Never heard of Novalja on Pag Island, Croatia? Neither had we, almost until we arrived here. We came this way as it is the most convenient way to get from Rab to Pag Island for those on foot like us. We had aimed to stay in Pag itself as the main reason for passing this way was for Yvonne to gain an insight into the local lace industry. But although a look at the lace was interesting enough, the town itself looks to be struggling a bit. Pag Island is quite flat with very little vegetation and moonlike hills around the town. There are quite a few tourists here seeking sun and water but it is not quite the place we expected. We did however find the first International Lace Festival being held in Pag which was interesting with stands from Poland, Austria, France, Slovenia and of course Croatia.
On the other hand, Novalja is about 3 times as big as we expected and we are staying just up the slope towards the edge of town with a nice view around. Coming home on a 9pm bus last night from Pag, we were accompanied by plenty of young people apparently looking to enjoy “vigorous arse-shaking, prolific beer and cocktail drinking with hundreds of nearly naked gyrating bodies” (Lonely Planet). There are apparently a couple of quite nice beaches around Novalja where the younger set gathers and we are looking to get a day time feel for them tomorrow.
A day or so here is enough and we will be off further south to the medieval city of Zadar (Zara) tomorrow.
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