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Discoverthe what to see, where to go, what to do newspaper for tourists supported Split! by the Tourist Board of Split 10th anniversary issue FREE COPY! 2 Palace Walking MapTM 4 Getting around 5 Wining and dining 10 Split street food 11 The World of Uje 12 Mall of Split 13 Split shopping 16 What to see and do

18 Krilo catamaran schedule 20 Palace directory complete listing of all shops, museums, restaurants

APRIL 8-OCT. 20 DAILY VIA HVAR/MILNA (BRAČ) FROM ARRIVES LEAVES FROM ARRIVES LEAVES SPLIT 07:40 DUBROVNIK 16:30 BRAČ (MILNA) 08:05 08:10 MLJET 17:45 17:50 HVAR TOWN 08:40 08:50 KORČULA 18:25 18:35 KORČULA 10:00 10:10 HVAR TOWN 19:40 19:55 MLJET 10:40 10:45 BRAČ (MILNA) 20:20 20:25 DUBROVNIK 12:05 SPLIT 20:55 Daily Sept. 1-Oct. 20 from Split, but leaves Dubrovnik at 16, arrives Split 20:25 Krilo catamarans Mon.-Wed.-Sat. Oct. 21-Oct. 26 same times as Sept. 1-Oct. 20 schedule MAY 27-OCT. 6 DAILY VIA MAKARSKA/ BOL (BRAČ) Daily to Dubrovnik! FROM ARRIVES LEAVES FROM ARRIVES LEAVES SPLIT 07:30 DUBROVNIK 16:00 Tel. +385 21 645 476 BRAČ (BOL) 08:20 08:30 MLJET (Sobra) 16:50 16:55 MAKARSKA 09:05 09:15 KORČULA 17:45 17:55 KORČULA 10:20 10:30 MAKARSKA 19:05 19:15 Book online at www.krilo.hr MLJET (Sobra) 11:15 11:20 BRAČ (BOL) 19:55 20:00 at the pier in Split / We accept credit cards! DUBROVNIK 12:15 SPLIT 20:45 HISTORICAL / CULTURAL PLACES OF INTEREST The Palace itself was begun around 298AD and took ten years to complete. Typically Roman, it is rectangular in shape, 705' x 590'. Its two main streets, Cardo, now Dioklecijanova UI. and Decumanus, now Poljana Kraljice Jelene, run N-S and E-W and create four quarters. Each 2 main gate is located in the center of each outside wall. 1 2 2A 3 1 4 5A 6 7 Many of the sites below have small signs on the wall that 8 M A Golden fully explain their historic details. J S T O R A J U R J A Gate 1A 45 46

NORTH WALL / GOLDEN GATE A 5 46 4 The entire length of the outside wall of the Palace is 47 2 3

N 9 6 ANDRIĆEVA preserved, which allows you to visualize the overall I 48 LATNA VRATA ZLATNA VRAT dimensions of the original structure. G Z A

I 3 1 The Golden Gate Of all the four entrances to the palace this 44 A 38 CARRARINA 5 6 A R 10 one is architecturally most elaborate and was probably the POLJANA

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V 2 Church of St. Martin 5th/6th C / Majstora Jurja / built in a O E 11 open R c guard passage above the gate, (notice three small windows of Ć ourtyard 49 I 50 37 the church with stone rails turned to the defensive yard). The 12 36 4 Dominican Convent here is 14thC. Free admission. V A UL. 12A IHALJEVIĆ A O M 3 Golden Gate Palace late 15th C / Majstora Jurja / in the courtyard. One of the most beautiful late medieval facades in K 13 35 Š 51 V Split, designed by the workshop of Juraj Dalmatinac. U A 11 16 52 Fountain, 1880 / Carrarina Poljana / in the rear of the V 4 44 34 O

A V courtyard. The water is safe to drink. 52 12 garden Split City Museum A O 5 Split City Museum / Papalićeva ulica / inside the Large Papalić 43 14 and T Palace. 15th C. Explore the courtyard free. N Papalić / Dioclecijanova ul. / at the corner of Papalićeva and 42 33 5 6 Gargoyle 41 17 Palace O 55 54 53 A

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7 , 15th C / Papalićeva ulica / probably the home P Marulić Palace D O M I N I S O V A P A P A L I Ć E V A of Marko Marulić, the father of Croatian literature. ŽIDOVSKI PR. I 23 22 18 19 21 7 13

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15 N Cindro 14 Iron Gate Palace, mid 15th C. / Bajamontijeva ulica 29 10 . 16 Palace G 30 Church of Our Lady of the Bell Tower - Municipal Clock, 26 15 30A . A 12 J 6th C. church / Bajamontijeva ulica / The church was built in a Iron 25 24 21 ATM L 17 32 31 20 O 25 P guard passage above the interior gate. For a great view of an Gate 19 26 11 24 A 24 Street vendors K R 11thC bell tower, go up the stone staircase. To see the 13 E Š I M I R O V A Silver magnificent 14thC clock, turn right through the arch into the 20 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 POLJANA KRALJICE JELENE Gate courtyard. Now look up behind you. B 9 22 A i Decumanus (in Roman times)

16 Split Synagogue, 16thC Synagogue / Open M- F, 10-14 for V Street vendors 2 23 tours. Donations gratefully accepted. Tel: +385 21 345 - 672 25 O

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20 EAST WALL or SILVER GATE U R 4A K R A J S Bell and B 30 V . I V A N A 21 E. Vidović Gallery / Poljana kraljice Jelene E Tower Cathedral Sv. Duje 23 28 25 5 Split City Tourist Office / in the Church of St. Roche, GRAB. ŠIRINA A P 22 28 28 4 13thC, multi-lingual staff ready to help! 23 A 27 open

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years. The upper floor is 16th C Renaissance. B U 35 24 Peristil / The colonnaded central open courtyard. It is here B where the Emperor would appear to be worshiped as the son 22 26 7 A 22 Roman of Jupiter. Behind is the Emperor’s living quarters Vestibul mosaic I L I R S K E A K floor 25 Medieval loggia / Temple of Venus / Inside the Luxor café, a A D E M I J E 29 well preserved medieval loggia. The base of a Temple of Venus ARHIĐAKONOVA open 25 is marked by a circular marble floor just as you enter. 20 courtyard A Church Art Museum / Peristyle / Restored interior with rotating art exhibitions. 20 KRAJ SV. DUJE 26 Prothyron / The grand arched entry to the Emperor's living A 13 quarters with ceremonial loggia under the central arch where open Diocletian was viewed and worshiped as a cult deity. Palace courtyard 27 cellars Sphinx / brought by the Romans from Egypt. It is 3500 years 19 19 below

old from the time of Thutmos I - III A MEDULIĆEVA D O S MEDULIĆEVA Palace U cellars 28 Diocletian Mausoleum /Sv. Duje Cathedral and Bell Tower D ALEŠIJEVA 18 17 below 3rdC.; a church in the 5thC. The hand-carved wooden doors 14 34 are 13th C. Under the dome, look for the Roman chariots. ALEŠIJEVA Ethnographic 29 The Vestibul / The entrance to Diocletian's living quarters. Museum 30 Jupiter's Temple and Cathedral's baptistry / Kraj Sv. Ivana Impressive intact temple of the legendary Roman god with a Palace cellars headless Egyptian sphinx at the entrance. Admission charge. VESTIBULA IZA 16 ALEŠIJEVA below 31 Brass Gate / southern basement entrance - Obala Hrvatskog 33 narodnog preporoda / the original small entrance to the Palace LUKAČIĆEVA basements. You can pay a small fee to wander in and out of 25 the amazing halls. Free public toilets. The basement steps lead S E V E R O V A up to the Peristil. 15 32 32 SOUTH WALL / REMAINS OF THE EMPEROR'S SUITE Severova / The imperial suite extended over the entire south quarter. Today the courtyards around the Ethnographic 1 1A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12A 12B Brass 13 14 14A 31 15 15A 15B 16 16A Museum reflect this grand space with its views to the harbor Gate 17 17A 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 along the southern façade with its massive arches. O b a l a h r v a t s k o g n a r o d n o g p r e p o r o d a 33 Church of St. Andrew 7th C / Severova / Actually part of the museum's interior. R I V A 34 Ethnographic Museum / Severova / Well worth the visit, be sure to see the excavations as you walk around this building. 35 Mosaics / Bulićeva and Arhiđakonova / At both places are the remains of early Roman mosaic floors. 36 Church of Filip Nerij, built in 1736 TM

Discoverthe what to see, where to go, what to do newspaper for tourists supported Split! by the Tourist Board of Split 10th anniversary issue FREE COPY! 2 Palace Walking MapTM 4 Getting around 5 Wining and dining 10 Split street food 11 The World of Uje From gourmet food and wine to Discover the islands, the coast The only map of the Palace 12 Mall of Split stunning jewelry and artwork and the beauty of the interior with all the shops and cafes! Split is not only a unique Take a day trip to the islands— There’s no better way to enjoy the opportunity to experience a living the ferry to Brac and Solta is just Palace than using our copyrighted 13 Split shopping 1,700 year-old city, but to bring 45 minutes! Hvar is like a mini- walking map—large, easy to read, home some of its authentic magic. cruise, 2 hours, but only an hour with every single shop, cafe and The diversity here is wonderful, by fast catamaran. Trogir, just a restaurant inside the actual Palace 16 What to see and do from hand-made Nadalina water taxi or bus ride away, is an identified and listed on the back! chocolates and divine Uje olive outstanding UNESCO Medieval We even include museums, key oil to gorgeous Namfleg jewelry and Renaissance experience. 15 historical sites and where the ATM’s 18 Krilo catamaran and Zitnik paintings. Tucked in minutes by car is Salona, the are. If you lose it, not to worry, just schedule and around the Palace you’ll find ancient Roman capital of Dalmatia go to www.discoversplit.com and everything from locally-designed and a bit beyond, perched on its enjoy our online Issu version right leather bags and shoes at Guliver, own rocky butte, Klis Fortress For there. This is our 10th anniversary 20 Palace directory authentic Game of Thrones adventure lovers, teriffic kayaking, issue! DiscoverSplit and our souvenirs to an entire store bikng and hiking around Bene. copyrighted map has also been complete listing of all shops, filled with 100% made in Croatia Most popular day trip tours? The featured in blogs, in YouTube videos museums, restaurants souvenirs at Cro Corner! Blue Cave and Krka National Park. and on TripAdvisor.

