Pag Island http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html On Tuesday evening we left the mainland and caught our first ferry, over to the island of Pag. It’s famous throughout Croatia for sheep’s cheese and lace making. Our main reason for visiting was to stay in a fantastic Hotel we’d heard about with it’s very own Vineyard and a gourmet restaurant. We arrived too late for dinner the first night, and next day was the chef’s night off. So, we decided to stay another night, just so we could have dinner. And we made the most of the excellent wine in the meantime. The Boskinac didn’t disappoint. The evening ferry from Prizna to Zigljen http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#0 d5b1bcc5-9a83-46be-bee7-50a1ffee9786 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2177/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2177/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The evening ferry from Prizna to Zigljen</p></div></div> takes twenty minutes - not worth getting out of the car http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#1 2ccb3f5f-61a8-47a9-8a45-2750658f21b2 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2179/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2179/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">takes twenty minutes - not worth getting out of the car</p></div></div> even if I’d have been able to climb out of the window. http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#2 d90537b4-93c1-4a4f-8aa4-10b1671dabbc http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2182/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2182/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">even if I’d have been able to climb out of the window.</p></div></div> looking down on Pag town http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#3 0ad56b5a-60e9-4f60-ae76-58f110a02810 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2191/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2191/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">looking down on Pag town</p></div></div> with the salt pans on the right http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#4 96f4474c-eaa0-4912-b930-4ae9b72e03d3 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2192/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2192/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">with the salt pans on the right</p></div></div> a barren landscape on this side of the island http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#5 501034b2-8a28-4fdd-a5fb-24434b227a08 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2194/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2194/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">a barren landscape on this side of the island</p></div></div> guess whose trunks those are? http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#6 caf281ed-27cd-465d-98c9-d8571a58bbba http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2195/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2195/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">guess whose trunks those are?</p></div></div> after skinny dipping on our own private beach http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#7 8168a555-a678-4257-85f2-1cab28b1e1c3 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2198/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2198/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">after skinny dipping on our own private beach</p></div></div> clothes on for a not-so-private beach at Zrce http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#8 b8b8bae5-9ab7-43eb-83ea-5f38ff8c5878 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2200/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2200/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">clothes on for a not-so-private beach at Zrce</p></div></div> The Hotel Boskinac, we hoped to eat there but http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#9 2b1c9513-4bc7-433a-9d33-21818ef36672 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2201/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2201/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The Hotel Boskinac, we hoped to eat there but</p></div></div> it was the chef’s night off, so we had to go to Novalja http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#10 31f6fbbe-f66c-4e1d-bbc9-4eaeef8db8c1 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2203/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2203/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">it was the chef’s night off, so we had to go to Novalja</p></div></div> to another fantastic fish restaurant. http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#11 9dcd5374-c509-4b46-9895-e029149b1296 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2204/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2204/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">to another fantastic fish restaurant.</p></div></div> Hike + swim + big fish for tea = Happy! http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#12 5bef566d-3412-4b3d-ad69-5f8304784678 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2205/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2205/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Hike + swim + big fish for tea = Happy!</p></div></div> Wished I hadn’t eaten quite so much though http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#13 c8053f65-af65-4a48-a26c-d1bbcff25cbf http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2208/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2208/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Wished I hadn’t eaten quite so much though</p></div></div> Night Porter at the Boskinac http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#14 5e7e612a-6fd6-4313-84aa-ca2b4d41bab8 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2209/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2209/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Night Porter at the Boskinac</p></div></div> Rehydration, rehydration, rehydration http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#15 b85fe94c-26e7-4992-a2fa-7a17ca1635aa http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2218/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2218/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Rehydration, rehydration, rehydration</p></div></div> The greener side of Pag is hidden from the mainland http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#16 05647ea3-7aed-4109-8d07-a8cfd186d559 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2219/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2219/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The greener side of Pag is hidden from the mainland</p></div></div> We both got bitten by hand-fatteners http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#17 8b63a655-5a2d-45ec-a59c-53c9c2f257d0 