Inside Diocletian's Palace
7 stops · 2 h · on foot · 7 stops
- Golden Gate
- Grgur Ninski
- Peristil
- St Domnius Cathedral
- Vestibule
- Palace basements
- Riva
134 places · Michelin, UNESCO, Gault&Millau · no Eater coverage · 5 routes
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This interactive map of Split (Croatia) brings together 134 hand-picked places: 48 attractions, 44 restaurants, 21 cafés and 21 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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Dioklecijanova palača · Grad
A Roman palace people still live in: 1,700 years of stone turned into bars, homes and squares.
Tip: Enter through the Golden Gate and leave via the Bronze Gate: you cross the whole thing for free.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 2 min
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Show on mapPeristil · Grad
The imperial courtyard with Egyptian columns and a real sphinx. At night everyone sits on the steps.
Tip: At 8am it's empty; at 9pm there's a klapa group singing a cappella.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapKatedrala sv. Duje · Grad
The world's oldest cathedral still in use: it was the mausoleum of the emperor who persecuted Christians.
Tip: The combo ticket covers crypt, treasury and bell tower: buy that one, not the basic.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapZvonik sv. Duje · Grad
57 metres of open-air stairs and at the top, the whole Adriatic with Brač on the horizon.
Tip: Go right at opening: the staircase is single-file and jams up by mid-morning.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapPodrumi Dioklecijanove palače · Grad
The intact Roman vaults under the palace, where Daenerys kept her dragons in Game of Thrones.
Tip: The central corridor is free and full of stalls; the dragon hall is the ticketed part.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 1 min
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Show on mapVestibul · Grad
A broken dome open to the sky with acoustics so odd that klapa groups sing there for free.
Tip: Drop by between 11am and 1pm: that's when klapa singers usually perform under the dome.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 2 min
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Show on mapJupiterov hram · Grad
A Roman temple recycled into a baptistery, with a headless black sphinx on guard at the door.
Tip: It sits on the Let Me Pass alley: the narrowest in the palace, look for the sign.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapZlatna vrata · Grad
The palace's noble entrance, the emperor's own door. Today it's Split's must-have photo.
Tip: Shoot it from outside, level with the park: the afternoon light hits it head-on.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 6 min
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Show on mapKip Grgura Ninskog · Grad
Meštrović's giant bronze bishop, whose big toe everyone in Split rubs for a wish before travelling.
Tip: The shiny toe is the left one. At 8am there's no queue to touch it.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 6 min
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Show on mapŽeljezna vrata · Grad
Under Europe's oddest 24-hour clock, the Roman gate that links the palace straight to the Pjaca.
Tip: Look up: the clock has 24 Roman numerals, not 12. Almost nobody notices.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 4 min
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Show on mapObala hrvatskog narodnog preporoda · Grad
The marble waterfront promenade: palm trees, cafés and the whole city having coffee at the same time.
Tip: The local ritual is one hour with a coffee watching people pass. Do it at 6pm.
🚇 Walk from the Palace · 2 min
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Show on mapNarodni trg · Grad
Split's Venetian square, with the Gothic town hall and café tables taken from 7am.
Tip: Locals call it Pjaca, never Narodni trg. Say it that way and you get a different look.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapTrg Republike · Grad
A three-sided ochre Venetian square open to the sea. The prettiest stage in the city.
Tip: At sunset the ochre turns orange: that's the hour for the photo from the sea side.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapVaroš · Veli Varoš
The old fishermen's quarter: stone lanes, laundry lines and white houses climbing towards Marjan.
Tip: Get lost without a map between Senjska and Ban Mladenova: that's where the real konobas are.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 7 min
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Show on mapMatejuška · Veli Varoš
The little fishermen's harbour where Split drinks beer sitting on the rocks watching the sunset.
Tip: Buy your beer at the corner kiosk and sit on the breakwater: that's how it's done here.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 5 min
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Show on mapPrva vidilica · Marjan
The first viewpoint on the stairway: the palace, the harbour and the islands in one postcard.
Tip: Climb the Sv. Nikola steps at golden hour: in October the sun drops right over Brač.
🚇 Walk up from Veli Varoš · 12 min
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Show on mapCrkva sv. Nikole · Marjan
A 13th-century Romanesque chapel on the stairway, looking down over all of Split.
