Žirje — the island which still lives with nature

When a country has more than 1200 islands it’s very hard to know them all. That is why we divided our islands into smaller archipelagos.
The three most famous islands in Croatia are Hvar, Vis, and Brač. God knows how many tourists visit those islands every summer.
Šibenik has some amazing island in front of it, too. If you have been to Krešimir’s town you have surely visited some of them. Maybe even with our taxi boat.

Zlarin is the first island in Croatia without plastic.
Murter is full of great events in every town.
But, today we we’ll tell you more about island Žirje.

Difference between Žirje and some other islands in Šibenik’s archipelago is that people live on Žirje whole year. Žirje is also the farthest populated island in front of mighty Šibenik.
Those two facts play a great role in shaping this island. Visiting it can be your trip to the real Mediterranean way of life.

How to get to Žirje?

So, you have decided that Žirje is worth visiting, but you don’t know how to get there.
You have 3 options. One better than another, literally.
Your first option is to go on a ferry. The second option is to go with a catamaran.
Third and best option is to go with a taxi boat.
What makes that option great?
Freedom. When you go with a line that already exists then you have to go where they want you to go. If you go with a taxi boat, you create your lines. You are free, you can see everything you want.
Žirje is an island worth visiting like that.

How do people live on Žirje island?

The interesting fact about Žirje is that most of its permanent inhabitants don’t work in tourism. Most of them have nothing to do with it. That makes this island special. Here you can see a natural way of life. They live with and from nature as we all should.

The last information is that Žirje has only 78 permanent inhabitants. Since then some of them probably died. Most of the younger generations left this island to find an easier life somewhere else. Older people stayed. They liked their agriculture and their fishing, they still do and will as long as they breathe.