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2220/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2220/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We both got bitten by hand-fatteners</p></div></div> A well-deserved swim at Stara Novalja http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#18 f62ebe02-af95-415c-b967-c55243883aff http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2221/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2221/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"> A well-deserved swim at Stara Novalja</p></div></div> Followed by a few hours’ more on the road http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#19 f7976109-1cb5-40e4-9f89-28053d1dc77e http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2222/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2222/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Followed by a few hours’ more on the road</p></div></div> which seemed to go on forever http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#20 405fac6b-84c6-48eb-a6a4-e5c7882c307d http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2223/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2223/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">which seemed to go on forever</p></div></div> we picked the hottest day so far to get lost http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#21 51b77934-32a5-4f08-bc64-7a82b3452d3d http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2224/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2224/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">we picked the hottest day so far to get lost</p></div></div> but cute guard dog & his kitty friend cheered us up http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#22 e62424e7-de5c-4912-83b1-c9911967d443 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2226/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2226/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">but cute guard dog &amp; his kitty friend cheered us up</p></div></div> slow going over the karst fields of Pag http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#23 7f1ce5bb-8417-4834-bdc5-b161070e8346 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2227/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2227/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">slow going over the karst fields of Pag</p></div></div> a typical landscape on the east side of the island http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#24 823d391f-1802-4fba-804b-347bc62a830c http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2228/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2228/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">a typical landscape on the east side of the island</p></div></div> hard to believe Zrce beach is packed in August! http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#25 a84e9d0b-b129-4edc-bca4-22be449129e2 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2229/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2229/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">hard to believe Zrce beach is packed in August!</p></div></div> we had it all to ourselves http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#26 c1ca1bd3-3bf0-4667-84ca-2f4fa6561cb4 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2230/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2230/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">we had it all to ourselves</p></div></div> luckily the beach bar opened up for us http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#27 64379058-7dc5-432c-9c83-3c08153f1d5a http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2234/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2234/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">luckily the beach bar opened up for us</p></div></div> we loved the stark beauty of Pag Island http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#28 9a7bd991-70f5-46a0-a676-9d2b543f8e96 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2237/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2237/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">we loved the stark beauty of Pag Island</p></div></div> “Who’s that hiding down there?” http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#29 786f434f-cdc2-4f37-9897-f1e63c9ee5a9 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2238/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2238/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">“Who’s that hiding down there?”</p></div></div> Heat haze coming off the water http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#30 f5b92a95-ad22-4972-8f3b-6f7171a9a811 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2241/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2241/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Heat haze coming off the water</p></div></div> which was crystal clear http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#31 9ea8caa0-a540-4d68-9592-fa696be1bd01 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2243/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2243/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">which was crystal clear</p></div></div> and calm as a mill pond http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#32 61cc189e-1418-4ace-ab19-12bdc6121881 http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2248/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2248/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">and calm as a mill pond</p></div></div> Back at the vineyard http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#33 b57bdc31-5704-4271-8dc5-c50e76cac26a http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2251/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2251/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Back at the vineyard</p></div></div> Can you see how hungry I am? http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#34 8220fbef-5a08-42bb-97f6-565b221be72b http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2252/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2252/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Can you see how hungry I am?</p></div></div> Dinner time at last - and the chef’s here tonight ! http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#35 fdbc7177-b35f-4926-8fea-1c5e664df26d http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2253/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2253/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Dinner time at last - and the chef’s here tonight !</p></div></div> Replete after sampling the 7 course taster menu http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island.html#36 b88bce86-ca29-4524-83af-9c5b3cf5346f http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2258/thumb.jpg http://ainsy.com/Ainsy_Site/Pag_Island_files/Media/100_2258/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Replete after sampling the 7 course taster menu</p></div></div>