No matter if it's a full season or not, Split vicinity has so much to offer, it just invites you to explore it on some day trip. Naturally, during the summer choices are easy; enjoying sea is just too tempting. However, even in this part of the year Dalmatia's climate makes easily possible any attempt to explore natural and historical heritage which is hidden from the islands to the inland Dalmatia. Options are literally endless. You can be a mountain lover, and start your ascend to Kozjak, ... More

There is nothing special about seeing flowers on sale around market in Split, but these days there is a difference. Not only market, and not only in Split; streets of Dalmatian and Croatian cities are flooded with chrysanthemums. It is usual picture in days before November, 1, All Saints' Day, or Day of the Dead in local tradition. On this occasion most of the people will pay tribute to their beloved ones who passed away, to lay flowers and remember them. Cemeteries will be glowing with ... More

Few days ago some young foreign couple rented an apartment in my neighbourhood, and since couldn't find a place where they were supposed to spend their vacation, they stopped me for assistance. We got into a conversation, and since rain just started at one point they asked me inevitable question: "what can we do in Split these days?" Fortunately for them, weather got better very same day, and they probably enjoyed some Indian summer swimming. In a meantime, autumn did arrive to Split, ... More

Football is almost a religion in Split, but this is also a sailing capital. Just check out the current ISAF world ranking, with Ivan Kljaković Gašpić second in Finn and Tonči Stipanović third in laser. Or, to check it first hand, come this Saturday to marina of YC Labud, and join the oldest and biggest regatta in Croatia. Yes, it's time for the 84th Regatta of Mrduja! As it is usual every last Saturday in September, about 300 sailing boats of all sizes will gather in and in front of the ... More

Friends or tourists I meet in Split often ask me a simple question, what is the best part to visit Split? I must say sorry to all those with school-age kids or have to rush to their classes at schools and universities, or have any other similar "flaw", but answer are September. It's really simple to explain. Weather allows you to walk around without being soaking sweat. Sea water is still warm enough to swim, no more overcrowded streets, and yet season air lines are still on. We are ... More

There are very few cities so strongly connected with only one person who is not just a mythology or literature character, like it's a case with Split. Roman Emperor Diocletian, and he is the one we are talking about, is completely real, and unbreakably bonded with the city which was founded within his retirement palace. We might even say that it's perfectly OK that city turned out a few hundred years after Diocletian died. If he didn't choose that particular spot on the peninsula south-western ... More

When next week European Coastal Airlines hydroplanes depart from the heart of Split city harbour on its flights to Dalmatian islands and northern Adriatic destinations, it will be a step forward of what is already happening since the last summer. Even with hydroplanes departing from the sea-airport in Resnik Split was the base of the only regular seaplanes' passenger service in the Mediterranean. Now it will become even easier to travel by them, and it's really promising, with trips to - let's ... More

I know, in these boiling hot days idea of riding a bicycle can look almost suicidal to anyone who is not really a pedalling fanatic. Still, biking became increasingly popular in Split, both by locals and our visitors. To be honest, popularity of bicycling in Split has not yet been completely followed by the infrastructure, and riding on traffic-packed city streets without bicycle tracks can be even more adventurous than a mountain biking. Once you get used to that, and survive it, you will ... More

You partied enough on Ultra Europe? Well, get ready for something completely different. The 61st Split Summer Festival begins, as one of the oldest theatrical festivals in Croatia. Split will turn again into a stage for the top class drama, opera, ballet, concerts, exhibitions. It all begins this Tuesday, on July 14 at 9pm with a gala opening in front of the Croatian National Theatre building, followed by no less than two art exhibitions and an opera of opera "Samson and Delilah" by ... More

OK, we all know that Game of Thrones brought some extra attention to Split, just like to other filming locations in Croatia and elsewhere. However, in the early September 2014 one really particular spot in Split became suddenly a talk-about place on social networks. It didn't require a lot of work to achieve that. It was enough that actress Nathalie Emmanuel, Missandei in the Game of Thrones, post on Instagram a photo of herself sitting on a stairs at one of the most picturesque spots in ... More