I don’t know what it is about sunsets and the ocean, but the combination of the two is almost always beautiful.
Zadar is a beach town in every sense: the beaches are filled with people during the day, there are many docks and marinas, and the downtown has all kinds of tourist knickknacks available for purchase.
My one little niggle with this town is that all the beaches are rock beaches, which are much less fun than sand beaches. It’s ok, because that’s why we have Southern California, right?