If you imagine a park to be a carefully tended area of grass, dotted with flower beds and an ornamental lake, think again. The Šibenik region of Dalmatia has two of them, 50km apart, totally different.
The Kornati is a coastal park, an archipelago comprising 147 islands, islets, rocks, reefs and sheer cliffs of rugged beauty dotting a sea that offers ideal, if challenging, sailing conditions. Add the ability to organise quality business gatherings against a background of real-life incentive opportunities and you are getting close. The result is an indelibly memorable experience. The Krka National Park, on the other hand, lies inland and covers the course of the River Krka with its weird travertine barriers and natural waterfalls forming silky lakes of breathless beauty. It is almost impossible to refrain from reaching for a camera.
These two quite opposite salt and fresh water landscapes characterise the extremes found in this extraordinary slice of the earth’s crust. Stay awhile and the old folk and their ways of life, customs and hospitality, will become increasingly familiar.
Šibenik, Primošten, Vodice – these three are the most prominent of the developed tourist resorts. Some are bigger, some smaller, but in this area all are well known to those who enjoy beautiful nature – coastal or pastoral.