Private apartments on Adriatic / Croatia Dalmatina - Croatia

We invite you to spend your holidays in Murter, a picturesque
small town on the island of Murter in Croatia.

Apartment 1 for 2+2 persons
One bedroom , kitchen with livingroom, bathroom and balcony
AIRCONDITIONER - SATTV - GRILL - PARKING

Apartment 2 for 2+3 persons
One bedroom , kitchen with livingroom, bathroom and balcony
AIRCONDITIONER - SATTV - GRILL - PARKING

Apartment 3 for 2+2 persons
One bedroom , kitchen with livingroom, bathroom and balcony
AIRCONDITIONER - SATTV - GRILL - PARKING

MURTER, an island in the north-western part of the Sibenik archipelago; area 18.6 sq km (length 11 km, width up to 2.8 km); population 5,192. The island is separated from the mainland by the narrow Murter channel. In the north-west there are fertile Quaternary deposits (sandy soils). The highest peak is Raduc (125 m). The limestone part of the island is covered with sparse vegetation. The mostly steep south-western coast is indented by smaller coves; the cove of Kosirina is used as a dock for smaller vessels during the bora. A beach, a restaurant and a campsite are located in the cove of Slanica. On the north-eastern coast are favourable docks for larger vessels (the cove of Jezera and the port of Tisno). The villages of Murter (with Hramina) and Betina developed in the north-west of the island, around a sandy field with numerous wells. Tisno lies in the narrowest part of the Murter channel; over the strait is a 37.5-m long drawbridge. Chief occupations are farming, growing of olives, fruit and vegetables, livestock breeding and fishing. The regional road runs throughout the island. The earliest inhabitants of the island were the Illyrians (remains of the Illyrian-Roman settlement of Collentum near Betina). In the Middle Ages the island was called Srimac; the name Insula Mortarii was also mentioned. In the 13th century there were two villages on the island, Veliko Selo (Big Village) (today's Murter) and Jezera (Lakes); Betina and Tisno developed most probably during the Turkish invasions.

The villages of Murter

Situated at the "gate" of the Kornati archipelago (the inhabitants of Murter are owners of a greater part of the lands), Murter is one of the favourite destinations of boaters and those who prefer peaceful vacations. The beginnings of tourism in Murter date back to the 1930s, when the so-called Czech Villa was built in the cove of Slanica, today the rest home of the Trade Union Federation.

Murter offers various forms of accommodation (hotel, apartments, marina), nice and quiet -bea-ches, a number of restaurants and inns. Each visitor will gladly visit the Kornati archipelago because excursions are daily organized during the tourist season. Murter has a number of sports facilities (tennis, basketball, indoor football). Water sports are also possible. Various sports competitions are organized in the summer months. A kind of introduction into the sports season is the regatta Murter - Kornati, held in April. Traditional feasts include: St. Roch (Rocco) (16th of August) and the Murter feast of the Birth of Mary (8th of September); the most important cultural event is the Drama Amateurs Festival (held in May).

Hramina Marina has 400 berths in the sea and 250 places on the land.

MURTER, a village in the north-western part of the island of Murter. It was first called Veliko Selo (from the 13th c.) and Srimac (Srimac); it got its present name in 1715. Murter stretches toward the cove of Hramina, which houses a marina, and toward the cove of Slanica. The cove of Hramina is well protected from all kinds of winds and provides good shelter for smaller yachts; the cove of Slanica features a public beach and the hotel complex Collentum. Economy is based on farming, viticulture, fishing and tourism. Murter is located on the regional road.

Murter was first mentioned in the 15th century. The remains of Roman structures, probably the remains of the ancient settlement of Collentum, have been found at the foot of an elevation called Gradina, in the cove of Hramina and elsewhere. - On the cape of Gradina is the local cemetery, where early Croatian graves have been found. At the cemetery is the church of Our Lady in Gradina from the 17th century. The parish church of St. Michael features a Baroque altar, a work by masters Pio and Vicko dall'Acqua and an icon by the Cretan-Venetian school. The parsonage keeps a Gothic-Renaissance processional crucifix and several valuable paintings. - Above the village, on the Vrsina hill, is the church of St. Roch (Rocco) from 1760.