The island of Pag is the fifth largest island among Croatia’s islands in northern Adriatic and also one with the longest shoreline of 302.47 km. The island of Pag exists on an area of 305 km² and it is approximately 60 km long (from its northwest to southeast end), and its wideness vary from 2 and 10 km.
The southwestern coastline of the island of Pag is low down (that is the Pag Bay with the great Caska Cove), and the northwestern is vertical and elevated (Stara Novalja Bay). The majority of the island is rock-strewn and smaller parts are covered with Mediterranean vegetation. Velo Blato and Malo Blato are two small lakes on the southeastern part of the island. The island’s main crest is Sveti Vid.

Pag and Novalja are two major towns on the island, the biggest and most fluctuant in every sense of living and of course in theirs tourist offer. Nevertheless, there are also several less significant villages and tourist spots for you to consider when going on vacation to the island of Pag.

Type of weather on the island of Pag is Mediterranean. Such climatic conditions are suitable for vine growing (the genuine sort is Žutica) and people on the island of Pag use them well. Vegetables and fruit are also grown in the valleys and fields of this beautiful island, although not as much as other products (vine and olive oil). Olive trees are mainly planted on the peninsula Luna and the production of olive oil is fine developed.
Furthermore, people on the island of Pag breed sheep that are to be thankful for the famous Pag cheese.

The folklore on the island of Pag is also making of the Pag lace.
Salt production is also an activity that made the island of Pag worldwide known.
Key places on the island of Pag are linked by a road and a 300m-long arc bridge. There is also an option of using a ferry connection to the shoreline on the northern part of the island – Prizna – Žigljen. Main ports and villages are Pag, Novalja, Stara Novalja, Dinjiška,Lun, Gajac, Kolan, Mandre, Metajna, Šimuni, Valšiči and Povljana.

In the history the island of Pag was colonized by the Illyrian tribe named Liburnians (the ruins of a fort and a necropolis near Kolan, in Mihovilje near Novalja, in Dabor and Vidasov Kant present a proof of their existence). Grounds where you can find tumuli from the Bronze Age lie stuck between little islets of Kosljun and Simun. If you are a history lover, be sure that you’ll get a proper dose of excitement and mystery on this island connected to its great history attaching Romans and Illyrian tribes. Here, history lies all around you, mixed with present in the most subtle way.