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Walk in the footsteps of a real emperor, look for the traces of a fictitious princess, embark for an island of white stones, discover talented artists, taste the Mediterranean on your plate… Split, proof by five.
Wander through a palace
It is life that surprises in the vast palace of Diocletian (Roman emperor between 284 and 305). Split is the anti-Dubrovnik. Far from the museum city, it grew in this ancient palace, one age flowing into another, destroying, certainly, but also preserving what found use, to form an inseparable whole that runs from 305 to the present day. It is also, paradoxically, one of the best preserved sets from Late Antiquity.
A vast network of vaulted halls and galleries supported by impressive stone and brick columns, through which residents pass in what is for them the shortest route to the waterfront. To get an idea of the whole at time of the emperor, Diocletians Dream, a stone’s throw from the palace, offers an interesting virtual visit.
Following in the footsteps of “Game of Thrones”
To be able to drag neurasthenic teenagers for a walk and make them take off from their screen, it is perhaps necessary to try to lead them in the footsteps of Game Of Thrones. In the underground passages of Diocletian’s Palace, where the throne room is for Daenerys and her dragons (season 5), in the alleys to kill the masters (season 3), but also near the river or the quarries of Zrnovnica, at the exit from Split, for the bath of Missandei and a battle of season 4, the village and the port of Kastel Gomilica for the free city of Braavos (season 5) and finally the spectacular Klis fortress on its rocky outcrop, 20 kilometers from Split, for the town of Meereen. Here, we can always try to interest them by telling the real war between Venetians and Ottomans or the resistance of the Croats to the Turkish invader.
Embark for the island of Brac
Fifty minutes from Split by ferry, the closest of the islands is also one of the most beautiful and diverse. If it’s a question of turning heads on the beach, choose either that of Zlatni Rat, or “golden horn”, for the shape given to it by the currents, the most famous in the country. But you can also practice windsurfing and kitesurfing. Hikes or bike rides between coves lined with pine trees and vineyards to Vidova Gora for the view of the Adriatic from the top of the island (778 meters above sea level), visit to Pucisca of a school of size of the famous white stone of Brac, tasting of excellent olive oil in Supetar or Postira and good local wine in the old cooperative of the small port of Bol, there is plenty to do.
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