Pakostane is an important tourist resort, which has been developing tourism since the sixties, when the first tourist villages were built. Natural environment - an old forest of pine, nice beaches and coves - adds to the pleasant atmosphere of Pakostane. Below it, there is a range of attractive islands. Pakostane has a number of restaurants and taverns (wine-cellars), discotheques, sports and recreational facilities (tennis, table tennis, beach volleyball, etc.). An important element is a rich selection of home-made food because the chief occupation of the majority of the population is farming. - Drage, 3 km from Pakostane, is a picturesque place with an exceptionally beautiful coast and nice pebble beaches. It is rightly called an oasis of peace and tranquillity.
 

Many traditional feasts and events are regularly organized: the carnival, the feast called Krizi (Crosses) (40 days after Easter), the Municipal Day (30th of July), Summer Festival (first week in August).
 

PAKOSTANE, a small town and harbour on the isthmus which separates Vransko Lake from the sea, 8 km south of Biograd na Moru; population 2,155. Chief occupations are farming, fishing and tourism. It comprises an older part along the coast and a newer part along the main road (M2, E65). The harbour is protected by the islets of Babuljas, Veli Skolj and Sveta Justina; it is exposed to the south-westerly winds.
 

On several locations there are remains of an ancient settlement; below the cemetery, near the sea, are the foundations of a Roman villa. In the sea one can see the remains of a Roman breakwater. One of the branches of the Roman waterworks, which led from Vrana to Zadar, was directed to Pakostane.