APRIL 8-OCT. 20 DAILY VIA HVAR/MILNA (BRAČ) FROM ARRIVES LEAVES FROM ARRIVES LEAVES SPLIT 07:40 DUBROVNIK 16:30 BRAČ (MILNA) 08:05 08:10 MLJET 17:45 17:50 HVAR TOWN 08:40 08:50 KORČULA 18:25 18:35 KORČULA 10:00 10:10 HVAR TOWN 19:40 19:55 MLJET 10:40 10:45 BRAČ (MILNA) 20:20 20:25 DUBROVNIK 12:05 SPLIT 20:55 Daily Sept. 1-Oct. 20 from Split, but leaves Dubrovnik at 16, arrives Split 20:25 Krilo catamarans Mon.-Wed.-Sat. Oct. 21-Oct. 26 same times as Sept. 1-Oct. 20 schedule MAY 27-OCT. 6 DAILY VIA MAKARSKA/ BOL (BRAČ) Daily to Dubrovnik! FROM ARRIVES LEAVES FROM ARRIVES LEAVES SPLIT 07:30 DUBROVNIK 16:00 Tel. +385 21 645 476 BRAČ (BOL) 08:20 08:30 MLJET (Sobra) 16:50 16:55 MAKARSKA 09:05 09:15 KORČULA 17:45 17:55 KORČULA 10:20 10:30 MAKARSKA 19:05 19:15 Book online at www.krilo.hr MLJET (Sobra) 11:15 11:20 BRAČ (BOL) 19:55 20:00 at the pier in Split / We accept credit cards! DUBROVNIK 12:15 SPLIT 20:45 Getting around By foot, bike, scooter, bus or car everything in Split is up close and if being on the water is your thing, the boats are waiting!

The waterfront Riva. The city’s official own private professional guide. Be terminal. City buses, bright yellow, are bus marked “Bene” takes you on a Tourist Office, in the middle of the Riva sure the tour includes admission to 11kn for most rides per zone, and they gorgeous 20 minute bus ride out to (with a big white letter “i” on the glass the Cathedral! While the crown jewel take you all over. Most drivers speak Bene where you can swim, enjoy a window), next to the Adriana Hotel of Split is its 1,700 year-old Palace of English and you pay on the bus. The cool forest, even play tennis on clay (and another in the Peristil) are the Diocletian, do make time for some city’s main bus terminal is opposite courts! On the way back get out at places to start for all sorts of reliable wonderful museums inside the Palace the ferry terminal. It’s used for local, the Mestrovic Gallery and enjoy the info--whether it's the ferry schedule, proper as well: the Split City Museum inter-city and international service gorgeous garden and gallery of Ivan how to get to the airport or where and the Ethnographic Museum. If as well as for direct service to the Mestrovic (1883-1962), Croatia’s most to re-cement that tooth. Open every you are here for 5 nights or more airport. There is also a central in-city famous artist.For a fabulous city/sea day. Multi-lingual staff and really nice between April and September (2 bus station, a ten-minute walk from overlook walk up the first street just people! And they also have free maps nights between October and March), the center, on Domovinskov Rata. to the right of Sv. Frane Church. This is of the wider city, so you can venture you can get free admissions to these Behind the bus station is the train Varos, the city’s oldest neighborhood. museums and 10-50% discounts at station, with very limited service. Wonderful streets, stone houses, other museums, restaurants, shops, Slow, but a fabulous trip up, over ancient churches and more. When you car rental, day trips and other tour and through the mountains and get to the top, in about 20 minutes, programs with a FREE Split Card. Get inland to Zagreb! The night train the views are amazing view. Nice one at the Peristil or Riva offices of the even has a special wagon so you can outdoor café up here too. Tourist Board or at your hotel. As your take your car! compass, use the tall bell tower of the Drive away or be driven Sv. Duje Cathedral, which can be seen To get the most out of your stay here, from most points in the city. It's in the Kašjuni (“kasoonie”) beach. An easy, shaded think about renting a car. Driving is 30 minute walk from the end of the Riva past center of the Peristil in Diocletian's fun and easy here. With offices at the Mestrovic Gallery. Framed by Marjan Hill, with Palace. The steep steps down to the harbor as well as in the airport, Nova a café restaurant called Joe’s (music, sun chairs/ Palace Substructures at the end of umbrellas you can rent) Don’t want to hoof it? gets our vote for excellent service and the Peristil lead directly back to the Take the Bene bus from the end of the Riva low online rates: www.rentacarsplit. waterfront Riva. At the The Harbor net. And if you want a reliable car out further. Just at the beginning of beginning of the Riva is a parking lot, or a van taxi/transfer service, just the Riva where the parking lot drive ferry ticket booth and where taxis Lots of fish, lots of restaurants, lots of big fat turns is a wonderful large bronze and tour buses park. As you walk past seagulls. Photo: Saltina map of what the Palace looked like in here, to your left isthe Green Market, Marmontova, Varos and Marjan 305AD. Just across the drive, there’s yummy fresh fruits, veggies, bread Hill. At the other end of the Riva is another one which graphically shows and more. Be sure to get here before Marmotova street, the city’s main just how much the Palace has changed noon when it is at its most colorful! pedestrian shopping walkway. The and how it fits into the city today. To your right is the the curving road Fish Market is just up on your right. Palace Walking Tours. Give yourself along the harbor that takes you to At the very end of the Riva, on your at least two hours to walk through the catamaran docks where Krilo (to right is handsome square designed the ancient streets and alleys of the the islands and Dubrovnik) and Bura to look like St. Marks in Venice, the Palace and the inside of the Cathedral Line (to Slatine and Trogir) and day Prokurative. Across the street is Walking or biking in Marjan Park is sublime. and Jupiter’s Temple. You can do it cruises on Polaris and Summer Blues Sv. Frane Church (with a clock in its Photo: Saltina yourself by using our exclusive pull- other boats dock. Further along and tower). Use the entrance door on call +385 95 522 7140. They have a out map of the actual streets. Or join it’s the main Jadrolinija ferry terminal the far left—inside there’s a well- special airport transfer deal for just a group tour offered by most agencies (a long red building with local and preserved Romanesque monastery 40 Euros! Plus a partner who offers here—look for their guides in the international service). At the very end from the early 14thC. Opposite scenic plane flights over Split, the center or the Peristil, or hire your of the waterfront is the cruise ships the church there is a bus stop. The islands and more.

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4 Discover Split / Getting around Wining and dining From classic Dalmatian stews in family-run konobas to a stylish late night 5 course tasting menu, let’s eat!

It’s hard for us living here to image the quality of the food more than just how much the culinary scene makes up for the lack of classy waiters has changed since we enjoyed or sophisticated maître d's. You our first pasticada, a slow-cooked will quickly notice that most of the marinated beef stew with a unique restaurants here have much smaller sweet-sour-salty taste (originally kitchens and not a lot of tables or prepared by ancient Greek and waiters. The good news is that our Roman cooks) at a sleepy little back tradition says that once you are street Palace konoba. This year, the seated, you can stay as long as you annually published Michelin Red want (as in savoring that wonderful Guide, Europe’s oldest hotel and after dinner liqueur while 35 people restaurant reference guide, has given wait for you to leave!). The bad news a coveted “Recommendation“ to two is that you really have to be patient, well-known Split restaurants, both so be prepared to wait unless you overlooking the water, Kadena and dine before 19 (7pm). But the wait Zrno Soli (not a Michelin star, but on is surely worth it because there's just the way!) and its “Bib Gourmand” such an abundance of high quality award to Konoba Fetivi. Gault & fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry Millau, another well-respected Chops Grill Steak and Seafood is a perennial favorite. Whether it’s Wagyu striploin or a seafood duet and fish that you can be assured gourmand guide, has selected 17 for two, dining here is a delight. of a good, healthy meal at many different establishments, from tiny restaurants here at very reasonable cafes to elegant fine-dining venues, to prices. Although many restaurant be on their awards list—all of these, menus here seemed cloned since the and their addresses are on page 9. families that run most of them really So whether it's a terrific gastro burger like cooking local, there are enough at DeBelly, really smart street food at subtle differences even in the most Misto or a sublime three-hour wine- standard fare to notice. Typical Split paired tasting menu at Zora Bila, the and Dalmatian meals, like pasticada choice of cuisine here has never been and black risotto (cuttlefish and better. And you don't have to pay all their ink!) can be infused with DeBelly’s “Kraken” a succulent tentacle of Bistro Toc’s Mexican-inspired wraps, salads and a small fortune to get a very good octopus with its signature accompaniment is just more, cooked to order, super fresh and always everything from cloves to cognac to meal. A number of places are also one of its “traditional with a twist” recipes that delicious and great drinks, too. give them an edge. offering a four course dinner for as make dining al fresco here so special. little as 15E if you come between an increasing number of bistros that Family-owned and tasty Relax, you’re in Dalmatia! 17 and 20. Since all restaurants have decided to add a new twist to Whether it's a stylish new restaurant And because the number of here have their menus out front, it's Dalmatian cuisine. One thing they all or a traditional rustic konoba, the restaurants in Split and the easy to see what's today's special have in common however, is a focus best Split restaurants are either surrounding area have mushroomed as well as the rest of the menu and on fresh. family-owned and operated or the to more than 250!, we’ve created the price. Wine, an essential part of The sheer variety of such terrific owner is on premises making sure a free, 32-page DiscoverSplit dining here, is also much less than in local produce, fish, poultry, game, everything runs smoothly. It's this Restaurant Guide that profiles several other parts of Europe and the quality fruit and more--food we all take for subtle behind the scenes attention dozen of the best that we feel reflects is exceptional. In addition toSplit's granted but somehow always long that makes all the difference. the diversity of cuisine here. We have traditional family-run konobas that for-- is truly one of the joys of living Although most restaurant service eaten at all of these places and sat really know how to cook local, are here in Dalmatia! here is not up to European standards, down with the owners to listen to Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner! near near

We are just off Marmontova Street across from the coffee cup sculpture, near Zara.

