Travel Guide

Just west of Diocletian’s Palace lies Veli Varoš — Split’s old stone fishermen’s quarter of steep lanes, tiny konobas and the stairway up Marjan. A local’s guide.

Only one day in Split? Here’s how a local would spend it, hour by hour — palace at dawn, a konoba lunch, a swim, and sunset on Marjan.

Skip the supermarket — Split shops at the Pazar green market and the Peškarija fish market every morning. A local’s guide to what to buy, when to go, and how.

Trogir does not need a full day. A local 4-hour route from Split — bus 37, the cathedral bell tower at 15:00, golden hour on the riva, dinner back home.

After 22:00 the Palace empties and the limestone becomes architectural again. A local’s quiet route through Diocletian’s Palace after dark — what’s open, what to see, why night beats noon.

A local’s snapshot of June in Split — temperatures, sea, what’s open, why June 1–25 beats July, and how to spend a day before the high season wall comes up.

Konoba menus aren’t written for tourists. A local’s decoder for ordering in Split — sections, methods, fish-by-kilo math, and the off-menu question that gets you the best dish in the kitchen.

A local’s guide to drinking wine in Split — Plavac Mali, Pošip, Vugava, where the konobas pour real ones, and the short drive to Pelješac that’s worth your afternoon.

A local’s guide to Dalmatian non-seafood cuisine — peka lamb, spit-roasted janjetina, pašticada, pršut and ćevapi. What Split eats when it’s not eating fish.

Croatians drink breakfast more than they eat it. The local map — Pekara Bobis, Kruščić, Mazzgoon, Bajamonti, Pazar market and D16 Coffee. From burek to brunch.