Island of Pašman  ·  Ždrelac  ·  Adriatic Sea  ·  Open 1 May – 1 October

Leave the
world behind
the shore.

GPort is a family house on the island of Pašman — built by people who lived the fast life long enough to know what the slow one is worth. We opened it so you don't have to wait as long as we did.

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The house at GPort, its terrace and garden among olive trees Ždrelac · Island of Pašman · Adriatic
A window opening onto the sea, an olive branch in the foreground

The Place

A family with island roots.
A dream seven years in the making.

We are a family. We have heritage on this island — in its stone, its olive groves, its sea. For years we lived a different kind of life: meetings, screens, airports, the relentless pull of modern management. And all along, this island waited for us to come back.

GPort is what happened when we finally listened. Not a resort. Not a business proposition. A house that became a place — for people who need what we needed: stillness, simplicity, and the particular beauty of a life lived close to the ground.

It took us seven years to build. We want it to take you far less time to arrive.

Adriatic Sea
Olive Trees
Lavender
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A Perfect Day

This is what a day
without obligations feels like.

No agenda. No alarm. Just the island, the people you came with, and the particular freedom of a day that belongs entirely to you.

Morning
The sun wakes you before your alarm.
You step onto the terrace. The sea is already there — blue, patient, indifferent to whatever you left behind. Downstairs, whatever you asked us to have waiting is waiting — fig jam, bread, local cheese. You eat slowly, next to the pool, watching the olive trees catch the light.
Late morning
A bicycle to the village.
You talk to someone. A local. You discover that the best fish on the Adriatic is in Kali — the old fishing village one island over — and that if you arrive early enough at the market, you can buy directly from the fisherman who caught it this morning.
Afternoon
Flour on the table. Hands in the dough.
A neighbour comes to teach your family how to make an island cake. Children learning something that has nothing to do with a screen. Then a swim in the 16-metre pool. Then another. Then a book and the kind of silence that takes a day or two to actually hear.
Evening
Dinner comes out to the terrace.
The wine is poured. The gramophone plays something slow. You are not trying to remember this moment. You are just in it.

The Islands

Ždrelac,
and the village next door.

GPort stands in Ždrelac, at the northwestern tip of Pašman, where the island comes closest to Ugljan across a strait narrow enough to swim. Two islands that work as one, each offering what the other doesn't.

Twenty minutes away is Kali — a working fishing village on Ugljan, and the reason we can offer more than a house. The families there are our friends. That is not a marketing line: it is how anything gets arranged on an island.

Ždrelac, where GPort sits, is peace. A small place at the edge of things, where the water is clear and the noise of the world doesn't quite reach. But cross to Ugljan or ride south along Pašman and the island opens up: fishing villages, hidden bays, hiking paths through pine and lavender, and Kali — one of the most authentic fishing communities left on the Adriatic coast.

What we can arrange in Kali

  • A morning out with a working fishing boat, and the catch brought back to the house
  • The fish market at first light, with someone who knows every seller by name
  • A boat to the quiet bays on the far side of Ugljan, or across to the Kornati
  • Dinner in a village konoba that does not advertise and does not need to
  • Olive oil and wine straight from the people who made it

Ask us before you arrive. Most of it needs a day's notice and a phone call, not a booking system.

The narrow strait between Pašman and Ugljan Adriatic · Ždrelac Strait
Olive tree and stone steps on the garden terraces, hills beyond Pašman · The Garden Terraces
Fishing boats and nets in Kali harbour at first light Kali · Fishing Village

The Taste of GPort

Olive oil. Fish. Figs. Wine.
The island on your table.

The food at GPort is not a menu. It is a landscape. Everything you eat grew or swam within a few kilometres of where you are sitting. Simplicity is not poverty — it is knowing that when the ingredient is right, it needs almost nothing done to it.

Food is not included in your stay, and the kitchen is entirely yours. But almost everything here can be arranged before you arrive — fish landed that morning in Kali, vegetables and herbs from gardens on the island, olive oil, cheese, eggs, bread, wine. Tell us what you would like waiting for you and we will organise it. You pay the growers and the fishermen directly, at what they charge.

Olive Oil
Fresh Fish
Local Cheese
Island Wine
Fig Jam
Grapes
Pomodoro
A table laid with olive oil, cheese, figs, bread and wine
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The gramophone in the house, lit by evening light

The Philosophy

"We put a gramophone in the house on purpose."

Not as decoration. Not as a talking point. Because a gramophone asks something of you — it asks you to choose a record, to set the needle, to sit down and actually listen. No algorithm. No shuffle. No constant switch.

That is what GPort is about. Stopping. Concentrating. Giving your full attention to the thing in front of you — whether that is music, a meal, the sea, or the people you came with.

Rest is not the absence of doing.
It is the presence of being.

Rooms

Rest with intention.

GPort accommodates six people — the right number for two couples or a family who want to live like islanders for a week. Three bedrooms on the upper floor, each with its own loggia behind full-height sliding doors, and two bathrooms shared between them. Parquet underfoot, stone in the bathrooms, and about 130 m² in total.

The Fig Room, with a view over the Adriatic
Fig Room
10,07 m² · Private loggia

Wake to the blue of the Adriatic from your window. Natural linen, stone floors, and the sound of water below. Nothing more, nothing less.

  • 10,07 m²
  • Double Bed
  • Loggia 105 × 260
  • Parquet
  • Air Conditioning
The Lavender Room, linen curtains facing the hillside
Lavender Room
13,73 m² · Private loggia

Gentle light through linen curtains, the faint scent of lavender from the hillside. A room for those who seek true quiet and ease.