Discover Split / Wining and dining 5 their stories and what they feel makes you have a choice of still or very to simply wait a lot longer than you morning to the wee hours is an added their food interesting. So if you are good local mineral water. And the expect. So call to make a reservation! treat for young and old. here for more than a day, pick up a local beer is just fine, too, although Just inside the West Gate are two free copy at tourist offices around many will find it lighter than most Dining al fresco watching very different restaurants,Poseidon, town. Or find it online in an easy to European brands. And the craft beer the world walk by (#25 Blue on the Palace Map), read Issu version at here is excellent. For those of you Just outside the West Gate of managed by the same family that www.splitrestaurantguide.com on a low salt diet, be sure to tell your the Palace is the Pjaca, the city's runs Bajamonti, with outside seating waiter, no salt, because being in the handsome “people's square”. Next in the actual historic “defensive yard” Grilled to perfection Mediterranean, the use of salt as a to the old Renaissance city hall, that the Romans built to protect this Whether it’s slow cooked peka on a important entrance to the Palace. wood fire grill, fresh caught tuna or a The inside seating is comfy and air- succulent chunk of Angus, if you enjoy conditioned. Like its name implies, your fish or beef grilled, Split is the fish here is king. In addition to the place. Let’s start with a walk up to fresh catches of the day, they have the end of the waterfront Riva where special fish platters for two and an it meets Marmontova St., a favorite unusual tuna pasticada—a lovely filet walking street that takes you up past of fresh tuna slowly cooked in a rich the fish market to the beautiful turn stock of wine, cloves, sherry, figs and of the century Croatian National other local ingredients. Theatre. Just before Zara, opposite A stone’s throw up the charming a cool bronze coffee cup sculpture alleyway opposite Poseidon is is a sea of tables—it’s Paradiso, one Mazzgoon (#33 yellow on the Palace of the city’s most popular cafes and Map), run by Toni and his wife Sara, behind it, Chops Grill and Seafood arguably the coolest place in town restaurant. Run by Igor and his wife with a “stubbornly different” menu Jasmina, Chops has generated a solid that’s gorgeous to read and even buzz and a legion of fans with its better to eat. Lovely streetside great grilled rib-eye Black Angus and Adriatic Grasso, with a spectacular sea view out to the islands, has a wonderful new menu that seating and out back, a private Argentinian steaks, and excellent fish. captures the flavors of Dalmatia perfectly. Great spot for a romantic meal! courtyard as well as indoor seating. Open all day, starting with breakfast We love their signature rolled lamb right through late dinner. Before or dish, slow cooked pork (9 hours!) and after, you can sit in their cool covered smashing barley salad. And for some outdoor terrace and enjoy excellent fearsomely creative cocktails, their wine too. Noor bar just across the alley is a real find before or after dinner. Some helpful hints to Being on the sea, lots of restaurants make dining out a pleasure specialize in fish, likeBajamonti, Dining out in Split is less about facing the harbor and sitting pretty gourmet and white glove service and under a sea of umbrellas smack in the more about relaxing with good food From generous servings of the freshest fish to Sitting outside on their terrace overlooking middle of the big open square at the and good wine. If you expect tons aged beef grilled to perfection, Pjaca is a cool, the marina and Split Harbor, with 18 kinds of end of the Riva (the Prokurative). In comfortable oasis under the umbrellas in the delicious pizza to choose from and cold beer, a of bread with butter on the table, square just outside the West Gate of the Palace. hot summer day doesn’t get better than Skipper! addition to their extensive seafood, quick service, and pampering it’s not specialty pasta, beef and salad Dalmatian. But then again, instead way to help retain water to combat to your left, with a cherubic, life- offerings, this season, they have of butter, you get to soak your kruh dehydration during the hot summer size mannequin of a chef holding introduced a terrific healthy breakfast (bread) in fabulous olive oil—more has been practiced since Greek times. their menu, is Pjaca. Yes, we love menu. Outstanding wine and desserts delicious and healthier--and many Not that it’s overkill, especially for their three egg breakfasts and their and be sure to see their glassed in places have their own olive oil, so Americans who salt everything even seafood, but the big lure here is beef. display case of fresh, iced fish -- the be sure to ask and savor the subtle before trying (don’t be offended, Specially aged and carved, the grilled catch of the day! difference. If you just want water, ask your humble writer is an American “biftek” (not to be confused with for plain water from the tap—it’s who has lived here for years!), but for ground hamburger!) is fabulous with Fish--three times the charm been filtered through limestone for some, it may be too much. Better to some grilled veggies. Really generous The local saying about fish is that it 1,700 years and is perfectly good add it yourself. Last but not least, be portions, some of the best wait staff swims three times—once in the sea, to drink. If you want bottled water, prepared, especially after 21 (9PM), in town and the people watching from once in olive oil and then again in YOUR BEST MEMORIES Pizza with a view! START WITH US Discover Croatia on holiday with “Croatia’s Leading Car Rental” -2017 World Travel Awards Winner

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6 Discover Split / Wining and dining wine. Here in Dalmatia, most konobas the Riva that’s been here more than which is flat with a tell tale large black Uje wine bar, Uje oil bar (#41 yellow prepare fish grilled with a healthy a century, if you really love fish, you spot on its flank. If you see a red, on the map), Pikulece (#40 yellow on dose of olive oil and that’s it. Or if it’s can enjoy everything from succulent mean-looking scaly critter in one of the map, a tapas place) and Misto, stewed, a good dose of wine is sure to shellfish, terrific oysters and mussels the outdoor chill cases in front of a a “street food factory”, serving a be included. A particularly delicious as well as seafood royalty like fresh restaurant, it’s a scorpion fish and it terrific array of fresh home-made starter is cream of shrimp soup. Rich, tuna, zubatac and John Dory. There's is yummy. Enjoy flounder and other take-out goodies that you can enjoy creamy, with lots of shrimp---together also lot of farmed fish here. Almost white flat fish? See if they havelist just outside sitting on the low wall with a crunchy salad and some local every restaurant here has fish on (Dover sole). And of course you or steps or find your own picnic spot bread, a lunch you will remember! the menu. Grilled with vegetables can’t go wrong with mussels (locally on the Riva. In addition to being a Many places put their seafood catch terrific restaurant, with signature of the day and other specials on a dishes like mussel soup, prawn and blackboard out front—so be sure to sea fennel bruschettas, even home check it because it’s usually what’s made ice cream with olive oil, at 11 the freshest. and 17 Uje’s inside dining area turns If you really consider yourself a into a tasting room where you can seafood aficionado, now that you sample more than 50 varieties of olive are finally here, the one dish you oil, Croatian wine and homemade must have at least one serving of is jam. You can buy a lot of what you black risotto. Made with cuttlefish-- enjoy right here too, including their don’t be put off by its strange licorice award winning Brachia olive oil in look, which is actually made with a sensational porcelain flask that’s squid ink--the taste is remarkably shaped like a giant olive! light and sweet. Other fin food not to miss, despite its lowly status and Delicious dining bargain price is gavuni and sardines. on the waterfront The former are tiny smelts that are With such a beautiful, busy harbor, quick-fried and so downright yummy at least once during your stay having they're like seafood pomme frites. lunch or dinner overlooking the sea And the sardines here are so fresh Enjoy Uje Oil Bar’s twice daily tastings at 11 and 17pm and award-winning cuisine. is a must. Our top picks are Adriatic and un-salty, you will be amazed. Grasso, high above the sea next to Then there’s gridobena/monkfish Sustipan Park, it’s just a 10 minute (“devil’s mother), a ferocious looking walk along the Riva’s Western monster whose fat, sharp toothed Promenade. Just keep heading for head is chucked into the soup pot, but the marina with all the tall sailboat its firm, white yummy tail is delicious masts. Long one of the favorite grilled by itself or on a skewer. places for locals, this year the family that runs Bajamonti and Poseidon A quick look at have continued the tradition bringing Adriatic fish new ideas and energy with a terrific There a lot of different Adriatic fish. A menu and great wine to go with that good rule of thumb is if you like white Poseidon’s octopus salad with capers, orange and Portofino’s sensational truffle pasta in cream spectacular view. And just in front fish like halibut, hake, flounder, etc. fennel—delish! sauce with mushrooms. of the restaurant is their pizzeria— look for the local equivalent—like Skipper, The wood fired beauties that monkfish, brancin, lubin (sea bass), and liberally doused with olive oil is grown and trucked in daily) and come out of this oven are stunning— orada (sea bream), list and zubatac. the traditional serving—if you want other shellfish like.shrimp and larger and the view over the marina into the If you like blue fish, then go for to add your own olive oil, please tell shrimp (scampi). With so many new city is priceless. Choose from a dozen sardele, skusa/locarda (mackerel), the waiter in advance! While we restaurants opened over the past two or more pies, and kick back with a and palamida (a baby cousin of tuna). are still fishing, let's continue our years—some say more than 30—one local brew or a cocktail. For about Surrounded by the sea, you should Croatian odyssey. Next on the line of the more intriguing concepts here 10Euros for a generous pie, it doesn’t expect to get high quality fresh fish is lubin, also called brancin, a farm has been the creation of creating get better than this! wherever you decide to eat. Don’t be raised (and wild) sea bass which is several different venues under one afraid to simply ask your waiter, “what white, light and delicate. The most brand. And on Dominosova, in the Chic, cool and classy is today’s freshest fish?” With one expensive fish and arguably the Palace, Vedran Sucic and his crew Although open just two years ago, of the largest fish markets right off tastiest here isSan Pietro (John Dory) have created almost an entire street-- Zoi has made a big splash not only SUPERB VIEW DIG IN, HAVE FUN! SUPERB CUISINE

Superb classic specialties like pašticada u košarici (traditional Dalmatian beef stew, with wine and vegetables, home made gnocchi, served in a fine crunchy dough basket, falkuša (baked sea bass fillet. Dessert? “Unfinished“ strudels (marinated apples, home made vanilla cream, crispy dough and warm white chocolate)! Morpurova poljana 2, Next to Goli+Bosi, behind the Riva / ADRIATIC GRAŠO 8AM-Midnight www.facebook.com/ Uvala Baluni 1 / At the end of the Western Riva Promenade, overlooking the sea, pg/DeBellySplit next to Sustipan Park / 10AM to 12 Midnight / www.adriaticgraso.com / +385 21 553 418 [email protected] +385 91 956 1696 Reservations: +385 21 398 560 / M: +385 99 339 8560

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+385 21 398 560 / +385 95 821 4194 with locals but with Michelin, as farm and famous restaurants in make your first right at Petrova— Fast, cheap, yummy one of its Michelin Plate winners. Zagreb and Dubrovnik, of course we there is a big green drug store cross For something really different, it’s Their location is picture perfect— have our own Mini Oyster & Sushi over a shop at this corner. Dalmatia’s only authentic Chinese it’s just above the entrance to the Bota right here….run by Antonella, As Petrova winds its way past restaurant, Biser Orienta. A few years basements of Diocletian’s Palace the sushi and oysters here are Konoba Lučac and Bakra pizza and back they moved to new, larger space right on the Riva. Imagine sitting on fabulous and it’s one of the only turns left, up a few meters on your out of the center at Brune Busica and a terrace attached to the original places we know where the tuna is right is one of our old-time favorites, have added private dining rooms as wall of the Palace, looking at the line-caught and local. Located next Bistro Toć, also with its own outdoor well as 40 different kinds of sushi! waterfront promenade below and to Sanctuary, a popular local bar, shaded patio. Their Chinese menu has more than the sea and busy harbor in front of 100 items, but our favorites are their you! The 40 or so lucky folks who tofu (made fresh daily) cooked ma po get to sit inside have the same style, spicy! and their amazing home- view and are treated to a very made noodles with vegetables. And if carefully chosen limited menu— you have never tried fried ice cream, from marinated tongue cooked for save room for this treat! OK, it’s not 26 hours to their own spectacular in the center, but easy to find. Take desserts including a terrific turn on Bus #3 or #8 from the Green Market, a chocolate praline. Outstanding get off at the 4th stop on Brune wine card too. Another stylish gem, Busica. Or Uber!! And then there’s just off the main Peristil Square in Luka, behind the National Theatre the Palace, is Portofino. With very at the end of Marmontova street. comfortable inside and outside Split’s most sensational home-made terrace seating, their eclectic menu ice cream (rosemary, lavender, fig includes inspired takes on traditional and of course all the traditional favorites that add a whole new taste flavors) and gorgeous cakes and other dimension (like out of this world baked goodies. One lick and you will octopus salad!); wonderful wine- understand why with so many ice paired entrees and one of, if not cream and gelato shops, the lines at the best, wait staffs in the city. The Mazzgoon’s creative cuisine includes delicious home-made pasta specialties Luka are there for a reason. whole experience here is personal, memorable, and delicious, and And what about tipping? tucked away from the hustle and The local custom here is simply to bustle, really relaxing too! round out the bill. Order an espresso for 8 kuna, leave 10. Even a meal Outside the Palace for 78 kunas gets an extra 2. No While Split’s waterfront Riva is one puts their nose up over a 1 or buzzing with people and coffee- 2 kuna tip because, well, it's just drinking, just behind the Riva is an the custom. That said, tourism and oasis of calm—Morpurgo Square, tourists is what keeps this town the home of the world-famous prosperous. While Split is humming “designer hostel” Goli + Bosi. Beautifully prepared and presented, at A stunning Palace setting and gorgeous cuisine during the summer, when the planes Shaded by large potted olive trees Bajamonti, al fresco in the Prokurative make dining at ZOI an event stop landing and ships stop docking, and umbrellas is De Belly (as in a lot of shops and restaurants close— “boy, that was a good meal, my belly Bota only has a few places to sit and The menu here is a surprising mix of there simply isn't enough business. is really full!”). focuses on super quality take out domestic and Mexican-inspired fare! While there is no standard rule of As their menu says, this is in handsome custom boxes to keep Family-owned and operated—Elena thumb, a gratuity of 10% or more “traditional with a twist” like their that delectable sushi perfect. runs the show--it's very popular really makes an enormous difference wonderful “Tentacle” a monster with expats, locals and tourists who here. And compared to the price chunk of perfectly cooked octopus Now head towards Bačvice Beach love the big portions, great drinks, of what most restaurants charge with an eye popping side; home Walk east, to the head of the Riva. smashing desserts and some of the elswhere—and the quality of the made pastas; our favorite gourmet Then continue straight up past the best prices in town for such really food and wine here—10% is a small burger; pork ribs; 50 kinds of souvenir sellers on the side of the tasty food! price to pay, so be generous with cocktails and more. Live music, laid Green Market up over the bridge. And if you’re looking for breakfast it’s your kunas--you can't spend them back and cool. With their own oyster Cross the street at the light and then a real treat here, too. back home anyway!

