Motorhomers on Tour : The Tiny Island of Nin

Sonny (the motorhome) is on a small campsite in Zaton - Autocamp Peros (N44.22983° E15.17295°) near the island of Nin, in the shadow of pine, olive and fig Trees.

We are managing to squeeze out the last of the sun down in Croatia but we know it won’t be for much longer. Temperatures are struggling to get to a max of 24°C now but we are still managing a dip in the campsite pool.

Across the road from us is Zaton Holiday Resort that has 1500 plots – wow it is massive. It is controlled by security guards and barriers but we managed to just walk in. It took us about 30 minutes to walk around it and looking at the motorhomes and campers there is every nationality here! It is an ACSI site and only costs €2 euros more than Autocamp Peros but everything you use you have to pay extra for and has a feel of Butlins about it, with loud speakers announcing everything and music blasting out everywhere. In comparison Peros takes 60 motorhomes/ campers/ tents but there are only about 10 motorhomes on here and it is lovely and quiet – oh my goodness I sound so old all of a sudden!

Watching the sun set over the sea near to the campsite

A couple of kilometres up the road is the pretty Dalmatian town of Nin, which sits on a small island in the middle of a shallow lagoon and connected to the mainland by 2 stone bridges. It is the oldest Croatian royal city. To get to it you pass through the salt works that has been producing salt for thousands of years and is also know for its medicinal mud which apparently has cured many illnesses.

Stone Bridge and Lower Gate into Nin

The still waters of the lagoon overlooking the Velebit Mountains

The bronze statue of Grgur Ninski (Gregory of Nin). We first saw a monument of him in Split and the same tradition of rubbing his big toe to bring you luck still applies. Well, it’s worth giving it a try!

The town is over 3 thousand years old still surrounded by the town walls and gates, with remains of the Romans in the form of a Roman temple and house.