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This placid settlement of exemplary olive growers, vintners and fishermen developed around the Church of St. Cosmas, built in 1356. The surrounding hills offer a spectacular view of the Pasman Channel. If you drink your fill of fresh spring water in Banj, you will certainly want to return to this peaceful and beautiful place. The town of Banj was first mentioned in 1265 in the form of Bagni. This was also the name of theisland, “Insula Bagni”. The island had this name in years 1290 and 1333. The name itself derives from the Roman word Balnea which means bath (spa). Discovered Roman coins prove that Banj was inhabited in antique times and that Romans had their baths in it. The church of St. Lucas is the main church in Zdrelac, which was always the part of Banj and from which it was separated in 1825.

Pašman is an island in the Zadar archipelago, located between Zadar and Biograd. The current in the Pašman channel changes direction every 6 hours making the sea there the cleanest in the Adriatic. The Illyrian towns, remains of towers, archaeological sites from the Roman times, the villa rustica, the mosaics and many other historical monuments demonstrate the historical wealth of the island.

Many types of medicinal and aromatic plants enrich the island with their scents, and the underwater world jealously guards all types of shellfish and fish of the Croatian Adriatic. The island has a rich tourist offer: apartments, holiday homes, pensions, caravan campsites, inns and restaurants where you must try some of the seafood and products grown on the local fields of the ecological healthy island of Pašman.

Source: Croatian National Tourist Board