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8 Discover Split / Wining and dining Best places to eat in 2019 by Croatian culinary/wine glossary from ajvar to zubatac, a quick look at what to eat and drink

Zora bila / Gastronomic Mediterranean / Above Bačvice beach / Šetalište Petra Preradovića 2 Ajvar-(ai-var) an orange-colored If you love scallops, you will love Paški sir-(pash-key) hard, wonderfully --this year’s first place winner puree of red bell peppers, eggplant octopus salad, or baked under the bell. salty sheep’s milk cheese from the and spices. Used instead of ketchup Definitely a must! Noštromo / Mediterranean island of Pag In the Fish Market on local sandwiches with meatballs Hrenovka-(hre-nov-kah)- local Pašticada-(pash-tea-tsada) a slow (čevapčići) and as a side veggie. frankfurters, chicken (piletina) or beef cooked marinated stew with all sorts Kadena / Mediterranean Biftek-(beef-tek) is the finest cut of (govedina) of herbs and spices. Each recipe slightly Ivana pl. Zajca 4 beef—sort of a cross between fillet Inćuni-(in -chuni) tiny sardines/ different, maybe adding some plums, Paradox Wine and Cheese Bar / mignon and a boneless strip sirloin. anchovies—but when fresh, quickly cloves, cognac. Definitely a must! Bana Josipa Jelačića 3 - Behind the Fork tender, amazing flavor. Gorgeous. fried and eaten like French fries, delish! Peka -(pe-kah) “cooked under the Bellevue Hotel, end of the Riva Bijeli mekani sir-cottage cheese Jabuka-(yabooka)- apples bell”. Put a sturdy iron pot on coals, -is like Swiss chard–a green leafy -(yagoda) strawberries Blitva Jagoda cover it with a bell dome, put a ring Šug / Mediterranean spinach like veggie often cooked with Jaja-(ya -ya) -eggs Tolstojeva 1A with hot coals on top of the dome. potatoes (krumpir) Janjetina-(yayetina) lamb Inside is octopus or lamb or chicken Bokeria / Mediterranean Brancin-(bran-chin) a farm grown or Jastog-(yastog) lobster Domaldova 8 wild orada/dorado, white fish Juha-(you-ha) soup and veal with potatoes, spices, some Breskva-peaches Kolač-(kolatch)- any kind of cake veggies. Cook for several hours. Divine! Art i čok / Mediterranean Definitely a must! Bana J. Jelačića 19 Brudet-hearty fish stew Kruh-(crew-h) is bread in Croatian. In Burek–a rolled flaky dough stuffed restaurants it is normally charged for Piletina-(pillet-eenah) chicken. Unlike Perivoj Bar & Cocktail / with cheese (sa sirom)or meat (s by the basket. If you are not sure it most chicken, even the leg meat is Mediterranean / Slavićeva 44 mesom)then baked. Oily but yummy. comes with the meal, just ask. white here! Plump, juicy and delicious. Popular in Turkey and Bosnia. Lots of Kukuruz-(koo-koo-rooz) -corn Riba-fish Villa Spiza / Local / Kružićeva 3 napkins required! Lignje-(lig-knee) calamari, squid Rozata-(rose -ada) a Dalmatian take Uje Oil bar / Snacking / Local Crni rižot-(tseer knee risot) ‘black Lubenica-(loobenitsa)watermelon on crème caramel. The best is rested Dominisova 3 risotto’ cuttlefish, squid, olive oil, Lubin-sea bass mostly farm grown overnight. onion, garlic, parsley and red wine. Maslinovo ulje (maslee-novo ew yeh) Sardele-(sar delle) sardines. The most Pimpinella Canteen / Mediterranean / Spinčićeva 2A Some use a cognac finish. Its strange -olive oil popular fish here, fried, baked, enjoyed licorice color is squid ink. Delicious! Med -honey by all for their sweet, fresh taste. O’š kolač / Dessert / Ćirila i Definitely a must! Mješana salata-mixed vegetables salad Sir-(seer) cheese Metoda 4 Čevapčići-(che-vap-chee-chee) Mješano meso-mixed grill Skampi-(shkamp-ee) large shrimps or Croatia’s answer to American Ovčji sir-(ohv-chee seer) sheep’s milk Corto Maltese / prawns, usually grilled. Bar & Cocktail / Obrov 7, Behind meatballs but more like small Tootsie cheese Skuša-(sku-sha) mackerel rolls, usually made of minced lamb -thin, crepe-like pancakes – Fish Market Palačinki Smokva-fig if you have never tried with spices, served four or more in a you can get them served filled with fresh figs, Definitely a must! Bokamorra Bistro / Brasserie / fat bun with onions and lots of ajvar. jam or ground nuts then topped with (shunka) boiled ham, as good or Pizza / Obala Ante Trumbića 16 - Dagnje-mussels, locally farmed, the chocolate. Some places offer them Šunka Next to underground parking on better than the Danish variety. A staple Western Promenade least expensive shellfish, great with slani (slah-knee) – salty as well, filled noodles and lots of garlic. with cheese, ham, and other goodies of many sandwiches, and often used in Zrno Soli / Gastronomic / Domaći-(dough-mah-chee) anything Paprika–not the fine red spice, but an omelette instead of bacon. Sliced Mediterranean / Uvala Baluni 8 that’s home-made, like domaći kruh— the word for red bell peppers, often wafer thin, delicious! Teletina-(teh-letiina)-veal Adriatic Grašo / Mediterranean home-made bread stuffed with mixed meat and baked. Sustipanski put 2 Govedina-(go-vedinah) -beef Pastrva-(paster-vah) trout, rarely Voćna salata-fruit salad Grdobina-(grr-dough-bin-ah) served on the coast, but millions Zubatac-(zoo-bat-tats) the Croatian ZOI / Gastronomic / monkfish, with a wide sharp toothed of them are farmed in nearby dentex (fish), so named for its big Mediterranean / On the Riva mouth and boneless chunky white tail. Solin, where you can buy them still teeth. Large, white with almost halibut Hobotnica-(hobot- nitsa) –octopus. swimming for less than $5 a kilo! texture. Al fresco breakfast, lunch and dinner under the umbrellas in the Pjaca!

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Being so close to Italy, pizza has tahini (made from toasted ground the Grbić family, Sexy Cow is all home-made bread, choice of sauce, been the traditional street fare sesame) and crunch into delicious. about wraps. Pretty much imagine ingredients and then watch them here for ages. But with so many Egypt and other middle eastern anything you can put in a freshly build a great hero. For a taste of tourists coming from so many countries consider falefel a staple. made tortilla and you've got it. They local cevap (“che-vap“), a spiced up countries, it didn't take long for And like the ubiquitious pho soup even have their own tortilla maker pork and beef Tootsie roll shaped local restauranteurs to discover that in southeast Asia, no two are alike to ensure that yours is fresh, not patty (you get 5 or more in a bun), fast food could be a lot more than despite the simple ingredients. Daddy out of some plastic bag. And wow, it's Kantun Paulina, also just off heat it and eat it. One of the first to Cool gets its tahini from Israel and what fillings! From breakfast to their Marmontova on the right, on the recognize that fast didn't have to be makes everything from scratch. It's Naughty Cow, puting your two hands alleyway where the city's Puppet dull was Vedran Sučić, who created a tiny storefront just opposite Split's around these babies is what street Theatre is. Served with ajvar (“aye- Misto, on Bosanska street at the quirky Froggland Museum, on the food is all about. Just a few places var“), a ground, baked red pepper, northwest corner of the Palace. street just off Marmontova where the to sit down, and with all that made eggplant and spice condiment that “Street food is really restaurant coffee cup sculpture is. Veggies never from scratch quality, you will have might make you think of never dishes on the street,“ he says, “high tastes so yummy. to wait....so get there early, pay eating ketchup again. Sushi heaven quality food cooked and served someone to stand in line, but do it! in a box, with real line caught local quickly, not something prepared in Small is beautful tuna, Bota Mini, next to Sanctuary advance that you heat up and pop in Like Schumacher's thought- bar on Poljana Stare gimnazije. And cardboard carton.“ provoking book of the same name if you love bread as much as we do, And while even some of the best sit published during the height of the Kruščić, diagonally across from the down restaurants here also have a energy crisis in 1973, one of the back of the Fish Market, makes their serious pizza business, street food great virtues of modern day street own using the very best flour and shops like Misto, Sexy Cow, Daddy food emporiums is their ability to ingredients. Fab desserts too. Last Cool and others don't serve pizza. create smaller versions of more but not least, the oldest bakery in “It's all about local,“ Sučić explains, elaborate restaurant-size servings town, no bread, just dessert and “Croatian cheeses, meats, local without compromising on quality. ice cream, is Tradicija, on Bosanska wine, desserts like rožada and So at places like Misto, you can get street, on the way to Misto. Their vegetables sourced here--we get our classic fish brudet as a sandwich, cinamon buns are seriously to die potatoes from Sinj, for example.” or even tingul (chicken stew) and Olive oil tasting at Uje Oil Bar is a great experience for and their almost black chocolate Unlike most street food shops, Misto pašticada (“pastich-sada“), our to learn more about the subtle differences of the ice cream is like nothing on earth. is fortunate to be located smack next local classic slow cooked marinated- planet’s oldest cultivated fruit--olives! Is it cake, is it ice cream, it's not to the northern wall of the Palace, forever beef stew, in a bun. even that sweet, but how come? so you can sit on the low street wall And don't forget Hopefully they will never tell. and munch or grab a seat at one It's a wrap In addition to the street food of their high tables (check out the One of the most successful favorites above, check out KoGo, We all scream iron bases -- each table base has a street food places in town is Sexy whose shop is on the way to Sexy Luka, the ice cream parlor (also different letter and if you stand back Cow (just opposite Old Hajduk Cow. It's a sort of like a high class behind the National Theatre) that the 5 tables spell M....I....S.....T....O). stadium's parking lot, at the end of canteen, with carefully prepared took an already ice-cream loving Marmontova go to your left behind main dishes keeping warm, spooned town by storm with its creamy, Falafel in Split the National Theatre, then right out to take home where you add the all natural flavors and fruits and Split's first falafel house is Daddy past Luka ice cream which we will fresh veggies, etc. For super fresh terrific baked goods. Ice cream Cool, run by Dragan and Romana talk about later and keep walking sandwiches, we head to Rizzo, off with lavendar, real pears, plums or Grbić. Falafel is made from ground towards the parking lot and then Marmontova on the other side of peaches in season. And their own chickpeas. Add some herbs and spices, straight. SC is on your right opposite the coffee cup sculpture as you walk chocolate cones. Be still my heart! deep fry 'til its crisp and add some the parking lot). Also owned by back to Chops Grille. $3.50 gets you The lines start at noon. IT’S A WRAP! FALAFEL! STREET WISE!

