A living monument
Split grew around Diocletian's Palace built in 305 AD. Today the palace (UNESCO) is the city's most beautiful street — cafés in the emperor's atrium, market where guard corridors used to be, basements that were Game of Thrones sets.
What to see
- Peristyle — central palace square, morning coffee with klapa singing
- Cathedral of St. Domnius — former Diocletian's mausoleum
- Palace cellars — best preserved Roman basements in the world
- Marjan — the city's "green lungs", forested peninsula
- Riva — seaside promenade, heart of Split nightlife
- Bačvice — city beach, home of the picigin ball game
Klapa
Dalmatian polyphonic a cappella singing (UNESCO). Every night at Peristyle, in Lučica or Konoba Veli Varoš.
Island hopping
Split is the gateway to Dalmatia: ferries to Brač (1h), Hvar (1h), Šolta (1h), Vis (2h), Korčula (3h).