Visit Split tourist guide

  The cathedral was originally built as Diocletian's tomb. Over the centuries, the building was converted into a Catholic church, and it's now filled with spectacular art and carvings dating from the 14th century.Since the original building was built at the time when Christianity was still i...

Underground Halls of Diocletian Palace were originally only a substructure to hold the upper part but these cellers enabled us to see the exact ground-plan of the south part of the palace where the emperor Diocletian lived with his family and suite. Today, these halls have significant part in ever...

Peristyle has allways been the heart of the Palace and the city since it’s by far most important and historiclly rather old imperial square. Some things were demolished, some altered, some holes were made; things were patched and built as such strained circumstances allowed. But, no matter t...

Gigantic statue of Grgur Ninski, carved in 1929 of Grgur, Bishop of Nin, to mark the 1000th anniversary of the Synod of Split. He was a 10th-century bishop that strongly opposed the Pope and official circles of the Church and introduced the Croatian language in the religious services after the G...

Dispet is the local word for stubbornness. It could be said that this word is Split's best motto. Many successes weren't result of the city's innovation and progress. They were simply result of pure spite. I don't know the word in English for Figa. It is the figure that you do with your fingers wh...

  Short period when Split was under the Napoleon rule was very important in urban history of Split, and the name of French general Marmont is connected with important modernisation projects done in Split in this period. Most of the city walls were demolished in order to give space to new bui...

Poljud is a football stadium in the Croatian city of Split. It takes its name from the neighbourhood of Poljud, its original name is "Gradski stadion u Poljudu" ("City Stadium in Poljud"). It is the home of HNK Hajduk Split, one of the top football teams in the country. The sta...

Marjan, a 178 meter-high hill in the westernmost part of the Split peninsula is a protected forest park which offers numerous possibilities to its visitors such as enjoying the silence in the shade of the pine wood. You can also take part in cultural, historic, and sports activities as well as ref...

Built in neo-Renaissance forms this large square was named after famous Venetian original. Complex was built in 1844. on the ground where in Marmont’s time was a large green public park.  ...

Officially known as Trg Brace Radic everyone in split still refers to this square as to “Vocni trg” (Fruit’s square). This is the memory of its old function when it was a busy fruit market. Today it is a nice square that opens on its southern side to Riva – sea promenade. B...