Cultural tourism Metajna

Cultural tourism is defined as travel persons outside the residence with a view to the search for new experiences and experiences that meet their cultural needs. Cultural tourism also includes visits to cultural and historical sites in the distant and recent history of the tourist destinations, museums and galleries, churches, musical and theatrical events and performances, music and, more recently and visits to concerts of pop culture. That is considered to be cultural tourism motivated learning about cultural heritage, art and culture of life and work in the nation visited tourist area. Characteristics of demand for this type of culture is characterized by the fact that it is a broad spectrum of tourists covering different age groups and education, but with an indication that interest in culture increases with age. Cultural tourism is a younger branch of tourism that emerges from the needs of all educated tourists and their needs work on myself, learning and entertainment needs through introducing the history and tradition, and is motivated by the creative cultural activities related to the activities that have been preserved from the past such as learning traditional skills through cultural tourism product with religion, gastronomy and tourism literature or contemporary art production.

In the central area of the island of Pag, on the south side of the protected Pag bay is situated the village Metajna.

From the city of Novalja Metajna is 12 km distant.

This little tourist place welcomed its first tourists in 1928. An amazing play of nature on this area, left an incredible landscapes. On the south-east area of the location is spread one f the most denuded area in Croatia, inadequate for living but rich of medicinal herbs, while on the north-west part the vegetation becomes more dense.

A marvellous view that embraces the whole bay, the sandy beach, the near hills with low Mediterranean vegetation and many vineyards form an unforgettable picture.

It's interesting that in a place is located an unfailing source of mineral water and an area with a healing mud on the nearest beach and it's characteristics are well known in the healing of rheumatic diseases.

The hosts will prepare to You the sea food specialities and will offer You a vine from their cells, the famous ovine...