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Split is not only a rare opportunity as Santorini and Mykonos as well as them per capita than anyplace on to experience a living 1,700 year-old in world-class cities like Zujrich, At- the planet. For women who love city, but to bring home some of its hens and Moscow. shoes, Split is paradise. authentic magic. The diversity of Enamel jewelry was first created There are shops in and around the “made in Split/Croatia” is wonderful, by ancient Egyptian and Byzantine Palace selling everything from the from hand-made chocolates and artists. But it was probably the latest European imports to brand- divine olive oil and wine to gorgeous legendary eggs and other treasures name sports shoes. jewelry, painting and sculpture. from Carl Faberge’s workshop that Tucked in and around the Palace made enamel jewelry so famous and The cravat is Croatian you’ll find arts and crafts boutiques, so sought after. Did you know that today’s ties were locally-designed clothing and leather first invented by Croats? In the bags, beautiful galleries, unusual 17thC, King Louis XIII hired Croatian souvenir shops and specialty shops Namfleg’s Majolica collection of limited edition, soldiers to help him during the 30 stunning cloisonne enamel watches with Swiss for tea and even organic cosmetics movements by Ronda year war. Arriving on horseback made with local herbs. And a for wearing a bright red piece of cloth world-class 170+ store shopping Faberge inspired jewelry around their neck as part of their experience, 4DX CineStar movie In addition to sterling silver and gold uniform, the French and pretty heaven and a great new LEGO filigree jewelry being made here, soon the rest of Europe embraced (including their amazing Architecture international firms have moved into the cravat as an essential part of and Technic products for architects, the region as more and more peo- a proper gentleman’s attire. To engineers and all those wannabees ple discover the beauty and culture commemorate the invention, the like us) we’ve got the largest mall in Uje’s olive oil from Brac, called Brachia, comes in founders of Croatia’s most famous of this part of the Mediterranean. stunning award-winning ceramic bottles Dalmatia,The Mall of Split—with Namfleg, whose hand made cloi- tie shop, Croata, created Cravat Day. free round trip buses from the end sonné enamel rings and gorgeous Cloisonné enamel is the most In 2008, the Croatian Parliament of Marmontova street, diagonally to dials on Swiss made watches are sophisticated and laborious of all unanimously declared October 18 your right—just look for the bus stop celebrated around the world, chose enamel techniques. To create a to be the “Day of the Cravat”. Inside at Prima. Let’s begin with the many Split as their newest shop. There are unique pattern, the artisan begins their museum-themed shop right small, charming shops in and around seven of them, in such exotic places by soldering a hair-thin gold or silver here in the Peristil, and another the Palace. The back page wire and then places powdered in Fruit Square, you can find 100% of DiscoverSplit has as exclusive enamel into each compartment silk ties with authentic Glagolithic category-by-category list of every (cloisons in French). Then the symbols and other intriguing shop! You’ll find boutique designer ornament is fired in a muffle furnace designs. In addition to ties, there’s clothing, famous brand name at 800°C. causing the enamel to also a collection of sumptuous silk sportswear as well as where those melt it into colored glass, filling each and pashmina scarves, shirts and a locally produced gourmet food cloison with exquisite color and lot more. products shops are. You’ll even find shape – a timeless piece of art. The simple gifts like magnets, postcards collection in Split includes rings, A taste of Croatia and T shirts made right here—look watches (with Swiss movements by With so much good food and wine for the sign or tags that say “made Ronda), ornaments and chains. here, why not take home a taste or in Croatia”. With all our sun, Split two? If you are looking for specially also has a huge number of eye Split loves shoes packaged olive oil, truffles and other wear shops that retail world-class Everywhere you look there seems delicacies to take home, head for The silk tie collection at Croata has unique sunglasses at much better than back designs featuring Split’s most iconic images like to be another shoe store here—it’s Uje Deli, right next to the Marmont home prices. Grgur of Nin and even Dalmatian dogs been said that Split has more of Hotel. A feast for the eyes and

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Discover Split / Split shopping 13 senses, they have a great collection his crew have opened the world’s under $25 because they know that edifices, like Diocletian’s Palace, as of edibles, gifts and more. Please, first GOT Museum! It’s just across most folks aren’t thinking about well as the White House! There are you must bring home at least one the street and features a fabulous $2,500!) do please take the time. generations of stone masons still bottle of your favorite wine! dragon, characters and more. Split is fortunate to have a number working on Brač creating everything And if you appreciate truly authentic Surreal, exciting fun! of internationally-known painters from simple stone floor tiles and artisan jewelry,Split’s last remaining and graphic artists, some with their sinks carved out of one solid piece silver filigree maker is hard at work A legacy of art own galleries—Strecko Zitnik’s to free-form garden furniture and in his tiny family run Filigran Split With year-round opera, ballet, studio/gallery, awash with the colors elegant sculpture. shop on Bosanka St., just to the right theater and music, Split’s cultural of the Mediterranean, is on Ul. Petra For more than a century stone of the West Gate as you enter the scene is unusually rich—remember masonry has been the center of square. Made with single strands it’s just a small city with around life for the Jaksic family, whose 200,000 people. Spending a day exploring some of the galleries here is a great way to understand what moves people to live and create here and why both the sea and the coast are so compelling. So in this issue we’re going to talk a lot about art—but don’t worry, we don’t get a commission from any advertiser! Life and the colors of imagination are what Žitnik’s paintings are all about. Staring with a single strand of silver wire, Viktor Kružića just off Bosanska Street as The new Lego store at The Mall of Split has all those fabulous Lego sets to keep you creative. creates a masterwork. you head north out of the Pjaca. of silver wire, Viktor Civljak works Pavo Majic’s handsome graphics compound in the tiny village of his magic to form intricate designs studio is on Mastorija Jura (he is Donji Humac on the island of Brac that go back more than 1000 years, the founder of Split’s International is visited by people from all over everything you see is painstakingly Bienale and his wife’s glass jewelry the world who appreciate the made by hand. It’s one of the crafts is wonderful). One of Split’s best timeless beauty of stone. Here in that unfortunately is dying out as known painters is Josip Botteri, Split the Jakšić Gallery not only the public taste for traditional silver who has a small gallery just outside shows the extraordinary range of and gold craftsman ship is more the Palace on Kliška ul with vibrant their craft, but the work of other into the modern. To help support paintings inspired by faith and family members who express their Filigran, as group of friends here in passion. His work even hangs in the creativity in paint and silver. Be Split, including us, have donated an Vatican. Daughter Ana Marija Botteri sure to take a look at their book Etsy website. Peruzović also shows here. of architectural work that includes Have your photo taken at the GOT fan shop Wimbledon champion tennis legend Split’s got GOT sitting on the Throne! Island art colonies Goran Ivanišević’s glorious house The Game of Thrones, with some Buying a beautiful pair of shoes, a Solta, Brač. Vis, Korčula and other here. And yes, whatever you want, scenes filmed right here in Split, finely tailored suit, a cool pair of islands each has their own islands it can be shipped anywhere. nearby Klis, Dubrovnik and other designer sunglasses when you are artist colonies—not just painters. locations, has created millions of on vacation seems natural. But Brač for example, is one of the few Keep it authentic fans and consequently, a ton of them when it comes to buying a painting places on the planet with a stone Like in any tourist city, there are a have come to visit Croata to actually or a sculpture in a foreign country, masonry school. You can spend a lot of places to buy souvenirs. So experience the action. GOT tours it’s another story. We’re just lifetime learning to cut, dress and many come from China however, are very popular as are official GOT unprepared—so when something work with stone. And if you have that’s it is often hard to tell what is souvenirs. The GOT shop here only hand-made and artistic really speaks not been to Trogir to see Radovan’s local and what is not. Cro Corner, sells approved, licensed products, to you, it’s a wake-up call to the astonishing stone portal that just outside Fruit Sq. in front of from marvelous T shirts to mugs. It’s senses. One of the reasons we chose frames the entrance of St. Lawrence the steps leading to Kod Sfinge right at the end of Bosanska St., you to live here is Split’s unusually rich Cathedral there you are missing restaurant, is run by a Croatian can’t miss it. What’s unique is a full artistic and cultural scene. There’s one the most sublime artistic family that only carries made in size replica of the throne, where you so much really good art here, that experiences of your life. Croatia products. So whether it’s a can have your picture taken to make if you enjoy going to a gallery (you On Brač, stone has been quarried simple postcard, magnet, olive oil, all your GOT fans back home green won’t be hassled, and all of them since before the Romans and wine, glass sculpture or T-shirt—it’s with envy.135x120mm_magazin_B02_EN.pdf And this year, Luka 1 and 2019. 05. have15. 11:06something hand-made for its beauty adorns many ancient all authentic, made here products! Everything 100% made in Croatia! From natural sea sponges, organic soaps, creams, bath salts and T shirts to olive oil, jams, chocolates, tartufi and much more— everything in our Croatian, family-owned shop is 100% Croatian!

