From cold and wet lakes, we headed for the coast and found the coast hot and sunny... back to shorts and t-shirts.
Split is a thriving city with a beautiful old town right on the waterfront. Its a walled city, built and paved with beautiful white stones, and the Diocletians Palace dates back to Roman times. The old buildings are now mainly full of shops, cafes and restaurants, and with the narrow roads and no cars, its kind of maze like but in a good way. And being on the waterfront, with boats and ferries heading everywhere, its got a real pleasant buzz of people doing their stuff. Certainly helped that we had a room right in the heart of the old town... look out the windo and you find a cafe.
Trogir was just an hours bus ride away, and its another beautiful medieval town (Unesco listed) made of white stone, with narrow alleys winding between buildings. We climbed to the top of the cathedral and admired the rooftop view of the island town, and ate icecreams.
Brač Island is the biggest island, an hours ferry ride out from Split. We followed this old man from the ferry to rent a room, and found ourselves proud owners of a kitchen too... so home cooked pasta meals for a few days, as its nice not to eat out all the time. We spent a few days relaxing exploring the various beaches on the island. The one on the other side of the island was probably our favourite... a pebble beach that sticks out like a sand spit, with a shady pine promenade leading to and from it.
Split is a thriving city with a beautiful old town right on the waterfront. Its a walled city, built and paved with beautiful white stones, and the Diocletians Palace dates back to Roman times. The old buildings are now mainly full of shops, cafes and restaurants, and with the narrow roads and no cars, its kind of maze like but in a good way. And being on the waterfront, with boats and ferries heading everywhere, its got a real pleasant buzz of people doing their stuff. Certainly helped that we had a room right in the heart of the old town... look out the windo and you find a cafe.
Trogir was just an hours bus ride away, and its another beautiful medieval town (Unesco listed) made of white stone, with narrow alleys winding between buildings. We climbed to the top of the cathedral and admired the rooftop view of the island town, and ate icecreams.
Brač Island is the biggest island, an hours ferry ride out from Split. We followed this old man from the ferry to rent a room, and found ourselves proud owners of a kitchen too... so home cooked pasta meals for a few days, as its nice not to eat out all the time. We spent a few days relaxing exploring the various beaches on the island. The one on the other side of the island was probably our favourite... a pebble beach that sticks out like a sand spit, with a shady pine promenade leading to and from it.
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