Jaz Bay

Jaz Bay — known locally as Jazi Beach — sits on the eastern side of Molat Island, a small, sandy beach shaded by tall pines, with shallow water that makes it an easy, family-friendly spot. It's exposed to north and northeast winds, and there's an old shipwreck resting in the shallows off its southwestern point, a draw for snorkelers.

Molat has been inhabited since the Stone Age, and four Illyrian fortresses — Lokardenik, Gračina, Straža and Knežak — still mark the island's Iron Age hilltops. More recently, the island held an Italian-run concentration camp from 1942 to 1943, where an estimated 20,000 civilians, mostly Slovenes and Croats, were interned as part of the fascist occupation's push to "Italianize" Dalmatia; around 1,000 died there.

Many charter guests exploring Croatia anchor here for the afternoon.