FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
Skradin (Latin, ItalianScardona) is a town in the Šibenik-Knin county of Croatia, population 3,986 (2001). It is located near the Krka river and at the entrance to the Krka National Park, 18 km from Šibenik and 100 km from Split.
The main attraction of the park, Skradinski buk, is a series of beautiful waterfalls named after Skradin.
Skradin is situated on the right bank of river Krka and it is only 19 km away from Šibenik.
Skradin is an attractive tourist destination whose beauty is crowned with three most popular resorts, the Skradinski buk Falls and the Roški slap Falls with ancient mills and water mills.
Skradin is the town of traditional festivals of Dalmatian harmony-singing groups, bowlers' parties and Carnival festivities and especially the town of culinary pleasures found in restaurants and Dalmatian taverns, which offer Dalmatian smoked ham, bread made under the baking lid, fresh fish and sea shells, grill and exquisite wines.