Active tourism Island Zirje

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.

Žirje is a small island located in the  Sibenik archipelago. It's 12Nm distant from the city of Sibenik. The island spreads from the north west to the south east and it's considered a natural prolongation of the islands Kornati. Zirje is connected with a main land by boat lines and trough the main season with ferry also.

The bays of Mala and Velika Stupica are natural barriers for the yachtsmen that are in search for peaceful spots while the divers will be thrilled by the surrounding underwater world, especially with a protected area in the bay of Koromasnja where is located an antique ship with anchors on 40 m of depth.  The island is surrounded by many little islands and the island has numerous bays and beautiful beaches on its own. Zirje is recognizable by its natural beauties, the crystal sea and few monuments that testify the history of the island. The most important agricultural activities are vine cultivation, olive trees growing and fruits especially the figs.

On the whole island there are signed bike tracks that allow reaching each...