Tip: The stone bench round the back has the best view and is almost never taken.
🚇 Walk up from Veli Varoš · 14 min
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Show on mapVrh Telegrin · Marjan
Marjan's 178 m summit: pines, rosemary in the air and the open Adriatic end to end.
Tip: In October you climb without the heat. Still bring water: there's no tap up there.
🚇 Walk the Marjan trail · 35 min from the Riva
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Show on mapEremitaža · Marjan
Hermit cells carved into the Marjan cliff in the 15th century, hanging straight over the open sea.
Tip: It's signposted from the north path; wear closed shoes, the last stretch is loose rock.
🚇 Marjan trail on foot · 50 min from the Riva
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Show on mapPlaža Bačvice · Bačvice
Split's sandy beach, birthplace of picigin: a tiny ball, knee-deep water and acrobatics.
Tip: In October the water is still about 21°C and the picigin crowd plays anyway: stay and watch.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 12 min
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Show on mapPlaža Kašjuni · Marjan
A pebble cove at the foot of Marjan, with pines, turquoise water and Split's prettiest beach bar.
Tip: Go after 3pm: in the morning the cliff shades half the beach.
🚇 Bus 12 to Marjan + 10 min walk
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Show on mapPlaža Bene · Marjan
Marjan's north tip: stone platforms among the pines, clear water and zero crowds.
Tip: Rent a bike on the Riva: the Marjan road is flat and takes 20 minutes.
🚇 Walk or cycle the Marjan road · 40 min
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Show on mapPlaža Žnjan · Žnjan
The big renovated beach to the east: a mile of coast, beach bars and a view of Brač.
Tip: In low season the beach bars still open at weekends and there's nobody there.
🚇 Bus 12 to Žnjan
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Show on mapPlaža Ovčice · Bačvice
Bačvice's quiet neighbour round the headland: fine pebbles, far fewer people and the same warm sea.
Tip: It's the locals' October favourite: the water cools slower than at Bačvice.
🚇 Walk from Bačvice · 6 min
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Show on mapGalerija Meštrović · Meje
The villa of Croatia's greatest sculptor, with a sculpture garden facing the Adriatic.
Tip: Your ticket includes the Kaštelet, 300 m downhill. Don't leave without the wooden reliefs.
🚇 Bus 12 (Meje) or coastal walk · 25 min
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Show on mapKaštelet · Meje
A Renaissance chapel lined with 28 carved wooden reliefs by Meštrović: pure silence above the sea.
Tip: It's on the gallery ticket: many people skip it, and it's the best of the two sites.
🚇 Walk from the Meštrović Gallery · 4 min
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Show on mapArheološki muzej · Lovret
Croatia's oldest archaeological museum (1820): sarcophagi, mosaics and jewels from Salona.
Tip: The courtyard of open-air Roman sarcophagi is free and worth the trip on its own.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 15 min
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Show on mapMuzej grada Splita · Grad
Inside the Gothic Papalić palace: weapons, documents and Split's story told in its own house.
Tip: The courtyard with the Gothic staircase is visible free from the door: that alone justifies the stop.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 5 min
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Show on mapEtnografski muzej · Grad
Dalmatian costumes, lace and crafts inside the palace, with a terrace above the Vestibule.
Tip: Head up to the museum terrace: it's the palace-rooftop view nobody photographs.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapGalerija umjetnina · Grad
Seven centuries of Croatian art in a beautiful building, with an inner café worth it on its own.
Tip: The café courtyard is open even without a museum ticket: the perfect rainy-day refuge.
🚇 Walk from the Golden Gate · 2 min
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Show on mapFroggyland · Grad
507 stuffed frogs in human scenes, the work of an obsessive Hungarian taxidermist. One of a kind.
Tip: You'll see it in 30 minutes and it's the perfect rainy plan. Kids lose their minds.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 3 min
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Show on mapGame of Thrones Museum · Grad
Original costumes and props from the show, in the city where half of Meereen was shot.
Tip: Pair it with the Palace basements and Klis fortress: that's the full show triangle.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 2 min
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Show on mapMuzej iluzija · Grad
Tilted rooms, holograms and optical tricks that break your brain. The rain-proof plan with kids.
Tip: Go with a charged phone: half the rooms are for filming, not looking.
