Active tourism Ist Island

Active tourism is a temporary travel and stay, which is the main motive for recreation, outside his residence. Because of the need to participate in physical activities, visits and desires for watching various sporting events or any active or passive involvement in sporting activities on a personal level or the organized tourist destination for tourists prepare a variety of sports and recreational offerings. Thus, the capacity of accommodations are sports fields, gyms, fitness gym and other sports and recreational facilities are increasingly under the control of professional trainers. For lovers of active tourism prepared various adventure specialties such as rafting, kayaking, scuba diving, paragliding, climbing the cliffs of mountains, diving the depths of the sea, the wild nature cycling, caving, air tourism and other ordinary and unusual sports. The nature of man's movement, and accelerated pace of life, stress and more sitting and not moving during the work, on vacation people make up sport.

Ist is a small island located in the archipelago of Zadar. It has a surface of 10 km 2. The highest peak on the island is Straza (Guardian) on which is situated a little church with a magnificent view. The island has 250 permanent habitants. For a long period Ist was a favorite destinations for yachtsman, divers and fishermans. On the island is situated a little marine which makes the location more attractive for yachtsman. Ist is surrounded with numerous little islands and cliffs. What makes him so attractive for tourists it's his interesting shape that reminds on two connected horseshoe with many interspersed sandy bays.

On the island are located two well equipped shops, bars, restaurants and a pizza place.

In the centre of the island is istuated a sandy beach with a pine forrest in the vicinity.

The island is an ideal place to escape from the town crowd and it's a true paradise for the nature lovers. On Ist are forbidden motor vheicles, that surely contributes to a beautiful and untouched nature. The hospitable...