Dalmatia, a tourist region of four counties, is the central part of the Adriatic coast that stretches, with its gentle green highlands hinterland and rivers and its thousand islands, from the North Velebit mountain range down to the southernmost border of Croatia south of Dubrovnik. Their diversity, the natural wealth, the national parks and the exceptional wealth of monuments of culture and history and its historical heritage make it a leader in Croatian tourism whose traditions in these parts has a history of more than 160 years. It is an area that tells the story of Croatian history better than any book could. The first Croatian kings ruled from here and it was here, during a thousand years of history, that both rulers and artists have left their mark – preserved to this day in the authentic stone of the coastal cities.