🚇 Walk from the Golden Gate · 3 min
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Show on mapGradski stadion u Poljudu · Poljud
The 1979 brutalist shell, one of Europe's most beautiful stadiums and Hajduk's temple.
Tip: If there's a match, head to the north stand: that's where Torcida sings, Europe's oldest ultras.
🚇 Bus 3 (Spinut) to Poljud
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Show on mapHajduk Split Museum · Poljud
A century of shirts, cups and photos of the club that is the city's whole identity.
Tip: Your ticket includes the pitch and the players' tunnel. Book ahead at weekends.
🚇 Bus 3 (Spinut) to Poljud
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Show on mapSustipan · Meje
A clifftop park on the site of the old cemetery: cypresses, a little temple and the sea below.
Tip: Split's best free sunset and almost nobody knows it. Bring something to drink.
🚇 Coastal walk from Matejuška · 15 min
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Show on mapHrvatsko narodno kazalište · Dobri
An 1893 neoclassical theatre, among southeast Europe's oldest, in an impossible yellow.
Tip: The season starts in October and opera tickets cost less than a cocktail.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 5 min
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Show on mapStarine – Salona · Solin
The Roman capital of Dalmatia, Diocletian's birthplace: 60 hectares of ruins among vines and cypresses.
Tip: Bring trainers and water: it's over an hour of walking with almost no shade or shop.
🚇 Suburban bus to Solin · 20 min from Split
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Show on mapAmfiteatar · Solin
The Roman amphitheatre that held 18,000, now pure silence and stone among the olive trees.
Tip: It's at the end of the Salona route: leave it for last and you'll have it to yourself.
🚇 Suburban bus to Solin + 15 min walk
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Show on mapArheološki muzej Salona (Tusculum) · Solin
The villa of Frane Bulić, the archaeologist who dug up Salona, with its garden of columns.
Tip: This is where you buy the Salona ticket and get the site map: start at the Tusculum.
🚇 Suburban bus to Solin · 20 min from Split
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Show on mapTvrđava Klis · Klis
The fortress clinging to the gorge that played Meereen in Game of Thrones. Dalmatia's most epic view.
Tip: Climb to the upper terrace and look south: you see Split, Salona and the islands in one sweep.
🚇 Bus 22 or 34 to Klis · 30 min from Split
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Show on mapPovijesni grad Trogir · Trogir
An entire island of Venetian and Roman stone, so intact UNESCO protected the whole of it.
Tip: Cross the footbridge late afternoon: the day-trippers have gone and it empties out.
🚇 Bus 37 (Trogir stop) · 50 min from Split
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Show on mapKatedrala sv. Lovre · Trogir
Home to the Radovan Portal (1240), Croatia's most important Romanesque masterpiece.
Tip: The portal is outside and free: Adam and Eve, the months of the year and even a centaur.
🚇 Walk from the Trogir Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapZvonik katedrale · Trogir
47 metres of Gothic stairs and at the top, Trogir's red roofs, the channel and the open sea.
Tip: The top flight has no handrail: climb without a backpack and keep your hands free.
🚇 Walk from the Trogir Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapTvrđava Kamerlengo · Trogir
The 15th-century Venetian castle at the water's edge, with walls you can walk end to end.
Tip: From the southwest corner tower you see the channel, Čiovo and the harbour at once: that's the shot.
🚇 Walk from the Trogir Riva · 5 min
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Show on mapGradska loža · Trogir
The open 15th-century loggia where justice was handed down, with a Meštrović relief on the wall.
Tip: Look at the chain on the column: that's where the condemned were tied in full view.
🚇 Walk from Trogir cathedral · 1 min
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Show on mapDioklecijanov akvadukt · Solin
Nine kilometres of Roman arches that still carry water from the Jadro river to the palace.
Tip: You can see it close up from the street, free: the perfect stop on the way to Salona.
🚇 Suburban bus to Solin · 18 min from Split
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Show on mapKaštel Stari · Kaštela
A 15th-century castle standing in the sea and a fishing town tourism hasn't touched yet.
Tip: The train from Split takes 20 minutes and costs loose change: the cheapest escape on this map.
🚇 HŽ train to Kaštel Stari or bus 37
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Show on mapKrug · Veli Varoš
Split's first Michelin star: Karlo Kaleb's modern Dalmatian cooking, facing the sea at Matejuška.
