Split, Croatia Travel Blogs

... " (cheese, noodles, pastry, grease) at 4am. This morning we somehow pulled ourselves out of bed and took a one-hour catamaran at 7:45 to Split on the mainland. Split is a maze of clothing and jewelry stores and little cafes that only serve drinks; we ...

A travel blog entry by easyread
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... and unspoilt mountains of Abruzzo on the way. From Pescara it was a quick 30 minute trip on the plane over to Split in Croatia. Izm staying in a private room, just off the central square of Split town, and next to the Dioclesian palace (dating from the ...

A travel blog entry by aussierach
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... by no means does it suggest anything.  It would be hard to imagine that happening in any relationship if you visit Croatia's second largest city in the heart of the Dalmatian Coast.  Split is incredibly beautiful, and like its southern neighbour, Dubrovnik, ...

A travel blog entry by meganandkevin
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... - a plane, a bus or even perhaps a ferry - it's hard to organise anything specific to do during the day. It's Sunday in Split and we have a ferry to catch at 7.30 and so that means spending a pretty quiet day. Not that we just stayed around the apartment ...

A travel blog entry by guykb
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... bags and freshening up we headed into town. With no particular agenda we just walked around the old town of Split, finding some markets, stumbling across the tourist information, and generally enjoying the amazing alleyways that characterise this area. We ...

A travel blog entry by guykb
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... is only so much comfort you can get from using a rucksack as a pillow and a travel towel as a blanket... The ferry pulled into Split around 7am, just as the sun was rising, so it was bathed in a lovely light, making it look really pretty, with lots of ...

A travel blog entry by hels_belles
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... , seen destroyed, and rebuilt a magnificent mosaic where homes, businesses, and religious places are intertwined. The people here in Split were quite friendly and we spent most of the day exploring the town and learning about the history and culture of the ...

A travel blog entry by akawally
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... the quickest way might be to climb the hill and walk back along the road. We saw where some of the richer Split residents live. Some excellent homes adorned the hillside, all clearly having wonderful sea views. Half their luck. The first restaurant that ...

A travel blog entry by guykb
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... but, as the girl next to me on the bus said 'because no one wants to live around here anymore'. So, Split. A city of cafes, beaches, historical significance, beautiful women and, if visited at the right time of year, football hoolaganism - what's ...

A travel blog entry by marktjhung
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... class rail travel again, we bought our 2nd class regionali seats the night before for our Rome-Ancona trip that would lead us to Croatia. We checked with the guard who assured us the whole train was 2nd class so we located some seats in the only air- ...

A travel blog entry by lucinate
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... stop in Stuttgart, but before long we had left the choking heat of Germany... for the choking heat of Croatia! Dare I say it was actually hotter in Split? Not to worry, because unlike Germany they actually have a clue on how to deal with heat. It's called ...

A travel blog entry by kiemce
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... was a bit of a pain. Nonetheless, I made it to my hostel by late afternoon, and set out to see Split's main attraction, the partially-preserved ruins of the third-century-era Diocletian's Palace, built by Roman Emperor Diocletian. I strolled through the ...

A travel blog entry by segacs
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... we had basically seen it all. There is an old fort overlooking the harbour, which we did have a look, and we managed to grace Croatia with our bodies as we finally went swimming. But you can only walk up and down a 50 metre promenade a number of times, so ...

A travel blog entry by uncle_davros
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... like this: P: It's REALLY hot. It's awful! N: I want to go to the beach, P: Where's the nearest bech? C & N: Croatia. C: There's a train to Zagreb first thing tomorrow..... N: Let's do it, girls! So it was that three virtual strangers met in ...

A travel blog entry by catmoj
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... respective marriages), but they both needed out from their lives at home for a while, so they decided that they would come to Croatia and see the country together - I thought that was really cool. She was a psychologist from New York and he was some sort ...

A travel blog entry by amullett
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... recommended it to me, and so naturally I was skeptical about the country...but I must concede defeat and admit that Croatia is stunning. Shockingly beautiful. Ridiculously gorgeous, in a way that makes each city seem ripped out of a travel magazine. ...

A nice city. We met 2 norwegian girls on the train and stayed up with them all night... the morning in split was not so good... took a train towards Dubrownik!!

... we left the train station. The first port of call was the hostel to drop our stuff off. We then decided to try a taste of Split's cafe-culture and spent the next few hours talking off our hang-overs on a swing outside the cafe. I had a cup of Croatian ...

... football. After that we went to a place called Kod Joze, a restaurant famous for it's Dalmatian food. Dalmatia being an area of Croatia, the restaurant didn't cook dogs. I had a Scampi Risotto, which was very nice. All in all a very good day for food. ...

... Norway then head over land to Sweden from there take a ferry to Estonia.Life as a backpacker can be really tough. So after a week in Croatia I feel its time to move on but where? I had been so busy for the last week(when I say busy I mean drinking) I ...

Hello everyone... here we are in Split... absolutely beautiful...we're right at home here, locals have mistaken us to be locals... just come from the beach and a lovely experience, all sorts of people, big, little, old and young... all sorts and yet ...

In Split I stayed in a friendly small old fashioned hostel of 16 beds where their dog licked your toes and everyone could sit out in the courtyard chatting. Inbetween the bursts of rain I wandered around the Roman Palace which comprises most of the old ...

On the 23rd day of my journey, I have arrived in the beautiful Adriatic metropolis of Split, Croatia. Croatia, aka Hravska in local language, is the second largest city next the the capital city of Zagrab. Getting here is a major pain, I must take the ...

Hey Guys, Well I know it has been a while since my last entry, but I am back on the road again now. I flew into Croatia to start a yacht cruise, where I met up with many friends who have all been off traveling and doing there thing. We had such a great ...

... . I ended up walking around for nearly four hours, gazing into the Splitski Channel at the clear turquoise waters. Split is the second largest city in Croatia, and as such, I wasn't sure what to expect. When I was first approaching it on the bus, all I ...

... our 6+ hour bus ride from the Plitvice Lakes (man was I ready to be off that bus) we arrived in Split, a southern city right on the coast of Croatia. It has its share of resort-style promenades with palm trees on the water, historical sites, and regular ...

Docked back in Milna to refuel before returning back to Spinut Marina in Split

Sailing, sailing, on the deep blue sea, when days are hot when days are cold I'll sail the ocean blue... It's nice to finally have a sea day to relax and reinvigorate myself for the days upcoming.  The Mediterranean is the perfect place to have a ...

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