EXCURSION
SPLIT - SALONA - TROGIR
SPLIT - SALONA - TROGIR
Take a day trip and discover some of Croatia’s
historic treasures along the picturesque Dalmatian coast. The tour starts with a visit to the antique city of Salona, former capital of Roman
province Dalmatia, and continues in medieval city
of Trogir, UNESCO - protected city, famous for a
unique blend of monuments and art. The whole
tour rounds up with Split and its Diocletian’s palace where you can stroll along many cobbled alleys listening to old Dalmation songs and savouring the atmosphere of one of the most beautiful
mediterranean cities.
Zagreb
85 €
Price per person
(min. 4 pax)
Split
Dubrovnik
Price includes:
Optional:
•Transfer to Salona and Trogir and back
•Guide
•Tickets
Traditional lunch in one of the restaurants
in Split or Trogir
Itinerary:
SPLIT - SALONA - TROGIR
This tour reveils some of the Croatia’s historic
treasures, starting with the antique city of Salona,
former capital of Roman province Dalmatia. About
size, and richness of that antique city testify magnificient walls with towers and gates, forum with
temples, theatre, palace, amphiteatre and unique
monuments of Bishop’s palace and early Christian church with graves.
After Salona, this guided tour will lead you to the
city of Trogir, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since
1997. Trogir is the best-preserved RomanesqueGothic complex not only in the Adriatic, but in all
of Central Europe. Trogir’s medieval core, surrounded by walls, comprises a preserved castle
and tower and a series of dwellings and palaces
from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and
Baroque periods. Trogir’s grandest building is the
church of St. Lawrence, whose main west portal
is a masterpiece by Radovan, and the most significant work of the Romanesque-Gothic style in
Croatia. Other important sights are: the city gate
(17th century) and city walls (15th century); the
Fortress Kamerlengo (15th century); the Duke’s
Palace (13th century); the big and small palaces
Cipiko from the 15th century; the city loggia from
15th century.
Return to Split, and visit to Diocletian’s palace,
a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979 for
being the best preserved Roman palace in the
world. The palace is one of the most famous and
integral architectural and cultural buildings on the
Croatian Adriatic coast. The ruins of Diocletian’s
Palace, built between the late 3rd and the early
4th centuries AD, can be found throughout the
city. The Roman Emperor Diocletian spent his declining years in an enormous palace that he had
built near his birthplace, Aspalthos, in Dalmatia.
The palace represents the most valuable example of Roman architecture on the eastern coast of
the Adriatic. Its form and the arrangement of the
buildings within the palace represent a transitional
style of imperial villa, Hellenistic town and Roman
camp. The sightseeing will include the four ports
of the palace, its substructures, the cathedral of
St Domnius, Jupiter’s temple, Peristil.
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