Things to do in Novalja

Novalja is the summer party base on the island of Pag, best known as the gateway to the Zrće beach clubs a short trip along the coast — an open-air strip of clubs and day-to-night parties that runs in summer only, roughly June to September, and sits quiet the rest of the year.

The island connects to the mainland two ways: the Pag Bridge in the south, a direct road link, or the Prizna–Žigljen ferry crossing in the north, a shorter hop by sea.

Novalja itself is a working town with a harbour and a older core, not a resort built purely for nightlife, and it sits well apart from the medieval streets of Pag town and the salt pans and lagoon of Nin, both reachable on the same island trip. Some catalogue listings include Zrće party boats sailing from the coast nearby.