Rent a Boat in Zlarin: Coral Croatian Islet

Zlarin is a small car-free island in the Šibenik archipelago, 3 kilometres west of Šibenik, with about 270 year-round residents. The island has a 500-year coral-diving tradition — Zlarin divers harvested red Mediterranean coral by free-diving from the 15th century until the late 20th, exporting jewellery across Europe — and the village holds a small museum of coral working. Cars are banned; transport is on foot or by bicycle. The single village wraps around a horseshoe harbour on the east coast, with stone houses, a Renaissance bell-tower, and four or five konobas. The west coast holds small rocky beaches reachable by footpath. Zlarin is 30 minutes from Šibenik and 60 minutes from Prvić. Season runs April through October.