Bačvice Beach
Bačvice, Split, Croatia
Bačvice is Split's most popular city beach — a shallow, sandy cove east of the old town that is the spiritual home of picigin, a unique ball game played in knee-deep water that has been a Split tradition since the 1920s and was added to Croatia's list of intangible cultural heritage.
Cathedral of St. Domnius
Peristyle, Diocletian's Palace, Split
The Cathedral of St.
Diocletian's Palace
Diocletian's Palace, Split
Diocletian's Palace is one of the most extraordinary ancient Roman structures in existence — a fortified retirement palace built between 295 and 305 AD by Emperor Diocletian that has been continuously inhabited for 1,700 years and now forms the living heart of Split's old town.
Hvar Island (Day Trip)
4 Ulica Grge Novaka, Hvar, 21450, Croatia
Hvar is the most glamorous island in Croatia — a long, lavender-scented island an hour by catamaran from Split whose town (Hvar Town) combines a 13th-century Venetian harbour, a hilltop fortress, and the yacht-and-cocktail nightlife that has made it the St.
Iron Gate (Željezna Vrata)
Narodni trg, Grad, Split, 21000, Croatia
The Iron Gate is the western entrance of Diocletian's Palace and the only one of the four original gates that has been continuously in use since the 4th century — the others were buried, walled up, or rebuilt during the medieval period.
Krka National Park (Day Trip)
Krka National Park, Šibenik-Knin County
Krka National Park is the most accessible waterfall park in Croatia — a series of cascading travertine waterfalls on the Krka River, 80 kilometres north of Split, where you can swim in natural pools at the base of the Skradinski Buk waterfall (the park's most famous feature, a 45-metre cascade over 17 travertine steps).
Peristyle
Peristil, Diocletian's Palace, Split
The Peristyle is the open-air courtyard at the centre of Diocletian's Palace — a colonnaded square flanked by granite columns imported from Egypt that was the ceremonial approach to the emperor's private apartments and is now the most photographed, most sat-upon, and most socially active ancient Roman space in the world.
Riva Promenade
Splitska, Croatia
The Riva is Split's waterfront promenade — a palm-lined boulevard along the southern wall of Diocletian's Palace that is the city's daily gathering place, evening passeggiata route, and the spot where Splitčani have been drinking coffee and watching the harbour since the promenade was built in the 19th century.
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