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14 Discover Split / Split shopping If you’re in the market for foodie home a couple cans of local brew Flea market finds alley here with everything from gifts, also check out the Green is also a cool surprise. Ojusko and Every Sunday, behind the fur coats to pocket watches. Every Market itself. There are all sorts of Karlovacko are the two popular NIRS complex, in the Dracevac day in the summer, in front of the stalls selling very good honey, cheese local beers and for $1 or so a can neighborhood, one of the first park just to the left of the Grgur and other home made goodies. they make a very cool gift to people exits off the highway to Zagreb, of Nin statue outside the Golden Especially on weekends some of the who appreciate a good brewski there’s a huge flea market that sells Gate of the Palace, a pretty decent stalls have trinkets, antiques and or have beer collections from all everything from cars to old cow artiques/antiques market opens up oddities that make unusual gifts— around the world. bells. Even food booths are set up with tables full of some interesting from old coins to Leica cameras! A You can also find other notable gifts selling fried goodies, beer, cevap, stuff, from old watches and coins, to welcome sign that the arts and crafts in and around the Palace include etc. Recent finds: an authentic brass telescopes, LPs, porcelain and are making a comeback is evidenced Split jerseys (wide horizontal blue limited edition Dali print, online for paintings.The Art Museum is just stripes), hats (imported of course, 250Euro for 30E! But that vintage by a wonderful shop called Get a stone’s throw away and inside is but there is a huge selection and More ( a play on words since it is a gift shop with excellent prints, art some of the authentic Panama hats located in the alley between the books, calendars and other gifts that (from Ecuador are very fairly priced. are easy to take and give. It’s the Peristil and Jupiter’s Temple, an You can also find silk-screened area of the old town called “Get” perfect way to spend a hot afternoon dresses, hand-made cloth and leisurely walking through the and “more”meaning the sea) Really high tech plastic bags and quirky, intriguing arts and crafts pieces beautifully arranged, airy galleries to inspired hand-made jewelry at see some of Croatia’s finest modern as well as workshops for kids and places like Dispetoza Design at adults in a charming courtyard art as well as some excellent work Donaldova 3. from centuries past. behind the shop. We love their For green thumbs, why not visit And just few steps from the Art hand-made ceramic sardines. some agro shops at the end of the Museum, next to Hotel Cornaro, is walking street in the Green market Croatian stamps make great gifts for collectors the where you can (up the steps, hang a left and walk main post office to the end through the gauntlet of 60’s Mercedes we saw in April, still mail those postcards you bought to clothing sellers , cross the street and haunts us. Magnificent from its show friends back home some really on your right there are several shops wide white walls to its sumptuous beautiful Croatian stamps, which up the alley). Although we have a interior wood paneling and gorgeous you can also buy! Mediterranean climate, most of leather seats that would be perfect what grows here can easily grow in in a living room. Also on Sunday, How to pay many areas back home, so why not but sometimes not, an impromptu You can use your credit card and of pick up a few seed packages and see flea market pops up as you just course, pay cash. Although Croatia what pops up back home when you as leave the Green Market up the is now in the EU and many prices plant next year’s garden. steps to your left. Sellers line the are quoted in Euro, the only legal currency here is kuna (about 6.3 to the dollar and 7.4 to the Euro). If you have a debit card, just use any ATM to get kuna. Helpful tip: some ATMs charge a fortune. For Artiques, antiques, flotsam and jetsam—it’s all here at the Sunday Market in Dračevac, just the lowest charges, avoid all ATMs outside town, take Uber or a taxi. Also near the that are not provided by local banks Art Museum and sometimes in the walkway like Zagrebačka, PBZ, HPB, Erste, from the Green Market to the parking lot Raiffesen, etc. if you don’t see a bank Local passion logo but some kind of Euro brand, it For sports-lovers, Split’s favorite may cost you! football (soccer) team, Hajduk, has a fan shop just off Marmontova street where you can buy shirts, caps and more to impress fans Visit unique back home that there’s more to the world of UEFA than Tottenhaim museum concept store and Barcelona. In addition to our A sumptuous turn of the century painting (1905) by one of Croatia finest painters, Vlaho Bukovac. great olive oil and wine, bringing The original is right here in the Art Museum and it is dazzling!

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www.croata.hr www.croata.hr Discover Split / Split shopping 15 What to see and do Take it easy or take it to the limit, whether it’s exploring an island or free climbing, Split and Dalmatia has your perfect day trip

Split has finally come into its For a perfect day of sun, swimming Head for the hills and some amazing wine at places own as a destination, not just an and island village exploring, Polaris Just up and over the hills behind like Matković Winery. The town overnight experience. As a result, has daily cruises to Bol beach and Split is another world waiting is situated some 200-300 meters the “must” see sights like Krka other destinations with an excellent to be discovered for those who above the sea so it has great views. National Park, Plitvice National Park on-board lunch. Or enjoy the prefer more off-the-beaten track About 30km away is Makarska, and the islands (Hvar, Brač, Šolta mega catamaran Summer Blues experiences. Less than an hour famous for its beaches and buzzing and Vis) have now been joined by (24 meters long!) with an all day and it’s towns like Sinj and Trilj for night life. The Bosnian border is fascinating trips to the interior for swimming, snorkeling , lunch and a fascinating taste of countryside just to the north and east. Imotski great gastronomy, hiking, history unlimited open bar and on board Croatia with unique museums, is home to two singular lakes, the and more. The most popular trips entertainment. festivals and food that make for Blue Lake and the Red Lake. The are Krka and Plitivce National Parks, terrific day trips. Sinj’sFranciscan Red Lake is the deepest in Europe The Blue Cave, Dubrovnik and Game National parks, islands, the Blue Cave Monastery has a marvelous and both are with a short ride of of Thrones tours, which include a Krka National Park, where you can collection of Roman artifacts—just each other. Just off the pretty town trip to Klis and its famous fortress, swim under the waterfalls is an call and they will open it for you! center are staircases leading to an just 12 km from the center. The key hour’s drive. Plitvice National Park, And their new Alka Museum, is upper town where perched ontop of to choosing the right program and a UNESCO World Heritage site, stunning--a visual history tour a cliff is Topana, an ancient fort you the right agency is making sure what 3.5 hours away, is the country’s through an event celebrated here for can walk around with paths leading it includes—all admissions? Lunch, most visited attraction because it’s more than 300 years that recounts down to the Blue Lake where you where? Open menu, buffet? What just spectacular. The Blue Cave, a the victory by 700 Sinj residents over can swim in the summer. kind of boat, closed, open, fiberglas, natural phenomenon when sunlight a 10,000 man Ottoman army aided streams through the opening rib, aluminum? Guides? Our best by a miraculous appearance the Up and down the coast creative a surreal blue, is also advice is to compare, ask questions night before the battle of the Virgin Kaštela, the coastal stretch of seven hugely popular. Accessible only by and if you can, speak to locals, your Mary. different kastels (castles) between boat, hundreds of tourists each day apartment owner, concierge, etc. Just 10 minutes from Split, on the Split and Trogir, was first settled climb aboard spiffy speedboats to way to the airport, is Solin and the in the 7thC and later became the zoom dozens of miles out to see to Take a mini-cruise ancient Roman capital of Dalmatia, bastion of Croatian nobility. Several experience this unique adventure. Krilo created the firstdaily round Salona. Still a mostly un-earthed Lots of agencies offer the cave as castles are still intact, one of them, trip to Dubrovnik from Split. It was archeological site it has enough , is now part of a 5 island adventure! For Vitturi Castle in Kastel Luksic such a huge success, Luka and his vestiges of its former glory to make couples all the way up to a group of the home of the tourist board and team have extended the season a visit very worthwhile. At one time, 20, check out TourSplit, with its new a wonderful small museum with and added a new run under the reign of Marcus Aurelius, via Bol and Shark-class speedboats. artifacts and ethnographic displays Makraska as well as Milna and Hvar in 170AD, it had a population of depicting life way back when. Town! This year Krilp can zip you 60,000! Klis Fortress. Perched Trogir. Unlike Roman Split, Trogir’s down to Dubrovnik with stops along impossibly high on a rocky butte heritage is Greek. Its partially- the way as above and including 20 minutes from Split, perfectly walled Old Town, a UNESCO Miljet and Korcula staring late situated to command a vast World Heritage site, has a rare April through Oct. 26. With spiffy territorial view, Klis was the last ensemble of Romanesque, Gothic, airline seating, onboard cafe, lots of stronghold against the Ottoman Renaissance and Baroque buildings. bathrooms and big windows, it’s a onslaught for almost 400 years. The monumental cathedral of St. great way to save the 8 hour round Lawrence dominates the central trip drive or bus ride. All the way to The deepest lake in Europe square. Once inside, the ancient Dubrovnik and back in the same day! Less than an hour on the toll road, pews anchored to the floor are Page 18 has a complete schedule of Klis Fortress, Meereen in the Game of Thrones, about $5, is Imotski. The real vivid testimoney that this place ALL Krilo sailings from Split. offers a great view of Split and beyond. surprise here is nature, history was literally a private cathedral for Dare to enter! Take the throne! The world’s first GOT museum! Merchandise & Fan Shop Experience the best of the Game of Thrones. Fabulous full size replicas feauturing the most famous characters and Take your picture artifacts. Guided tours or on your own, there’s nothing sitting on an exact like it anywhere on the planet! replica of the Throne! Split, Bosanska 9 Enjoy the most Daily 10AM-22PM complete collection of officially licensed GOT merchandise. Buy 1 item, get a great discount others. Special tour discount with any purchase!

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16 Discover Split / What to see and do Frozen in stone Because it was a military base for Brac is a big island and once you are decades the whole island grew off the coast, the inland has a lot wild and wonderful. So today to offer. Skrip, at the highest point the lushness of the interior and on the island, is a village of stone unspoiled coastal beaches are a dating back to the 11thC with a very paradise for nature lovers and those good musuem and a terrific restored who like to get away from it all. Vis 19thC original olive mill, complete town is a pretty place with its own with hand cranked wooden press, park, some restored Roman ruins, a loft with where round the clock a long horseshoe shaped seaside workers would sleep and more. walkway and lovely cobbled back Lovingly restored, you can also buy streets and alleys. For the best fish olive oil here and it is excellent. anywhere in Croatia, the commercial Donji Humac, home to island stone fishing village ofKomiza is also masons, is well worth a trip to see where the lobsters are. By small why Brac stone is so valued around boat, discovering hidden beaches the world and watch artists at work iike Stiniva are a joy. at Jaksic Gallery. And for a unique thrill and a rugged 45 minute walk, Solta nothing quite prepares you for Blaca The closest island to Split, Solta is Part of the astonishing St. Lawrence Cathedral portal in Trogir, carved in 1240 Monastery, a village created by the least visited despite excellent the town’s first families to enjoy. whitewater rafting heaven, zip lines, Glagolitic priests in the 16thC who ferry service and only a 45 minute Its centerpiece is the astonishing free climbing and more. The best carved an entire town out of the trip. Bucolic and rocky, the island portal carved by Radovan in 1240 outfitters have the best boats and cliffs! has less than 2,500 year-round at the entrance. Beyond brave, the the best guides. Our favorite is Cro- inhabitants but for peole who love portal is a profound marriage of the Active atwww.raftingomis.com Hvar to bike and hike, sail and swim, it is pagan, secular and religious. Inside Dating back to the first millennium perfect. Rogac is the ferry port, and the wonders continue—the chapel The islands BC, Hvar is considered by many just up and around to the right with of the Good Death will leave you Let’s begin with Brač, famous for to be the jewel of all the Adriatic steps down to the sea is an ocean spellbound with its power. its marble and its amazing Zlatni Rat islands. Stari Grad, the island’s pool for great swimming. The bus beach which changes its tongue- ferry port , founded by the Greeks that meets all ferries can take you Wet and wild like shape with the tides. Just 45 in 384BC—is the oldest town in around the island to Grohote, the An hour or so down the coast (the minutes away be ferry, it’s easy to Croatia! Its centerpiece is the center, Maslinica, where there are #60 bus from the Green Market get here with lots of trips every day marvelous Petar Hektorovic castle. beaches and a public pool and takes you right there twice or more all year round—including a very late The island’s magnet is glittering elsehwere. Solta’s most unique an hour) is the terrific seaside town night crossing allowing you to spend Hvar Town, complete with a looming tour program is The Island of of Omis. As soon as you come a long time on the island. Renaissance fortress guarding it’s Olives, Honey and Wine Tour where into the town you’ll realize why it’s The main ferry port is Supetar, beautiful harbor, fancy restaurants you can enjoy a honey farm with all about adventure and pirates. where a special walking route has and shops Once you’re out of home-cooked lunch, how olives are The Cetina River swoops down been created. the buzz of Hvar town, the rest of pressed and drink great Dobricic the mountains and runs smack Zlaty rat, Bol’s famous beach, is the island is a quiet paradise with wine! Information: 091 222-2727. into the sea under the only bridge where a lot of folks head. Although rolling hills, vineyards and groves, leading to the town. Up river is it looks white and sandy, the beach tiny villages and charming towns. is actually small pebbles. It’s a good Vrboska, dubbed a little Venice idea to buy a pair of swim shoes to because of its canal and Jelsa are get in and out of the water more the main towns. Lots of beautiful easily. What makes this beach architecture, terrific sailing and of so popular isn’t just it’s amazing cou rse, all that famous splendid tongue-like shape, but the deep wine. With Krilo catamarans, all of shade, cafes and changing/toilet Hvar is an easy day trip. facilities just off the beach that make it so comfortable to spend the day Vis here – especially if you have younger For true pristine beauty it’sVis , Omiš is adventure. children with you. just 60 miles off the Italian coast. Šolta Island is quietly beautiful