Tip: Book weeks ahead: one sitting a night and the tasting menu is the only way in.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 6 min
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Show on mapRestoran K.užina · Grad
Michelin Bib Gourmand: Dalmatian market cooking, a daily-changing blackboard and neighbourhood prices.
Tip: Order whatever's on the day's blackboard: they shop at the Pazar and Peškarija that same morning.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 2 min
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Show on mapZrno soli · Zenta
Four Gault&Millau toques and in the Michelin selection: Adriatic fish above the marina.
Tip: Ask for the first-floor terrace: you watch the yachts and the sunset over Marjan.
🚇 Coastal walk from Matejuška · 12 min
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Show on mapDvor · Firule
In the Michelin selection, with a terraced deck over the sea at Firule: seafood and handmade pasta.
Tip: The table you want is on the lowest level, right at the waterline. Ask when you book.
🚇 Walk from Bačvice · 10 min
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Show on mapZOI · Riva
In the Michelin selection, on the palace's south wall: a raised terrace above the Riva and harbour.
Tip: Book at sunset and ask for an outside table: you eat on a Roman wall watching the ferries.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 1 min
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Show on mapŠug Restaurant · Manuš
In the Michelin selection, off the tourist circuit: Dalmatian produce handled with fine technique.
Tip: It's small and locals fill it: book for two days out, not tonight.
🚇 Walk from the Golden Gate · 5 min
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Show on mapZinfandel · Grad
In the Michelin selection inside the palace: a very long Croatian wine list and plates to share.
Tip: Ask for Dalmatian plavac mali by the glass: they pour half a dozen and let you taste.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 2 min
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Show on mapKadena · Trstenik
In the Michelin selection, right on the water at Trstenik: grilled fish and Adriatic crudo.
Tip: Go for a weekday lunch: empty terrace, sea in front and half the evening price.
🚇 Bus 1 (Trstenik–HNK)
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Show on mapKonoba Fetivi · Veli Varoš
In the Michelin selection with a konoba's soul: catch of the day, brudet and the whole family cooking.
Tip: Order the fish brudet with polenta: it's the Veli Varoš fishermen's dish.
🚇 Walk from Matejuška · 3 min
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Show on mapVilla Spiza · Grad
Eight stools facing the open kitchen, a handwritten menu every day. Split's cult dining room.
Tip: No reservations: show up at noon sharp or at 6pm and wait your turn in the street.
🚇 Walk from the Golden Gate · 3 min
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Show on mapKonoba Matejuška · Veli Varoš
Veli Varoš's best-loved fish konoba: charcoal grill, paper tablecloths and zero posing.
Tip: Order the crni rižot: black cuttlefish risotto, the dish that defines Dalmatian cooking.
🚇 Walk from Matejuška · 2 min
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Show on mapKonoba Varoš · Veli Varoš
An institution since 1972: pašticada, lamb peka and walls covered in half a century of photos.
Tip: The peka needs 3 hours' notice: call in the morning and come back at night.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 6 min
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Show on mapKonoba Marjan · Veli Varoš
Tiny, family-run and always full: simple fish, their own olive oil and blitva with potatoes.
Tip: Order blitva: chard with potato, garlic and oil. Dalmatia's national side dish.
🚇 Walk from Matejuška · 2 min
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Show on mapKonoba Hvaranin · Veli Varoš
A Veli Varoš konoba with recipes from Hvar island: gregada, octopus under the bell and house wine.
Tip: Order the gregada: fish stewed with potatoes and white wine, the Adriatic's oldest recipe.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 6 min
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Show on mapKonoba Kod Joze · Manuš
The konoba Split locals defend as their own: peka, ćevapi and house wine served by the jug.
Tip: Order the veal peka with house bread: you need to call a few hours ahead.
🚇 Walk from the Golden Gate · 4 min
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Show on mapŠperun · Veli Varoš
A Veli Varoš classic since the 90s, with textbook Dalmatian dishes and a tiny stone dining room.
Tip: The pašticada, veal marinated in wine and vinegar, is Dalmatia's celebration dish: order it.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 5 min
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Show on mapFife · Matejuška
The people's canteen at Matejuška: huge portions, prices from another decade and fishermen at the next table.
Tip: The cheapest seafront table on this map. Go at noon and order the dish of the day.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 5 min
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Show on mapBokeria · Grad
Split's most photographed bistro: high ceilings, a marble bar and textbook seafood.
