Zadar History Tour: Discover with Virtual Reality Experience
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Zadar
Embark on a unique virtual reality tour of Zadar's history. Explore 8 iconic locations and relive over 2000 years of the city's past through immersive VR experiences.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Church of St. Krsevan - VR tour will take you to the church of St. Krševan - eng. Chrysogonus. It was male Benedictine’s monastery church built in 1175.

This is one of the most beautiful Romanesque churches you will ever see, well preserved on the outside. It is closed for public and often forgotten by tourists, but you will have the unique opportunity to see monastery courtyard and to visit the interior using VR glasses.

  • St. Simon’s Church - You will see interior of the church of St. Simeon and the biggest city’s treasure - silver pleated Ghotic chest for the relics of St. Simeon, favorite patron saint to this day.
  • Five Wells - Here you will learn more about construction of the Roman gates that were entrance into the antique city of Zadar.

Afterwards, you will see where was the entrance to the Medieval city of Zadar and finally, you will see the construction of the Venetian walls.

  • The Forum - First you will visit the remains of the Roman Forum within Zadar’s old town.

It was the biggest Forum built in Croatia, built from 1st until 3rd century and now it is visable only as ruins.

With VR glasses you will see the construction of the Forum looking from the air, from hot-air balloon while an audio guide will introduce you to the intreresting facts about it.

Besides that, you will enter the Forum and you will be standing in the very center of it, surrounded by recreated buildings and statues.

At the end you will be standing in front of the temple dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and Minerva dating from the 1st century BC. You will hear the story about ancient religious rituals.

When the VR visual ends, you will take off the VR glasses and you will be amazed to learn that some parts of the construction of the Forum are still being present at their original place even after 2000 years of history.

  • Bell Tower - This is another visual of the bombing in WW II and you will be looking at Zadar’s old town as if you are standing at the top of the St. Anastasia’s bell tower. You will see air attack and bombing of the city. There will be buildings burning and crashing due to airplanes dropping bombs.

At the end you will see a map showing heavily damaged areas of the city, that do not exist anymore.

  • Zadar Cathedral - St. Anastasia’s cathedral was built in the 12th and 13th century and it is the largest cathedral in Dalmatia region.

St. Anastasia is one of the saint protectors of the city and her relics lay inside the cathedral.

With our VR glasses you will be able to visit the cathedral, hear the story of st. Anastasia and take a look inside the baptistery and sacristy, places that are closed for public.

  • Paseo Maritimo - You will visit the location of the former city market where people used to sell fish, vegetables, fruits and other products.

Today’s open city market lies at the opposite side of the city because former city market was destroyed during the bombing in WW II. People usually do not know that Zadar was heavily damaged in those bombings and with VR glasses you will be able to see residential buildings and a post office that doesn’t exist anymore. Furthermore, you will witness aeroplanes dropping bombs on the city.

  • Sea Organ (Morske Orgulje) - At Zadar’s sea promenade you will visit Greeting to the Sun and Sea Organ, built in 2005. With VR glases you will see how that location looked back in time, in 13th century to be more precise.

Once again, you will be standing in the hot-air-balloon looking at the Crusaders attacking Zadar from the sea and you will hear the background story of Crusaders attacking Zadar, which was a Catholic city.

What's Included
  • Taste the exquisite Maraschino, a traditional liqueur.
  • Immerse yourself with OculusGo VR Headsets.
  • Explore iconic locations.
  • Enjoy the convenience of a Tour Assistant.
Additional Information

This isn’t your average city tour! Seize the chance to explore Zadar’s history in an innovative and exciting way. Join a guided journey through the antique quarters of Zadar, visiting eight key locations. At these sites, immerse yourself in over 2000 years of Zadar’s dynamic history with the aid of VR glasses. Now, envisioning Zadar’s past will no longer be necessary as you’ll experience it as though you were right there in the moment.

The VR glasses grant you access to captivating 360° virtual panoramas, 3D figures, animations, and sound effects, all while an audio guide, available in seven languages, elucidates on the sights you’re seeing.

With an easy-to-use interface, you control the pace of your journey, deciding when to advance to the next landmark. In-depth technological know-how isn’t necessary to operate the VR glasses and assistance will always be available throughout the tour.