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Discover Split / What to see and do 17 HISTORICAL / CULTURAL PLACES OF INTEREST The Palace itself was begun around 298AD and took ten years to complete. Typically Roman, it is rectangular in Krilo Catamaranshape, 705'Schedules x 590'. Its two main streets, Cardo , Spring/Summer/Fallnow Dioklecijanova UI. and Decumanus, now Poljana Kraljice Jelene, run N-S and E-W and create four quarters. Each 2 main gate is located in the center of each outside wall. 1 2 2A 3 1 4 5A 6 7 Many of the sites below have small signs on the wall that 8 M A Golden fully explain their historic details. J S T O R A J U R J A Gate SPLIT-HVAR TOWN-SPLIT SPLIT-DUBROVNIK-SPLIT1A 45 46

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years. The upper floor is 16th C Renaissance. B HVAR TOWN 11:00 U 11:15 HVAR TOWN 14:20 14:35 35 24 Peristil / The colonnaded central open courtyard. It is here B where the Emperor would appear to be worshiped as the son 22 26 7 Split-Milna 40 Milna-Dubrovnik 210 Dubrovnik-Korčula 130 Korčula- 110 KORČULA A 12:3022 SPLIT 15:35 Roman of Jupiter. Behind is the Emperor’s living quarters Vestibul mosaic Hvar Town I L I R S K E A K floor Hvar Town- Medieval loggia / Temple of Venus / Inside the Luxor café, a A D E M I J E 29 Split-Hvar Town 100 110 25 Korčula Dubrovnik- well preser210ved Korčula-Milnamedieval loggia. The base130 of a Temple of Venus SPLIT TO KORČULA / KORČULA TO SPLIT ARHIĐAKONOVA Hvar Town is marked by a circular marble floor just as you enter. SEPTEMBER 30 TO DECEMBER 31 / MONDAY TO SATURDAY open Split-Korčula 130 Hvar Town-Mljet 140 25 20 courtyard Dubrovnik-MilnaA Church Art210 MuseumKorčula-Split / Peristyle / Restored130 interior with(SUNDAY LEAVES KORČULA 13:00, HVAR 14:35, ARRIVES SPLIT 15:30) Hvar Town- rotating art exhibitions. Split-Mljet 140 210 FROM 20ARRIVES LEAVES FROM ARRIVES LEAVES KRAJ SV. DUJE Dubrovnik Dubrovnik-Split26 Prothyron210 / TheHvar grand Town-Milna arched entry to the70 Emperor's living A 13 quarters with ceremonial loggia under the central arch where Split-Dubrovnik 210 Korčula-Mljet 90 Mljet-Korčula 90 HvarTown-Split 100 SPLIT 16:00 KORČULA 06:00 open Diocletian was viewed and worshiped as a cult deity. Palace courtyard HVAR TOWN 16:55 17:05 HVAR TOWN 07:25 07:35 cellars Milna-Hvar Korčula- 27 Sphinx / brought by the Romans from Egypt. It is 3500 years below 70 130 Mljet-Hvar Town 140 Milna-Split 50 19 19

Town Dubrovnik old from the time of Thutmos I - III KORČULA A 19:30 SPLIT 08:30 MEDULIĆEVA D O S MEDULIĆEVA Palace Mljet-Milna 140 U cellars Milna-Korčula 130 Mljet-Dubrovnik 100 28 Diocletian Mausoleum /Sv. Duje Cathedral and Bell Tower D ALEŠIJEVA 18 17 below 3rdC.; a church in the 5thC. The hand-carved wooden doors 14 34 Milna-Mljet 140 Dubrovnik-Mljet 100 Mljet-Split are 13th 140C. Under the dome, look for the Roman chariots. SPLIT-HVAR TOWN-PRIGRADICA (KORČULA) ALEŠIJEVA Ethnographic 29 The Vestibul / The entrance to Diocletian's living quarters. -KORČULA OLD TOWN Museum Local resident prices are valid through whole year. 30 Jupiter's Temple and Cathedral's baptistry / Kraj Sv. Ivana Children up to 1 year old do not need to have a ticket butImpr areessiv addede intact to templethe parents of the leg ticketendary Roman god with a Palace SPLIT TO KORČULA / KORČULA TO SPLIT cellars Children 1-3 years old FREE headless Egyptian sphinx at the entrance. Admission charge. VESTIBULA IZA FROM MAY 31 16TO SEPTEMBERALEŠIJEVA 29 / EVERY DAY below

Ticket includes harbour taxes and VAT. 31 Brass Gate / southern basement entrance - Obala Hrvatskog 33 LUKAČIĆEVA Pets are allowed onboard in a box for pets and the ticket narpriceodnog is pr50%epor ofoda the / the passenger original small ticket entrance to theFROM Palace ARRIVES LEAVES FROM ARRIVES LEAVES Timetable is subject to change basements. You can pay a small fee to wander in and out of KORČULA the amazing halls. Free public toilets. The basement sSPLITteps lead 17:00 TOWN 06:00 S E V E R O V A up to the Peristil. 15 32 32 SOUTH WALL / REMAINS OF THE EMPEROR'S SUITE HVAR TOWN 17:55 18:10 PRIGRADICA- 06:40 06:45 Many boats sell out, to avoidSev erdisappointmentova / The imperial suite extended over the entire south KORČULA quarter. Today the courtyards around the Ethnographic 1 1A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Brass PRIGRADICA- 11 12 12A 12B 13 14 14A 31 15 15A 15B 16 Gate 16A 17 17A 18 19 20 21 Museum reflect this grand space with its views to theKORČULA harbor 19:00 19:05 HVAR TOWN 07:35 07:50 22 23 24 25 along the southern façade with its massive arches. BOOK ONLINE AT WWW.KRILO.HR O b a l a h r v a t s k o g n a r o d n o g p r e p o r o d a 33 Church of St. Andrew 7th C / Severova / Actually part of the KORČULA 19:45 SPLIT 08:45 museum's interior. TOWN R I V A Tel +385 21 64534 Ethnogr aphic476 Museum / Severova / Well worth the visit, be MB KAPETAN LUKA Poljička cesta 4, 21314 surJesenice,e to see the Hrvatska, excavations as EU you walk around this building. 35 Mosaics / Bulićeva and Arhiđakonova / At both places are the facebook.com/kapetanlukakrilo www.instagram.comremains of early/krilokapetanluka/ Roman mosaic floors. 18 36 Church of Filip Nerij, built in 1736 HISTORICAL / CULTURAL PLACES OF INTEREST The Palace itself was begun around 298AD and took ten years to complete. Typically Roman, it is rectangular in shape, 705' x 590'. Its two main streets, Cardo, now Dioklecijanova UI. and Decumanus, now Poljana Kraljice Jelene, run N-S and E-W and create four quarters. Each 2 main gate is located in the center of each outside wall. 1 2 2A 3 1 4 5A 6 7 Many of the sites below have small signs on the wall that 8 Delicious M A Golden fully explain their historic details. J S T O R A J U R J A Gate courtyard dining 1A 45 46

NORTH WALL / GOLDEN GATE A 5 46 4 The entire length of the outside wall of the Palace is 47 2 3 from noon til late

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V many guides--reservations are recommended! 2 Church of St. Martin 5th/6th C / Majstora Jurja / built in a O E 11 open R c guard passage above the gate, (notice three small windows of Ć ourtyard 49 I 50 37 the church with stone rails turned to the defensive yard). The 12 36 4 Dominican Convent here is 14thC. Free admission. V A UL. 12A IHALJEVIĆ A O M 3 Golden Gate Palace late 15th C / Majstora Jurja / in the courtyard. One of the most beautiful late medieval facades in K 13 35 Š 51 V Split, designed by the workshop of Juraj Dalmatinac. U A 11 16 52 Fountain, 1880 / Carrarina Poljana / in the rear of the V 4 44 34 O

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old from the time of Thutmos I - III A MEDULIĆEVA D O S MEDULIĆEVA Palace U cellars 28 Diocletian Mausoleum /Sv. Duje Cathedral and Bell Tower D ALEŠIJEVA 18 17 below 3rdC.; a church in the 5thC. The hand-carved wooden doors 14 34 are 13th C. Under the dome, look for the Roman chariots. ALEŠIJEVA Ethnographic 29 The Vestibul / The entrance to Diocletian's living quarters. Museum 30 Jupiter's Temple and Cathedral's baptistry / Kraj Sv. Ivana Impressive intact temple of the legendary Roman god with a Palace cellars headless Egyptian sphinx at the entrance. Admission charge. VESTIBULA IZA 16 ALEŠIJEVA below 31 Brass Gate / southern basement entrance - Obala Hrvatskog 33 narodnog preporoda / the original small entrance to the Palace LUKAČIĆEVA basements. You can pay a small fee to wander in and out of the amazing halls. Free public toilets. The basement steps lead S E V E R O V A up to the Peristil. 15 32 32 SOUTH WALL / REMAINS OF THE EMPEROR'S SUITE Severova / The imperial suite extended over the entire south quarter. Today the courtyards around the Ethnographic 1 1A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 12A 12B Brass 13 14 14A 31 15 15A 15B 16 16A Museum reflect this grand space with its views to the harbor Gate 17 17A 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 along the southern façade with its massive arches. O b a l a h r v a t s k o g n a r o d n o g p r e p o r o d a 33 Church of St. Andrew 7th C / Severova / Actually part of the museum's interior. R I V A 34 Ethnographic Museum / Severova / Well worth the visit, be sure to see the excavations as you walk around this building. 35 Mosaics / Bulićeva and Arhiđakonova / At both places are the remains of early Roman mosaic floors. 36 Church of Filip Nerij, built in 1736 Your complete street-by-street guide to all retail businesses in Diocletian's Palace!