Tip: If you didn't book, take the bar: same food and you get in without waiting.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 2 min
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Show on mapUje Oil Bar · Grad
Dalmatian olive oil as the star: small plates, cheese and bread in a stone palace courtyard.
Tip: Ask for the oil flight: they'll explain the difference between oblica and levantinka.
🚇 Walk from the Peristil · 2 min
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Show on mapBrasserie 07 · Riva
The Riva table with all-day breakfast and sunset cocktails, harbour straight ahead.
Tip: Outside table at 9am in October: sun, coffee and the Riva still empty.
🚇 On the Riva · 1 min
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Show on mapKantun Paulina · Grad
The ćevapi window: ten off the griddle, hot somun, ajvar and onion. A Split ritual.
Tip: Order ten with kajmak and eat standing on the corner: that's how it's always been done.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 3 min
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Show on mapBajamonti · Prokurative
A café-restaurant on Split's prettiest Venetian square, with tables under the ochre arcades.
Tip: Sit outside at sunset: the square turns orange and there's no better seat for it.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapNostromo · Grad
Right beside the fish market: raw fish, fritto misto and Adriatic crudo served steps from the sea.
Tip: Come at lunchtime: they buy at the fish market next door at 7 and serve it at noon.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 3 min
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Show on mapPandora Greenbox · Grad
Green, vegetarian and viral: bowls, wraps and juices in a courtyard draped in plants.
Tip: The back courtyard is the Instagram one: order inside and sit out there.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 3 min
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Show on mapMazzgoon (Mule) · Grad
Modern Dalmatian cooking in a palace alley, small sharing plates and natural wine.
Tip: It's four tables in the alley: book, or arrive at 6pm when they open.
🚇 Walk from the Peristil · 2 min
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Show on mapAdriatic Sushi & Oyster Bar · Grad
Ston oysters and sushi made with Adriatic fish, at a tiny counter inside the palace.
Tip: Ston oysters peak in autumn: order half a dozen with lemon.
🚇 Walk from the Peristil · 2 min
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Show on mapBEPA! · Narodni trg
Burgers and sharp Croatian cooking right on the Pjaca, with tables on the square until late.
Tip: The corner table against the Gothic town hall is the best on the square.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapGalija · Dobri
Split's historic pizzeria: a wood oven since 1982 and thin dough locals defend to the death.
Tip: No bookings and it fills at 8pm: go at 6:30 or wait at the bar next door.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 4 min
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Show on mapBokamorra · Matejuška
Long-ferment Neapolitan pizza and cocktails, facing the marina. The place of the moment.
Tip: The terrace faces the yachts: book for 7pm and you catch the whole sunset.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 7 min
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Show on mapPortofino · Grad
Pasta and fish on Grgur Ninski square, with tables under the palace's Roman walls.
Tip: At night they light the Roman wall behind the tables: Split's best-looking dinner backdrop.
🚇 Walk from the Golden Gate · 2 min
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Show on mapDujkin dvor · Matejuška
A family konoba at Matejuška with grilled fish and the neighbourhood's most hidden stone courtyard.
Tip: The back courtyard isn't visible from the street: ask for it or you'll be seated inside.
🚇 Walk from Matejuška · 1 min
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Show on mapTrattoria Tinel · Veli Varoš
Fresh pasta and Dalmatian produce in a tiny Veli Varoš trattoria, always full of locals.
Tip: Six tables only: book by WhatsApp the day before or you won't get in.
🚇 Walk from Matejuška · 2 min
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Show on mapChops Grill Steak & Seafood · Grad
An open charcoal grill: tomahawk, whole fish and charred vegetables. Serious meat in Split.
Tip: Ask for a table by the open grill: you eat watching it cook.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 4 min
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Show on mapGentile · Lazareti
Croatian wine by the glass and modern Dalmatian cooking, on the Lazareti terrace above the harbour.
Tip: Order pošip from Korčula and babić from Dalmatia: the white and red grapes that define the coast.
🚇 On the Riva · 2 min
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Show on mapFig Split · Grad
All-day brunch inside the palace: eggs, bowls and sandwiches made with Dalmatian produce.
Tip: The alley tables fill by 10: arrive at 9 and have breakfast with the palace empty.
