Another Public Holiday

Pag harbour

Pag is famous for its lace. Most of the best is in churches as altar cloths.

We are still on the island of Pag but have now moved to old, medieval Pag Town.

Today is another public holiday. We only found out late yesterday when we arrived in Novalja. No-one could tell us what the holiday was for but late today we found out it was for Corpus Christi. Most things are closed.

We set off to catch the 11.50 am bus for the ½ hour trip to Pag Town. We discovered that it doesn’t run on a holiday but another one at 11.40 did. Finally it arrived along with the next scheduled bus at 1.30 pm.

We decided on a waterfront apartment a little out of town and after lunch on our balcony, we went for a swim.

Pag Town is located on a very protected bay that cuts right into the very middle of the island. When we walked down to the old town, it has most of the walls intact although only one of the eight original towers remain. We visited 2 churches, the bishop’s palace, the old salt stores and the beautiful narrow streets and squares. We like Pag Town better than Novalja but are ready to move on to Zadar tomorrow.