Split · Dalmatian Coast · Croatia
A Roman palace, an Adriatic harbour, seven islands within reach.
Diocletian’s Old Town, the boats out to Hvar and Brač, and the inland day to Krka or Plitvice. The Split day trips and walking tours that work, ranked by actual review counts.
The single most-booked day
If everyone in Split does one tour, this is it.
By reviewer-count across every booking platform, the Split day-trip that beats the rest. Comes back to the harbour the same evening.
Three directions from the harbour
Pick how you spend a Split day.
Almost every Split itinerary lines up against one of three vectors out of the city. Inside the walls. Out to the islands. Inland over the Dalmatian hills. Three directions, three tours that lead each one.
Inside the Walls
Diocletian's Palace, the Old Town alleys, the bell tower at the Peristyle. Two hours that explain why Split looks the way it looks.
Walking Tour of Split and Diocletian’s Palace All Old Town tours →Out to the Islands
The ferries and speedboats that leave the Riva for Hvar, Brač, Šolta and the Blue Cave on Vis. Most are a single long day.
Split: Blue Lagoon Boat Party with DJs, Shots & After Party All island tours →Inland & Beyond
Krka and Plitvice for the waterfalls, Mostar for the bridge across the border, Trogir up the coast. The long day in a comfortable van.
From Split: Krka Waterfalls Tour, Boat Cruise & Swimming All day-trip tours →The most-booked of Split
Split’s Most Popular Tours
Krka waterfalls, the Blue Cave run to Vis, the Hvar five-island day, walking the Palace. The tours travellers actually pick when they land in Split.
Where Split actually goes
Six places, six different days.
Diocletian’s for the Roman city. Hvar for the famous island. Krka for the waterfalls and a swim. Plitvice for the lakes. Brač for Zlatni Rat. Trogir for the walled town along the coast.
Or by how you want the day to feel
Pick the kind of day.
Speedboat for range across the Adriatic. Walking for the layers of Old Town. Wine and food when you want Split to slow down. Cetina rafting if you came for the inland water.
From the Riva
Five things Split is, before you start booking tours.
A quick city read from the waterfront. What the Old Town actually is, where Split walks at sunset, why Klis fortress shows up in everyone’s photos.
The Palace
A city inside Diocletian's living room
The Old Town isn't beside the Roman palace — it's literally inside it. Residents have been living between those 4th-century walls since the 7th.
The Riva
Where Split actually meets the sea
Palm-lined waterfront promenade. Where the ferries leave for the islands, where the city walks at sunset, where the harbour ends and the Adriatic begins.
Marjan Hill
The forested headland over the Old Town
Pine paths, chapel viewpoints, and the steep climb the locals call «the lungs of Split.» The best sunset over the harbour is from up here.
Bačvice
Sandy beach, picigin in shin-deep water
Split's home beach and the home of picigin — a barefoot ball game with no rules invented here. Loudest in August, lovely in June.
Klis Fortress
The hill fort that played Meereen
A 15-minute drive inland, the medieval fortress above the city was filmed as Meereen in Game of Thrones. The view back over Split is worth the climb on its own.
The cave on Vis everyone tries to fit in
The Blue Cave Day.
Most travellers in Split want to see the cave on Biševo at least once. The good boats time the entry to the late-morning light, then keep going to Hvar or Stiniva. If we had to book three, these are them.
Walking the 4th-century city
Inside Diocletian’s Palace.
The Old Town is the palace and the palace is the Old Town. A guide explains the Peristyle, the cellars (yes, those cellars), the bell tower stairs, and what each set of stones used to be. Our three favourite walks.
Sixteen lakes, one very long day
Plitvice from Split.
Three hours each way and the most photographed lakes in Croatia in the middle. Worth it once. Three Split-to-Plitvice runs we’d send a friend on.
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