🚇 Walk from the Peristil · 1 min
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Show on mapCiri Biri Bela · Manuš
The locals' breakfast: pancakes, eggs and juices in a courtyard with wisteria and cats.
Tip: The back courtyard is the secret: order inside and slip into the garden, invisible from the street.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 6 min
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Show on mapFranka · Trogir
In the Michelin selection in Trogir: precise Mediterranean cooking in a stone courtyard of the old town.
Tip: Book lunch: you eat well and keep the afternoon free to walk the island.
🚇 Bus 37 (Trogir stop) · 50 min from Split
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Show on mapKonoba Trs · Trogir
In the Michelin selection with a tavern's soul: a vine over the courtyard, fish from the channel and house wine.
Tip: In October the vine courtyard is still in use and empty: ask for an outside table.
🚇 Bus 37 (Trogir stop) · 50 min from Split
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Show on mapRestaurant Kamerlengo · Trogir
An open grill beside the fortress: whole fish, lamb and peka in a huge stone courtyard.
Tip: The octopus peka needs a phone call three hours ahead: worth every minute.
🚇 Walk from the Trogir Riva · 4 min
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Show on mapPizza Mirkec · Trogir
The pizzeria on Trogir's Riva: wood oven, tables over the channel and local queues since 1996.
Tip: The front-row tables face the channel and the yachts: wait ten minutes for one.
🚇 Walk from the Trogir Riva · 1 min
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Show on mapTri Volta · Trogir
A tavern under three stone arches in Trogir's old town: simple Dalmatian plates and house wine.
Tip: Order Dalmatian pršut with Pag cheese and bread: the coast's classic afternoon plate.
🚇 Walk from Trogir cathedral · 2 min
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Show on mapKonoba Fortin · Trogir
A waterside terrace on Trogir's western tip: grilled fish looking out at the channel and Čiovo.
Tip: At sunset the sun drops right behind the Kamerlengo: book a table for 6pm in October.
🚇 Walk from Kamerlengo fortress · 3 min
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Show on mapKonoba Hajduk · Klis
The Klis spit-roast lamb, the dish Split locals drive up the mountain for every single Sunday.
Tip: Pair it with the fortress: castle in the morning, lamb at noon.
🚇 Bus 22 or 34 to Klis · 35 min from Split
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Show on mapMandrach · Poljud
Fish and Mediterranean cooking facing the Poljud marina, far from the old-town crowds.
Tip: Come before or after a Hajduk match: the stadium is five minutes' walk away.
🚇 Bus 3 (Spinut) to Poljud
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Show on mapD16 Coffee · Grad
Split's specialty flagship: own roast, filter brews and baristas who talk you through the bean.
Tip: Order the day's filter and drink it on the bench in the alley: the palace's best cup.
🚇 Walk from the Peristil · 1 min
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Show on mapSplit Coffee Roasters · Grad
A local roastery with a small counter: serious espresso, flat whites and bags of beans to go.
Tip: Buy a bag of their roast: the most useful souvenir you can take home.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 3 min
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Show on mapTinel · Grad
A tiny specialty bar near Prokurative, with V60, Chemex and a crowd of regulars.
Tip: Come before 10: after that it fills with people working and there are no tables.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 4 min
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Show on mapKavana Lvxor · Peristil
The Peristil café: they hand you a cushion and you drink your kava on the Roman steps.
Tip: Order inside and sit outside on the step: the tourist ritual that's still worth it.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapBobis · Riva
Split's historic patisserie (1923) right on the Riva: kremšnita, rožata and lifelong krafne.
Tip: Get the kremšnita with a macchiato and sit outside facing the harbour: the local breakfast.
🚇 On the Riva · 1 min
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Show on mapTradicija · Grad
Proper Dalmatian sweets: rožata, fritule, carob torta od rogača and almond mandulat.
Tip: Try the rožata: the Dalmatian custard with rose liqueur. You won't find it outside Croatia.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 2 min
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Show on mapKruščić – Artisan Bakery · Grad
An artisan sourdough bakery: loaves, croissants and sandwiches that sell out before noon.
Tip: The first batch comes out at 8: get there early or the almond croissants are gone.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 3 min
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Show on mapKavana Central · Narodni trg
The Pjaca's lifelong café: tables on the square, kava and an hour of people-watching.
