. Most of the town is within reasonable walking distance so not too big for anyone with mobility issues like myself. Quite flat in most parts too. Maybe 5 days would be ideal. Well located for boat trips and the ferry services to other islands. Would stay again but use as a base to visit other parts of the region as well. Although restaurants provide no smoking areas internally, externally and in bars not serving food, smoking is quite a big issue for us non smokers and can at times be uncomfortable.