Located directly on the Bay of Zadar, with panoramic sea views and spectacular sunsets from the bedroom and living-dining room, this restored Villa Vlahov flat boasts 3.5 meter ceilings, original herringbone wood floors and terrazzo, imported Italian Pastorelli porcelain tiles, French doors, and modern Sphera kitchen. The apartment is fully equipped with longer stays in mind. The kitchen has all Whirlpool appliances, refrigerator, oven, induction stovetop, and dishwasher. Coffee station has a drip coffee machine and espresso stovetop and bean grinder, water cooker, tea filters, and toaster. Plus everything else you need to cook, as if you were at home. We provide extra linens, towels, beach chairs, beach towels, and soft cool pack. The bathroom has a bathtub and shower head, washer-dryer, hairdryer, and we provide shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, and laundry soap. You can watch the sunset from the dinner table, which seats 6 people comfortably. The L shaped couch is 3 meters in length on one side and 2 meters on the other, and easily converts into two twin beds, or one queen-sized bed. The Samsung flatscreen TV offers Netflix. There is an air conditioning-heating unit in the bedroom and living room, with shutters, mosquito screens. In the bedroom, there is a wardrobe, lounge chair by the window, king-size bed, and a writing desk. Exiting the front garden, to the left you a 15 minute walk to the old town, to the right 25 to the marina and Puntamika wild beaches. There is free parking on premise, first come-first serve, and a bus stop directly outside the apartment. We have compiled a list of our favorite restaurants, beaches, hiking, along with practical information, which we can send by email and is also in a guest book in the apartment. If you would like a cleaning service to come during your stay we can make arrangements for that. We look forward to hosting you at Vlahov spirit.

Welcome to Vlahov spirit. Zadar is our second home, and we hope it will feel that way for you as well. This is a family owned business. Candace is an artist and curator, currently doing her Phd in Literary and Cultural Studies, and Josip is a research assistant and lecturer at the University of Zadar. We have two children and purchased this beautiful apartment both as an investment, but also as our family holiday house as well, which is why we took so much care in its renovation, design, and decor. When we're in Zadar, we love taking the children to the sand beaches at Nin Laguna beach and tiny inlets of Ljaljkovača Bay in Vrsi, and go for a walk on Otok Zečevo. We daily go to Tržnica Zadar to buy local fish, meat, vegetables, fruits, eggs, and cheese. We swim every late afternoon at the wild beaches at Puntamika, just past the lighthouse, or take a swim directly in front of the apartment next to the Cafe Bar Marex. We frequently visit the playgrounds at Športski centar Višnjik, then have a beer at the craftbrewery Brlog, directly across the street. For a day trips, we visit the national park Paklenica, Krka, Plitvice Lakes, and the Zrmanja river canyon, all an hour drive from Zadar. For special occasions, we take a boat tour to the Kornati islands. Some of our favorite restaurants are Sfinga next door, Stari most, and peka from Sabunjar. The best ice cream is Bob's Rock's Ice cream shop, cakes from Art Kavana, or Coffee and Cake. We were married at the vineyard and restaurant Boškinac, if you're interested in fine dining it was voted the best restaurant in Croatia several years in a row. We wish you a wonderful stay in Zadar.

The Villa Vlahov is in the historical maritime neighborhood Brodarica , along a stretch of summer villas built at the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th century. Italian architect, Giuseppe Testa from Trieste, modeled his Post-Romanticist mixture of styles in his design of the building, emulating the classicist Zadar court house. The facade has Neo-Gothic windows and Neo-Romanesque ornaments. The Vlahov family produced walnut liqueur and was a competitor of the more famous Luxardo liqueur factory which operated in Zadar just down the street. From the apartment, walk along the bay to reach the walking bridge to the old town peninsula, or be rowed across by the barkajoli, a tradition dating back to 1651.