ARTS AND CRAFTS 42 Uje Wine Bar HOTELS / HOSTELS RESTAURANTS 29 Souvenir shop 8 Bag&Go hand made bags Rodrigina 1 13 Hotel Vestibul Palace 9 Kinoteka Sushi, fusion food, A Kraj Sv. Ivana Majstora Jurja 47 Porta Caffe and Cocktail restaurant / outdoor cafe cocktails / Zlatna vrata ul. 31 Get More arts, crafts, classes 31 Forgas T-shirts, illustrations, on the left, in the courtyard Iza Vestibula #1 17 Fig inside the Augubio Kraj Sv. Ivana, just before etchings, jewelry Majstora Jurja 14 Toni Palace Hotel A Palace, Dioklecijanova ulica Jupiter’s temple Cindro Palace, Krešimirova 48 Konoba Užanca Alješijeva #17 26 Pomalo Cindro Palace, 6A Game of Thrones store Sfinga leather bags & belts 30 rear of the courtyard M. Jurja 20 Hotel Slavija Krešimirova Nepotova (hidden door) Kraj sv. Ivana 50 Na Kantunu Buvinina ulica ART GALLERIES Vuškovićeva ulica 33 Mazzgoon Bajamontijeva 17 Suvenirnica Split 26 Hotel Diocletian Poljana kraljice Jelene Naranča art gallery 52 Café/Bar Galerija 36 Trattoria Bajamont 2 Ilirske akademije 28 Olive tree olive wood crafts Majstora Jurja #5 (up the stairs) Vuškovićeva ulica 27 Jupiter Luxury Hotel 37 Bajamontijeva ulica Dioklecijanova 5A Rollin Gallery Modern 6 Veggie Marta’s fusion cafe Grabovčeva ulica 29 photography, souvenirs Krešimirova 40 Pikulece, Croatian tapas Natura Dalmacia Majstora Jurja #11 11 Kavana Luxor Restaurant 11 Diocletian’s Experience Dominisova 36 Croatian wines and delicacies 12 Galerija Margarita 11 Peristil and Polj. Kralj. Jelene hotel Nepotova ulica 41 Uje Restaurant Dioklecijanova ulica Dioklecijianova ulica #5 1 Peristil Hotel Dominisova, 3 30 Holtex 13 Hotel Vestibul Palace 15 Nova Arsia Poljana kraljice Jelene 44 Grego Levante Dioklecijanova ulica Dominisova ulica outdoor café / Iza Vestibula #1 A Rodrigina #2 30 Suvenirnica Peristil 15 Zalogajnica Dioklecijan ICE CREAM! 54 Galerija Paparella 49 A Dioklecijanova ulica outdoor café / restaurant Mosquito Dominisova ulica #7 7 Café Bar Bobis Vuškovićeva ulica 33 Split Museum Gallery Alešijeva ulica Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #20 STREET FOOD (free admission) 16 Ghetto Club/Cafe 52 Galerija Restaurant Slastičarna Riva 21 Wok Bar Dioklecijanova ulica Dosud ulica, courtyard 11 A Vuškovićeva ulica Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #20 Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” BAKERIES 19 Caffe Bar Fluid Dosud ulica 11 Kavana Luxor Restaurant 22 Gelataria Spalato on the second floor, Peristil TRAVEL/GUIDE AGENCIES 7 Café Bar Bobis 23 ANTIQUUM traditional Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” outdoor café / pastry shop dishes, lamb, black njoki, 15 Zalogajnica Dioklecijan 2A Grand Tour Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #20 pašticada 24 Pumparela Alešijeva ulica Majstora Jurja B Bobis bakery/fast food Grabovčeva ulica Poljana kraljice Jelene 20 Para di Soto Restaurant 6 Krka Tours Majstora Jurja 13 At the Iron gate 29 To je TAKO Mexican food JEWELRY Buvinina ulica #1 BANKS/ATM/EXCHANGE Grabovčeva ulica 22 Kod Sfinge Buvinina ulica #1 12 Redono Tours A Ispod ure silver and gold, say A 31 Konoba Temple food bar Dioklecijanova ulica 4 ATM PBZ Bank ‘’Hi’’ to Gina’s dog Biba 24 La Grotta Adamova ul, 3 Majstora Jurja 11 Kraj Sv. Ivana At the Iron gate 17 Sirena walking tours/travel 6 ATM PBZ Bank 2 Pizzeria Portas 25 Poseidon restaurant courtyard of Augubio Palace Andrićeva 1 Carrarina Poljana #1 55 Phi Design semi-precious Adamova ul. 24 Go Adventure tours/travel stones and more ATM and money exchange Konoba pizzeria O la la Pizzeria Fortuna Krešimirova 16 3 Dominisova 2 Poljana kraljice Jelene Carrarina Poljana #1 Adamova / Krešimirova ulica 46 Memento /Apt. rentals 4 Zaks Majstora Jurja #4 24 Euronet ATM 4 Pizzeria Mediterraneo 28 Laganini Kraj Sv. Ivana A Poljana kraljice Jelene Carrarina Poljana #3, in the Krešimirova ulica #6 53 Splitlicious 26 OTP Bank open courtyard 8 Mjeda 5 Adriatic sushi / oyster bar Dominisova ulica with an ATM machine 20 Marcvs Marvlvs library cafe Krešimirova ulica Kararina poljana 20 Šugaman travel A Poljana kraljice Jelene Papalićeva #4 9 Zlatar - Filigran 12 Diocletian’s Wine Bar / Rest. Dosud 2 Nepotova ulica 30 ATM PBZ Bank 2 St-Riva Café at the corner of the Peristil 28 Split Trip 19 Portofino A Dioklecijanova Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #19 3 Zlatarna Riva Domenik A Kraj Sv. Ivana Poljana Grgura Ninskog Svit u Split 1A HPB Bank ATM 6 St-Riva Café Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #18 29 upstairs, overlooking the Riva 23 Konoba Korta A Ul Kraj Svetog Ivana 3 Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” 8 COME TE/Pandora Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #18 Poljana Grgura Ninskog 12 Gray Line/Adriatic4you 4 Auro Domus money exchange silver jewelry and watches Skalina Caffe Zoi fine dining A Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” 10 Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” 16 Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” A Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” , up T - SHIRTS 12 Euronet ATM 9 Zlatarija Dvornik Obala the stairs to the dining room 14 Gentile Bar Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #21 45 Lumer Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” A Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #21 1 Restaurant Tiffany 14 Zlatarna Nika Majstora Jurja 12 HPB Bank ATM 25 Momento café bar Poljana kraljice Jelene B Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #22 36 Cardo/Mungos Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #26 SHOES MEN'S Dioklecijanova ulica 15 ATM and money exchange 18 Zlatarna Riva Domenik AND WOMEN'S A 2 Kavana Duje Bulićeva ul. #6 Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #24 15 T-shirts and accessories Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” 18 Karla 19 Zlatarna Dioklecijan Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” 17 OTP Bank ATM 4 Kafe Duje #1 Bulićeva ul. #5 and leather accessories Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #24 WELLNESS A Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” Dioklecijanova ulica CD’s 23 Euronet ATM 31 Mala Galerija 1 Borovo Krešimirova ulica #6 19 Massage Therapy Place Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” 35 Dancing Bear music Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #24 A Dosud Dioklecijianova ulica #6 24 Money exchange KIOSKS 5 Peko-Rodea Krešimirova WOMEN’S CLOTHING Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” ulica #6 CHILDREN'S CLOTHING 1 Souvenir gift shop AND ACCESSORIES 15 Havaianas and accessories BICYCLES/SCOOTER RENTALS Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” 20 Blukids Krešimirova ulica Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #23 13 Blanc du Nil Memento 46 5 Liquor Store STREET VENDORS Dioklecijanova Majstora Jurja #4 CHOCOLATE! Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” 19 19 Croata women's blouses 20 Beyond the Silver Gate is the CAFES/WINE & COCKTAIL BARS 25 Candy bar 12 Tobacco, souvenirs, ATM Green Market. Krešimirova ul. Krešimirova ulica, Cindro Palace Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” 23 San-tai 1 Rodrigo Majstora Jurja MOVIE THEATRES 34 Nadalina hand-made 13 Tobacco & Gifts shop Dominisova 16 1A Bar Ave Shots, beers, coffee 11 Zlatna vrata classic films and history Dioklecijanova ulica Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #21 51 Arteria Artis Croatian Dioklecijanova ul. Majstora Jurja avant-garde design DELICACIES MEN'S CLOTHING Vuškovićeva ul. 3 Teak Café SOUVENIRS/GIFTS 39 Uje Oil Bar Olive oil, deli, wine 19 Croata men’s ties, shirts, vests 3 Diesel Majstora Jurja #11, courtyard P.A.P.I. Galerija Suvenirica 5 Dominisova 4 Krešimirova ulica 10 Krešimirova ulica Dioklecijanova ulica #7 7 Caffe Bar Kala 4A Šentada Nova wines, oils, cakes 3 Diesel Krešimirova ulica 14 KRUG Croatian Design Majstora Jurja #15 Bulićeva 14 Aroma Dalmatia Nepotova ulica MUSIC AND EVENTS Dioklecijanova ulica 22 D16 Speciality coffee shop EYEWEAR 25 Marina Rinaldi Dominisova 30 Editio Princeps Foundation 16 Luna Dioklecijanova ulica Poljana kraljice Jelene Optika Oculus chamber music / events 28 Punkufer cocktails inspired 17 A 38 Elisa women’s wear Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #23 Cindro Palace, Krešimirova by Game of Thrones 21 Import Prodomo High tech Krešimirova ulica Cindro Palace, Krešimirova PHOTO gifts and musical instruments Dioklecijanova ul. HAIRDRESSING SALONS Krešimirova ulica 29 Buza 20 De Fila 18 Ne-Da Dosud ulica #8 27 Maximus Studios photo Cindro Palace, Krešimirova 38 Nered Too cute gifts / Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” #24 sessions in costumes souvenirs / Bajamontijeva 30 City meeting point 5 Mileva Bulićeva ulica #4 Cindro Palace, Krešimirova NEW STORES reception and bar 16 Souvenir shop HOSIERY 7 Foto Ivo Krešimirova ulica These stores were not open Cindro Palace, Krešimirova Obala Hrv. Prep. “Riva” when we went to press. 35 Noor Cocktail and wine bar 32 Calzedonia 10 Foto Peristil 22 Cro Corner 100% made in Bajamontijeva Krešimirova ulica at the corner of the Peristil A Croatia, Buvinina ulica #1 43 44 12 17 13 21 37 6 7

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