TISNO, a town on the eastern coast of the island of Murter, partly spreading on the mainland (the Tisnjanski Peninsula), 29 km northwest of Sibenik; population 1,431. It developed on the mainland and the island, on the narrowest part of the Murter Channel in the Straits of Murter (38 m), with a bridge spanning over it. Chief occupations include farming, wine production, olive growing, fishing and tourism. The average air temperature in January reaches 6.9 °C and in July 24.7 °C. Tisno is situated on the regional road connecting the main road with the island of Murter. A picturesque town with a typical coastal scenery, nice beaches and well-maintained coast.

Organized tourism emerged in the 1930s. Today Tisno offers a variety of accommodation capacities in its hotels, apartments, a campsite, as well as exquisite domestic cuisine - fish food, domestic wines tasted with cookies. The chief recreation in Tisno as well as on the whole island of Murter is yachting (Kornati, Telascica, the Krka Waterfalls), diving and other water sports. The traditional event, the Summer in Tisno (Tisnjansko Lito), is organized in the summer season. The drawbridge connecting the island of Murter with the mainland, situated in the centre of Tisno, is open during the tourist season every day from 9 to 9:30 a.m. and from 5 to 5:30 p.m.

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