Tip: Order a bijela kava and stretch it an hour: in Split coffee is time, not caffeine.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapMosquito · Grad
A coffee-and-drinks bar in a palace alley, with wooden tables outside and music running until late.
Tip: Coffee by day, bar by night: the same table works for both.
🚇 Walk from the Golden Gate · 2 min
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Show on mapGhetto Club · Grad
The palace's oldest bohemian courtyard: art on the walls, bougainvillea and drinks under the stars.
Tip: Enter via the Dosud passage: the courtyard is invisible from the street, which is why it stays local.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapMarcvs Marvlvs Caffe Bar · Grad
A hidden café beside the Gothic Papalić palace, with stone tables tucked under the old arches.
Tip: It's the palace's quietest alley: perfect to read for an hour without being rushed.
🚇 Walk from the Peristil · 2 min
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Show on mapTeraca Bamba · Matejuška
The Matejuška terrace: coffee in the morning, beer at sunset and the sea three metres away.
Tip: In October the terrace is empty and the sun hits it all afternoon: the best time of year.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 5 min
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Show on mapOvčice · Bačvice
A beach café on the Ovčice rocks: breakfast with your feet almost in the water and zero tourists.
Tip: Have your coffee then swim: in October the water is still warm and the terrace is empty.
🚇 Walk from Bačvice · 6 min
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Show on mapEmiliana · Grad
Italian-style artisan gelato made on site, with Dalmatian flavours like fig, carob and lavender.
Tip: Ask for the rogač (carob) one: the Dalmatian flavour you won't find anywhere else.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 2 min
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Show on mapGelateria aMare · Narodni trg
Creamy gelato right on the Pjaca, with a queue of locals and visitors at any hour.
Tip: Get the pistachio and eat it walking to the Peristil: exactly four minutes.
🚇 Walk from the Riva · 3 min
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Show on mapBotanović ice cream · Dobri
A cult artisan gelateria: natural ingredients, a short flavour list and a queue at the door.
Tip: The list changes daily with the fruit: ask what they made this morning.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 4 min
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Show on mapArt Patisserie · Dobri
A modern Croatian patisserie: signature cakes, macarons and coffee, two blocks from the theatre.
Tip: The perfect stop before a show at the HNK: it's 100 metres away.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 5 min
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Show on mapKawa2 · Lovret
Specialty outside the old town: guest roasters, oat milk and tables to work at without pressure.
Tip: It's where laptop-working locals go: good wifi and nobody gives you a look.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 8 min
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Show on mapCaffe Trogir · Trogir
Tables on Trogir's cathedral square: kava, shade and the Radovan Portal straight ahead.
Tip: Sit with your back to the loggia: from there the portal and bell tower fit in one photo.
🚇 Walk from Trogir cathedral · 1 min
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Show on mapTinel Trogir · Trogir
The only specialty bar in Trogir's old town: filters, flat whites and a counter barely three steps long.
Tip: Essential stop before the bus 37 back: old-town coffee is all touristy except this one.
🚇 Walk from Trogir cathedral · 2 min
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Show on mapVerde Gelato · Grad
Vegan artisan gelato on a cashew and almond base, on the street that drops to the fish market.
Tip: The old town's only fully plant-based gelato: ask for the Sicilian pistachio.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 3 min
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Show on mapPazar · Grad
The open-air market against the palace wall: olive oil, dried figs, lavender and Pag cheese.
Tip: Go before 10 and buy olive oil loose: half the price of any shop.
🚇 Walk from the Silver Gate · 1 min
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Show on mapRibarnica · Grad
The 1890 Art Nouveau fish market: no flies, because sulphur from the baths next door keeps them away.
Tip: Come at 7am: by 11 there's nothing left, and 7 is when the show happens.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 3 min
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Show on mapMarmontova ulica · Dobri
The white marble pedestrian street where Split shops: brands, shop windows and gelaterias.
Tip: Walk it at night: the lit white marble is one of Split's best photos.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 2 min
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Show on mapCroata · Grad
The necktie was invented in Croatia and this is the brand that claims it: printed silk, made locally.
Tip: Ask for the Croatian interlace (pleter) designs: the only ones you won't see abroad.
🚇 On the Riva · 1 min
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Show on mapThink Pink · Grad
Independent Croatian design: clothes, ceramics and objects from small workshops across the country.