  • 13,73 m²
  • Double Bed
  • Loggia 160 × 260
  • Parquet
  • Air Conditioning
The Olive Room, shaded by old olive trees
Olive Room
13,83 m² · Private loggia

The largest of the three, and the quietest corner of the floor. Generous and unhurried, with the loggia doors open from morning until the light goes.

  • 13,83 m²
  • Double Bed
  • Loggia 160 × 260
  • Parquet
  • Air Conditioning

The Layout

Where everything sits.

Living happens downstairs in one 59 m² room that opens 6,7 metres wide onto the pool terrace. Sleeping happens upstairs, behind its own door.

Ground floor plan: open kitchen, dining and living room of 59,03 m², entrance closet, WC and staircase, opening onto the terrace with pool
Ground floor — kitchen, dining and living in one room of 59,03 m², a separate WC, and a 6,7 m opening onto the pool terrace.
Upper floor plan: three bedrooms of 13,73 m², 10,07 m² and 13,83 m², two bathrooms and a hallway
Upper floor — three bedrooms, each opening onto its own loggia, two bathrooms and the hallway between them.
Room schedule
Kitchen, dining and living59,03 m²Ground floor
Terrace with pool—Ground floor
WC4,40 m²Ground floor
Entrance closet1,87 m²Ground floor
Staircase4,50 m²Both floors
Olive Room13,83 m²Upper floor
Lavender Room13,73 m²Upper floor
Fig Room10,07 m²Upper floor
Bathroom one5,61 m²Upper floor
Bathroom two5,62 m²Upper floor
Hallway11,32 m²Upper floor
Open 1 May to 1 October — the island at its finest.
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Booking

The whole house,
one family at a time.

GPort is never shared. One booking, one house, up to six guests, from 1 May to 1 October. Rates depend on the season and the length of your stay, and we would rather talk than publish a table.

Tell us roughly when you would like to come and how many of you there are. We will come back with availability, a price, and anything else you want to know.

The rate covers the house, the pool, the garden, linen and the weekly clean. Food is separate, though we are glad to arrange it — ask us when you book.

Reach out for more information and booking
Reading by the pool on a quiet afternoon

"In time, we hope GPort becomes a community. A quiet list of people who understand what this place is for."

The GPort Family

Who Belongs Here

GPort is for people
who want to breathe.

Not everyone. We are honest about that.

GPort is for people who respect their own time — and therefore the time of others. Who are ready to put the phone down and not feel anxious about it. Who can find joy in a walk, in a glass of wine, in a conversation that goes nowhere useful.

People who want to live like a local island person for a week. Who want inspiration to simplify, rest for their soul, and clarity on what actually matters.

The house holds six. It works best as a retreat for two couples, or a family of four to six — the pool is fenced and gated, so children can be children. And in time, we plan to open GPort only by recommendation — to keep the community safe, verified, and genuinely like-minded.

Amenities

Everything you need.
Nothing you don't.

16 m Private Pool

Sixteen metres, yours alone, fenced and gated. Long enough for morning laps, safe enough to stop watching for a while.

Sea Access

Five to seven minutes on foot. Clean Adriatic water, quiet coves, and the rhythm of the tides — no car, no shuttle, no negotiation.

Private Garden

Shaded terrace among olive trees and rosemary. A place to sit, read, and listen to nothing.

Sun Terrace

Open to the sky and sea air. Morning coffee, evening wine, afternoon light.

Boat Excursions

We arrange local boat trips to nearby islands, hidden bays, and the fish market at Kali.

Provisions, Arranged

Fish, vegetables, olive oil, cheese, bread and wine from the island, ordered in for you before you arrive. Not included — arranged on request.

Bicycles

Explore Pašman at your own pace along village paths and quiet coastal roads.

Gramophone

For people who want to stop and listen. Not with constant switching — but with full attention to the music.

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How to Find Us

Ždrelac,
Island of Pašman.

Pašman is a long, green island facing the city of Zadar across a narrow channel. Ždrelac sits at the island's northwestern tip — the closest point to the mainland, named for the strait it guards.

  • By Ferry Regular ferry service from Biograd na Moru to Tkon, Pašman. A scenic 20-minute drive north brings you to Ždrelac.
  • By Air Zadar Airport (ZAD) is the nearest airport, approximately 35 km away. Car hire is available at the airport.

Good to Know

The practical things,
before you ask.

Everything a guest usually has to email about. If your question isn't here, ask us — we would rather answer twice than have you guess.

Season
1 May to 1 October
Minimum stay
Six nights, Sunday to Saturday
Arrival and departure
Arrive Sunday, leave Saturday
The house
Yours entirely — never shared, never split
Guests
Up to six, in three bedrooms
Bathrooms
Two upstairs, a WC on the ground floor
The sea
Five to seven minutes on foot
The pool
Sixteen metres, private, fenced and gated
Air conditioning
In every room
Wi-Fi
Free, throughout the house and on the terrace
Parking
On the property, for up to three cars
Getting around
A car is worth having; the island is quiet and the roads are empty
Food
Not included. We arrange fish, vegetables, oil and wine on request
Pets
Not accepted
Rates
By season and length of stay — write to us

Anything else — cots, high chairs, late arrivals — just ask in your message and we will tell you straight.

Enquire

Don't wait years
for this feeling.

We did. Write to us, tell us when you'd like to come, and we'll take care of everything else. The coffee will be ready.

Email hello@gport.org
Season 1 May — 1 October
Capacity Up to 6 guests · Three bedrooms · Exclusive use of the house
Stays Six nights · Sunday to Saturday

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