In the shadows of raved-about Dalmatian destinations like Hvar and Dubrovnik, Zadar still retains a bit of an up-and-coming vibe about it but this city-monument, poised on a peninsula, wonderfully presents layers of time in its city core. Admire the Roman Forum, marvel at the pre-Romanesque church of St. Donatus and the Romanesque Cathedral of St. Anastasia, then return to the present at the Sea Organ and Greeting to the Sun installations by the water. Listen about rampages onto Zadar's walls, Venetian attacks, WWII devastation, and take a lesson from the local's love for an easy going lifestyle.