Split Croatia guide
Split, second largest city in Croatia is economic,
administrative, educational, sport and tourist center of Split Dalmatia
county (Middle Dalmatia), traffic connection to Croatia islands,
pearls of Adritic like
Hvar,
Vis, Brac
and Solta. Split Dalmatia County can be seen defined in tourist offers as
highlands, Dalmatia coast and Dalmatia islands and as Riviera
Trogir,
Riviera
Kastela, Riviera Split and Riviera Makarska.
Getting there
Split is fantastically well served by air from the UK and Europe. See
our
low cost airline section for more details. Do not miss to see our
airport info about airports in Croatia. And we also have our
transfer guide from Split airport.
There are several trains a day from Zagreb - following track
improvements in the past few years to allow for fast tilting trains, this
journey time has now been reduced to about 5 hours and 30 minutes. There are
also many, many buses per day from Zagreb and elsewhere in Croatia to Split. See
about travelling with bus/train with all information on our
bus/train to Split section
Numerous ferries connect Split with the nearby Adriatic islands
(Hvar,
Brac,
Vis, Lastovo,
Korcula etc) and there is a coastal ferry service between the city and
Rijeka to the north and Dubrovnik to the south. There are also daily ferries in
the summer months (and slightly less frequent during the winter) between Split
and Ancona in Italy. See our
Travelling by boat/ferry to Split section for more details.
Things to see
Obviously, the most important sight is Diocletian's palace. Get
a locally published guide in English which describes this monument in great
detail. Do not miss the Peristyle which is the main open space in the
palace and is surrounded by a colonnade of six columns to the eastern and
western sides and an arch, decorated with garlands, in the centre. On the
eastern side of the Peristyle is a cathedral. On the western side is the
Narodni trg ("People's Square") with the old town hall which was built in
the 15th century. There is an Ethnographic museum on the square (worth
visiting) and nearby is a city museum. Don't miss a remarkable statue of
Grgur Ninski (Gregory of Nin), a Croatian religious leader from the 10th
century, by the most famous Croatian sculptor, Ivan Mestrovic.
There are some fascinating museums like the Maritime Museum;
the Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments; the Museum of Croatia;
and the Mestrovic Gallery which is housed in his summer residence which
was completed in 1939 and designed by Mestrovic himself.
Check holiday rentals near
Trogir
( 20-30 km far from Split):
Holiday rentals Vinisce
Holiday rentals Seget Donji
Holiday rentals Kastela
Holiday rentals Okrug Gornji
Holiday rentals Okrug Donji
Holiday rentals Arbanija
Holiday rentals Slatine
Check holiday rentals on islands near Split:
Holiday rentals Brac
Holiday rentals Hvar
Holiday rentals Korcula
Holiday rentals Drvenik
