Split Travel Guide

📍 Destination Overview

Split sits in the middle stretch of the Dalmatian coast, Croatia's second-largest city and the gateway to the coast, famous worldwide for its uniquely singular Diocletian's Palace, a World Heritage Site. Over seventeen hundred years ago, the Roman emperor Diocletian built a grand retirement palace by the sea in his homeland — and the most wonderful thing about this palace today is that it is not a static ruin for visitors to gaze at, but a living ancient city: over the centuries, residents have built houses, opened shops and lived their lives on top of the ancient Roman walls, columns and foundations, so that in the ancient Peristyle courtyard, the emperor's mausoleum turned cathedral, the underground halls and the narrow stone alleys, cafés, markets, laundry and weathered Roman columns blend into one — history and daily life merge seamlessly, and strolling through it is endlessly fascinating. Outside the palace, the palm-fringed Riva waterfront promenade faces the Adriatic and is a hub for ferries to islands like Hvar. The living palace, the blend of old and new, and the palm-lined waterfront make Split full of life.

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