Tip: The shop for something Croatian that isn't a fridge magnet: everything is locally made.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 2 min
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Show on mapHajduk Fan Shop · Riva
Hajduk's blue-and-white chequered shirt: the souvenir people from Split actually wear.
Tip: Buy the training top, not the match shirt: that's what locals wear every day.
🚇 On the Riva · 1 min
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Show on mapTorcida Shop · Lovret
The shop of Torcida, Europe's oldest organised supporters' group (1950). Cult merch.
Tip: The scarves and pins are what you'll see in the stadium: none of it is sold on the Riva.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 8 min
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Show on mapNadalina · Grad
Bean-to-bar chocolate made in Split, with single-origin cacao and Dalmatian flavours like fig and bay.
Tip: Ask for the fig and walnut bar: it sums up the taste of Dalmatia best.
🚇 Walk from the Peristil · 2 min
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Show on mapBonbonnière Kraš · Grad
The historic Croatian chocolatier: Bajadera, Griotte and Dorina, the sweets the whole country knows.
Tip: Take a box of Bajadera: the standard gift in any Croatian household.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 1 min
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Show on mapVinoteka Terra · Bačvice
A Dalmatian wine shop in a vaulted cellar: plavac mali, pošip and babić, with tastings at the back table.
Tip: Ask to taste a Dingač plavac mali: the most powerful red on the Dalmatian coast.
🚇 Walk from Bačvice · 4 min
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Show on mapSplit & Sip · Dobri
A Croatian wine shop and bar opposite the theatre, with tasting pours and grower labels.
Tip: They do three-glass flights by region: the fastest way to understand Croatian wine.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 5 min
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Show on mapMarkus Tasting Room · Matejuška
A tasting room facing the marina: Dalmatian wines, oils and cheeses, explanation included.
Tip: Book the afternoon tasting: in October they run it on the terrace with the sun on you.
🚇 Walk from Matejuška · 3 min
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Show on mapFiligran · Grad
Hand-made silver filigree, the traditional Dalmatian jewellery passed down through generations.
Tip: Ask for the Split filigree earrings: the design is local and made nowhere else.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 2 min
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Show on mapCoral Gallery · Grad
Hand-set Adriatic red coral: the Croatian coast's traditional jewel for centuries.
Tip: Ask for the certificate of origin: Adriatic coral is legal and traceable, imported isn't always.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 2 min
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Show on mapID Concept Store · Grad
A concept store of contemporary Croatian fashion and objects, with Zagreb and Split labels that don't export.
Tip: Ask about the Split labels: three or four of them only sell here and in Zagreb.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 3 min
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Show on mapCava Alba · Dobri
A gallery and shop of contemporary Croatian art: originals, prints and artist ceramics.
Tip: The small prints fit in a suitcase and cost less than a dinner: the best souvenir there is.
🚇 Walk from the Pjaca · 4 min
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Show on mapDancing Bear · Grad
A cult record shop inside the palace: Croatian vinyl, Yugo-rock and pressings you won't find online.
Tip: Ask for 80s Yugo-rock: the best collection on the coast and the owner explains all of it.
🚇 Walk from the Peristil · 2 min
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Show on mapMall of Split · Žnjan
Dalmatia's biggest mall: a cinema, a hundred shops and the coast's widest brand selection.
Tip: If it rains, combine it with the cinema: films screen in English with Croatian subtitles.
🚇 Taxi, Bolt or Uber · 14 min from the Riva
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Show on mapCity Center One Split · Split 3
A large mall to the east, with the full set of European chains and better prices than the old town.
Tip: Split's biggest supermarket is here: perfect to stock up before a beach day.
🚇 Taxi, Bolt or Uber · 15 min from the Riva
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Show on mapMurex · Trogir
A design and fine-souvenir shop on Trogir's Riva: Brač stone, ceramics and local lavender.
Tip: Ask for something carved in Brač stone: the same stone used for the White House.
🚇 Walk from the Trogir Riva · 1 min
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Show on mapPutalj Winery · Kaštela
A family winery in Kaštela, the documented birthplace of zinfandel (crljenak kaštelanski). Tastings with a view.
Tip: Ask to taste the crljenak: the genetic ancestor of Californian zinfandel, born right here.
🚇 Bus 37 or HŽ train to Kaštela · 30 min
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