Don’t hesitate any longer!

Sign up for this time-travel expedition and witness significant chapters of Zadar’s history.

Location
Magic Croatia - Travel Agency
Poljana Pape Aleksandra III
Meeting point: in Zadar old town, right next to the Sea Gate/Porta Marina - Souvenir shop in red building (address: Poljana pape Aleksandra III 7, Zadar 23 000). If you are arriving by car, parking lot is right next to the Gate at Liburnska obala.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Juliamp5420bz
Jul 5, 2023
VR traveling through time tour - Better than anticipated! We like walking tours to get familiar with the area, learn historical details- this tour went above and beyond! Walking streets that were built more than 2 thousand years ago was accompanied with historical perspective, interesting stories and more! Virtual reality element allows to explore otherwise unacceptable buildings, peek at architectual details, let's you look at the area from above, understand the transformations though centuries of history. Wish we had our teens with us- they would have loved the VR tour as well!
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Yanasalt
Oct 12, 2022
Unique and exciting way to explore the city!!!! - Great experience, completely new and unique way to do a tour of the ancient city! Love it and would definitely recommend!
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Mirandam21
Sep 22, 2022
Great Way to Experience the City - A new way to do a tour of the city! We had never tried VR before, and the guide made it easy to understand how to use the headsets. She was also great at telling us new information whilst we walked from location to location. You only put the headsets on whilst sitting at a venue, so don't worry about walking around or bumping into things! As someone who doesn't know a lot about history, I would never have been able to envision how the Roman Forum in Zadar once looked if I had not done this tour. Now that I have, I can appreciate the ruins for what they once were! I fully recommend - even for just adult groups, we were aged 23-57 and everyone loved it.
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Mosesthingy
Sep 18, 2022
Definitely recommend! - What are unique and fun tour! The owner, Veronika, is obviously passionate about all the great material she and her husband have put together for this tour. You get to see the actual spots but then you get to see them during various time periods through the VR glasses, in 3-D surround as if you are really there. And you also get to “see” places that are not open to the public. So much more fun than the average walking tour. And great for kids too. Everything is clean and sanitary. They give you pads that line the goggles that are fresh and clean. They have many different languages available. I learned a lot!
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Ianrw62
Sep 15, 2022
New take to a guided tour - A novel way to understand how parts of the town developed over the years and centuries. The guide was very in tune with the VR devices if we misinterpreted her instructions so avoiding any unnecessary breaks.
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Auri
Sep 10, 2022
Good overview of the citys history - Because we were only the two of us participating the tour it felt like a private one. The guide was friendly and told us much more about the city than just the voice from the tape. Two hours went fast. Quality of the vr was good. Only minus was that you can hear voice from others glases ... so recommend to stand a littlebit outside of the group.
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J7196zgninaa
Aug 24, 2021
Wonderful - Wonderful tour guide. The lady is so kind and knowledgeable. Creative, exciting and graphically beautifully presented history in VR. Responsive and organized manager when we were booking.
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Graham_k
Oct 7, 2019
Great experience! - This was a really interesting experience. The detail was a bit thin at some of the locations compared to others and I was initially thrown a bit by looking down on things with no apparent floor beneath my feet, but I really enjoyed it!
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Flawny
Sep 23, 2019
Great way to see Old Town Zadar - Wow! Never expected the tour to be so much fun. The goggles were really cool. We were able to see things that were not open to the public (areas in churches or churches that were no longer open to the public). Our tour guide, Jelena was fantastic. A highly educated young lady who knew her history and enhanced what we viewed through the goggles and told a story. We are a mature couple and found it interesting but I think young people, teenagers would really embrace it, having more VR experience then us. Highly recommended, something different and original.
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Julia
Jul 21, 2021
Great guide but poor VR - Super nice and friendly tour guide. Right person to get local tips and information about Zadar's history from. But the VR experience was extremely basic. At some locations you simply get a panoramic picture of the surrounding, which you could definitely sight better without VR. And the simulations reminded me of the computer games back in the beginning of 21th century. The Simulation quality could be improved for sure.
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