Hotel Split
Put Trstenika 19 Split, 21000, Croatia
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelHotel Split
Split: The Difference
Split, Croatia, is a gorgeous place.
Moving from Reykjavik (latitude 64°) down to Copenhagen (latitude 55°) to Split (latitude 43°) makes this final leg of my journey all the more shocking to the senses. Here, I am in a place much closer to home in terms of placement on the planet (Kansas City is 39°; Milwaukee would be at 43º as I am …
Split Second
It is my second day in Split. Having failed to rest yesterday, I shall do that today. But not until after my morning walk which, on this day, took me inland and away from the sea. While walking along the beach front keeps me on flat terrain, walking just a bit inland means going up and down hills so my workout is intensified.
Back at the …
Travel Blogs Nearby
Split Tour, Round 2
... the main gate to Diocletian's palace. Since this was the seat of the Roman empire for so many years, the name golden implies how important the entrance was. Now, the surrounding building are used for many purposes, including a convent and residences. We liked peeking in, to see how people now use the still prestigious palace.
Outside the palace is a ...
Croatia
... and have a beer while we cruised to the next stop - The Blue Cave. We were offloaded onto smaller boats, about the same size as a Venetian gondola. We were heading to an inconspicuous hole in the rock and not thinking about it until the driver yelled "down down", so we ducked and sure enough scraped through this hole, which was only about 1m high and 1.5m wide. The engine was cut and we glided through, bumping and scraping against the cave walls. It was completely dark. Then ...
Keep on Busin'
When we first booked our trip, I was thinking Europe would greet us with the ease of train travel and the convenient Euro -- not quite. Maybe it was our route along the Adriactic or our lack of an Albanian, Greek or Croatian tongue but finding our way around became challenging rather quickly. This is where Leah stepped up big time and showed me how great of a caring partner and skillful traveller she truly is.
The attitude of the Greeks was a ...



