Things to see in Split

Tourist offices

Split Tourist Information Centre

Address: Peristil bb, Split, 21000, Croatia
Tel: +385 21 348 600.
Opening Hours:Mon-Sat 0800-2100, Sun 0800-2000. www.visitsplit.com

Maps, itineraries and general information on accommodation, transport and tours in the city are all available from the Split Tourist Information Centre.


Passes

The Splitcard (www.visitsplit.com) offers discounts in various museums, restaurants and hotels, and with some car hire companies and travel agents. It is available from tourist offices and hotels and is valid for three days.

Bačvice

This modest sand beach and concrete bathing area overlooking the shallow waters of Bačvice Bay is busy almost all year round. A number of busy waterside cafés and bars offer outdoor seating with a sea view. Popular with bathers by day, the beach also comes into its own at night when the bars and clubs kick off.

Opening Times: Daily 24 hours.
Admission Fees: No
Disabled Access: Yes
UNESCO: No
Address: Bregovita ulica 11, Split, 21000, Croatia
Croatian Maritime Museum

Located inside 17th century Gripe Fortress, the museum contains a range of different artefacts from various periods, including the oldest torpedoes in the world, a collection of anchors from ancient shipwrecks, nautical equipment and model ships from ancient galleys to modern cruise liners. It also tells the story of Adriatic fishing traditions.

Opening Times: Fri-Wed 0900-1500, Thu 0900-1900 (Oct-May); Mon-Sat 0900-2000 (Jun-Sep).
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: No
UNESCO: No
Address: Glagoljaša 18, Split, 21000, Croatia
Telephone: +385 21 347 346.
Dioklecijanova Palača (Diocletian's Palace)

Designed as a retirement home for Emperor Diocletian in AD295, this vast complex is based on a rectangular plan measuring 215m (705ft) by 180m (590ft) and has four outer walls. The main public space is still intact, though much of the palace is now a labyrinth of stone buildings and paved alleys added from the 14th century onwards.

Opening Times: Daily 24 hours.x
Admission Fees: No
Disabled Access: Yes
UNESCO: Yes
Address: Obala Hrvatskog narodnog preporoda, Split, 2100, Croatia
Telephone: +385 21 348 600.
Narodni trg (People's Square)

Linked to Diocletian's Palace by the Zeljezna Vrata (Iron Gate), this pedestrian-only space has been Split's main square since the 14th century. Locals refer to this elegant space, which is paved with white marble and fringed by open-air cafés, as Pjaca (from the Italian, piazza). The centrepiece is the 15th-century town hall with three Venetian-gothic arches.

Opening Times: Daily 24 hours.
Admission Fees: No
Disabled Access: Yes
UNESCO: Yes
Address: Narodni trg, 2100, Croatia
Etnografski Muzej (Ethnographic Museum)

The Old Town branch of Split's Ethnographic Museum offers a chance to explore one of the historic houses at the heart of Diocletian's Palace. The medieval rooms have been painstakingly reconstructed and the galleries showcase a range of artefacts from bygone eras.

Opening Times: Mon-Fri 0900-1600, Sat 0900-1300 (Oct-May); Mon-Sat 0930-1900, Sun 1000-1300 (Jun-Sep).
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: No
UNESCO: No
Address: Severova ulica 1, Split, 21000, Croatia
Telephone: +385 21 343 108.
Katedrala Sv Duje (Cathedral of St Dominius)

On Peristil, the core of the cathedral is a 3rd-century octagonal mausoleum, built for Diocletian. It became a church in the 7th century, when refugees from nearby Salona dedicated it to their former bishop. Climb the majestic 60m-high (197ft) bell tower for a bird's eye view of the palace.

Opening Times: Mon-Sat 0800-2000, Sun 1230-1830.
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: No
UNESCO: Yes
Address: Duje 5, 2100, Croatia
Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments

Established in 1893, making it one of the oldest museums in the country, this museum contains 150,000 artefacts, stone imprints, glass and ceramics originating from various historical periods. There are also examples of jewellery, weaponry and objects of everyday use, as well as a large number of stone monuments from early Croatian churches.

Opening Times: Mon-Fri 0900-1300 and 1700-2000, Sat 0900–1400.
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: No
UNESCO: No
Address: Stjepana Gunjace bb, Split, 21000, Croatia
Telephone: +385 21 343 983.
Froggyland

Possibly Split’s most bizarre attraction, but a hit with visiting tourists nonetheless, Froggyland is an eccentric collection of 507 stuffed frogs, all arranged in different day-to-day situations. Kids in particular will adore the frog-focused recreations of a blacksmiths, carpentry shop, school, circus and tailors.

Opening Times: Daily 1000-2200.
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: No
UNESCO: No
Address: Kralja Tomislava 5, Split, 21000, Croatia
Galerija Meštrović (Meštrović Gallery)

Designed in the 1930s by Ivan Meštrović, Croatia's greatest 20th-century sculptor, this villa and its garden display a vast collection of his works in wood, marble, stone and bronze. The entrance ticket is also valid for Kaštelet (at no 39), where some of his bas-relief woodcarvings are on show in the chapel.

Opening Times: Tue-Sun 0900-1900 (May-Sep); Tue-Sat 0900-1600, Sun 1000-1500 (Oct-Apr).
Admission Fees: Yes
Disabled Access: Yes
UNESCO: No
Address: Šetalište Ivana Meštrovića 46, Split, 21000, Croatia
Telephone: +385 21 340 800.
Marjan

This 3.5km-long (2 miles) peninsula, rising west of the Old Town, is planted with pines and Mediterranean shrubs, and criss-crossed by a network of footpaths. The best sea views can be enjoyed from the southern slopes, following the path from Vidilica Café (above Varoš) to Bene recreation ground (on the tip of the peninsula).

Opening Times: Daily 24 hours.
Admission Fees: No
Disabled Access: Yes
UNESCO: No
Address: Marjan, Split, Croatia
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