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Crazy Tourist 15 Best things to do in Split

Crazy tourist 15 Best Split Tours – The Crazy Tourist

Pack the Suitcases.com – 3 days in Split

How to get around in Split: Everything is walkable in the centre and old town area. For getting slightly further afield or doing day trips, there’s a decent bus service: Promet Split.

Both the above are summarized below.

Walking tour from $25 AUD of Split or a free walking tour– Leave a tip with guide 10-20euro pp was the normal tip

• 90 minutes
• The tour will allow you to walk around the well-known, UNESCO protected Diocletian’s Palace, and learn about the prehistoric site.
• Additionally, you’ll get an opportunity to walk through other equally significant sights located within the city center, including but not limited to:
  • Jupiter’s temple
  • the Cathedral of Saint Domnius
  • Vestibul
  • and the Golden Gates.
  • The guide’s fee is included in the tour, but entrance tickets and other fees aren’t.

Segway tour of Split from $134 AUD

• The two-hour Segway tour takes you through the famed streets of Split and its most celebrated sights as your guide takes you to visit:
  • the Diocletian’s Palace
  • the Croatian National Theater
  • the Fruit Square
  • and several other places of importance.
  • End the tour at Marjan Hill to enjoy a panoramic view of this enthralling city.
  • Equipment such as helmets and fluorescent jackets are included in the tour price, but lunch or any other meals and beverages except coffee aren’t.

Other tours include:

• Hvar and Pakleni Islands Full-Day Catamaran Cruise
• Krka National Park and Waterfalls Tour with 30-minute River Cruise
• Night Glow Stand-Up Paddle Boarding Tour Through Dalmatian Waters
• Sunset Cruise with Live Music and An Open Bar
• Greyp E-bike Tour of Marjan Hill and Forest
• Private Walking Tour of the City with a Local Guide
• Game of Thrones Themed Tour

Kliss fortress – Tours

1. 1. Many tours do not include the cost to enter the fortress which is about 10Euro.
   2. Prices range from $20 – over $1,000 – See Trogir below
   3. Need transport to get to fortress

 Salona in an ampitheatre – I cannot find a reasnoble priced tour for this

1. 1. 1. Need transport to get to it
      2. the archaeological park is an enlightening day out, preserving significant fragments of the structures that used to stand here. The most obvious of these is the amphitheatre, which once had a capacity for 18,000 spectators.

 Trogir – Discover Trogir, the Olive Museum, and Klis Fortress on a guided half-day tour from Split. $43 per person + 10Euro entry free (optional)

• Yet another UNESCO site, Trogir looks much the same now as it did in its medieval heyday. You don’t need to be a historian to fall in love with Trogir:
• It’s the best-preserved ensemble of romanesque and gothic architecture in Europe.
• The location is part of the charm, as the city is a small, fortified island connected to the mainland by a bridge.
• Trogir’s 15th-century walls protect a labyrinth of ravine-like streets on which you’ll pass buildings unchanged since the 1200s.
• There are a 10 historic churches in the old centre, including the exquisite 13th-century cathedral.
•  It’s known for its magnificent St Lawrence Cathedral but also has a beautiful Venetian old town. On a day trip from Split, you can enjoy a drink on the waterfront, climb up the cathedral’s bell tower and visit the 15th-century castle.

Diocletian’s Palace: Famed as the home of the totemic UNESCO World Heritage Site of Diocletian’s Palace, Split’s near perfect balance of the old and the new makes it unquestionably one of the country’s most alluring towns.

The 4th century remnants of Diocletian’s creation occupy the very heart of the city, and come interspersed with the occasional Gothic tower from a later age (or Egyptian sphinx from an earlier one!). The history spreads underground too, with vaulted subterranean rooms showing the true extent of the ancient site.

St. Duje’s Cathedral:

• This was once Diocletian’s mausoleum.
• The central portion of this structure dates to 350, making St Duje’s the oldest cathedral building in the world.
• The original ring of 24 supporting columns mingle with the hallmarks of a catholic place of worship.
• Also take a moment to check out the cathedral’s romanesque wooden doors, which have survived unaltered since 1200.

 Peristil Square

• Peristil Square is the original Roman court
• Diocletian made his public appearances at just this plaza and his devoted subjects would prostrate themselves in front of the former emperor.
• Still standing are the two 3,500-year-old Egyptian sphinxes brought to the city by Diocletian. The epic stone monuments around the square have endowed Peristil with fine acoustics so you could definitely catch an opera or theatre performance in the summer

Walk up to the viewpoint(s) on Marjan Hill

• Don’t worry, it’s uphill but not a particularly strenuous walk and won’t take ages.
• From the Riva, you can walk up to a bar called Teraca Vidilica (Google Maps link) in just over 10 minutes. This is the first viewing area

Artičok restaurant (Facebook link) Google Maps location

• rooftop terrace that’s not in the main touristy area
• This is proper home-cooked, refined food.