Split

The Most Beautiful City in the World

Split is known as the Mediterranean Flower or The Most Beautiful City in the World by its inhabitants; take a holiday to Split and you’ll soon discover why.  Located in Central Dalmatia in Croatia, Split has an enviable climate that remains mild even in winter.

It is also a very sporty city, as many Croatian sports stars, such as former tennis star Goran Ivanišević and Real Madrid footballer Luka Modrić were born there.  A holiday in Split will see you observe a city proud to wear the colours of the local football team, Hajduk, named after a romanticized band of bandits from the turn of the twentieth century.  Don’t let this put you off though, this city is an utter delight, as your Split holiday will allow you to discover.

Split was originally built on the eastern shores of the Adriatic as a palace for the retired Roman Emperor Diocletian, and completed in 305 AD.  The city grew as locals found refuge within Split’s fortified walls.

If you spend some time on your Split holiday wandering around the city you encounter Roman fortifications, walls, squares and temples, as well as more modern influences from Venice and Austria.  The famous ‘old town’ will see you transported back in time nearly two thousand years to an elegant past.

If your holiday to Split involves sight-seeing, you must visit the peristyle towards the north west of the City.  A peristyle is a feature of Roman architecture that involves columned porches or open colonnades surrounding a court.

The peristyle in Split consists of an entrance porch flanked by two chapels that date back to the sixteenth century.  In the eastern colonnade you’ll discover a two-thousand year old sphinx captured by Diocletian from the time he helped conquer Egypt.

No Split vacation is complete without a trip to see Diocletian’s Palace itself.  Nearby is the ethnographic museum which contains a collection of traditional Dalmatian costumes.

Your accommodation for your holiday in Split is likely to be hotel-based.  You can obtain cheaper options by haggling with the people you may meet at the bus station who will offer you rooms.  Split airport is thirteen miles west of the city, near the town of Trogir, and is served by many major airlines.  From the airport you can take a shuttle to your accommodation or start your Split holiday with a taxi ride.

If sun-seeking is on your list of things to do on your holiday to Split, then you can take yourself off to the beach at Bačvice.  This is usually very busy, so a bus trip to other beaches outside the main city may be worthwhile.  At Bačvice you will also find many cafés and ice cream parlours, plus at night the place comes alive with the nightlife at clubs such as Imperium, O’Hara and Hemingway Bar.

Dalmatia has a world class reputation for its wine and so of course Split is home to many wine bars and excellent restaurants.  Whilst on holiday in Split you should try the local soda drinks Pipi and Orela, plus the traditional delicacy Soparnik, which is a dough baked with the beet mangold-wurzel and topped with olive oil and garlic.

A holiday in Split will leave you marvelling at two-thousand years of culture whilst also spending time chilling on the beach or relaxing at a wine bar.  Book your Split vacation now to experience this beautiful and enchanting Adriatic city.