During Venetian rule, Pag’s citizens were exempt from participation in military campaigns due to the importance of salt production. However, Ivan Petar Kašić waived the exemption and participated in one of the most important battles in history: the Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
The construction of Pag’s Benedictine Convent of St. Margaret began right after the new town of Pag was established, as a memorial to the former church and convent in the Old Town.
All you need for a “Robinson” day excursion is willingness and bathing accessories. Leave the rest to your captain, Neli Rumora, one of the pioneers of the Robinson tourism on the Adriatic coast, beginning in 1986.
Paklenica National Park is situated on the coastal slope of southern Velebit. It encompasses the watercourses of Velika and Mala Paklenica, their recognizable canyons which were vertically cut into the southern slope of Velebit and the wider environs.
Until the mid-19th century, the town of Pag was encircled by sizeable and lovely walls with defence towers. Pag had several town gates, and the largest was in the Katine section, called the Porta Marina. Only the lintel of Rector Nikola Tiepolo remains preserved from this gate. The Minor Gate was a little farther south.
Izlet započinje u 9.30 sati s glavne gradske rive u Pagu. Za vrijeme izleta, posada poslužuje goste aperitivom, keksima te sokom i vinom. Nakon sat i pol dugačke vožnje dolazi se do uvale Caska, odnosno do prve stanke koja je smještena tik uz najpoznatiju plažu na Jadranu – Zrće. Tu se brod usidri na pola sata, a gosti se mogu osvježiti u čistome moru.