Nice place to stay, very accomodating and confortable, but it is difficult to find (as everything is in Split!)

The apartment we stayed in was in the palace walls and above a cafe. As previous reviewer mentioned the cigarette smoke was VERY annoying. I don't think I would stay here again because of the noise and smoke. I am aware that the owner cannot do anything about either of these things and I hate to lower the rating because of that. The owner was very helpful but the noise and smoke were a downer.

My wife and I spent Saturday and Sunday nights in one of the Kaleta Apartments on October 8 & 9, 2011. By calling ahead, we were met by a fellow (sorry forgot his name) and taken to our room. He told us that he was moving us to one of their new apartments as the other location had some construction near it. Our apartment was on the 2nd floor of an old building just outside of Diocletian’s Palace and shared a lobby (with computer) with 3 other rooms. The room was newly renovated and was a mix of old walls and modern facilities complete with small dinette, and with the amount of closet space we could have stayed there for weeks. There were welcome little touches like lots of individual coffee and tea choices, paper towels, soaps, etc. and satellite TV, thought as our host remarked “you don’t come to Split to watch TV”. The fellow was very helpful and showed us how every worked and was located, including a welcome drink. He has to be given high marks, as even when he had to come back later to show the dozy tourists how to work the European door lock, he remained polite and accommodating. The location was very good as it was central to the old town, yet tucked away from the crowds down a narrow alley. The only detraction was the noise level at night, granted it was Saturday (and Croatia’s Independence Day, although that didn’t seem a big deal), but the bar just down the alley was very noisy until about 2 o’clock and then the street cleaners and garbage collectors started about 5 o’clock which made for a restless night’s sleep (well for my wife at least). However, to be fair, there are a lot of bars and cafes in the old town and even the original apartment we were meant to be in was across from a bar. Overall, we enjoyed our stay at Kaleta Apartments.

My husband and I stayed here in Split for one night during our honeymoon.

I was extremely disappointed by the Kaleta Apartments. I'm not sure what it was, perhaps it was because we only stayed one night, but it really didn't make my stay in Split enjoyable. We had Apartment #2 and it was very small and the bathroom was extremely cramped not very comfortable.

The host met us, gave us the keys and left 2 minutes later. She did come back to give us an umbrella, but that was it. We didn't get any advice on what to do while in Split, other than handing us a pamphlet. We didn't have any other contact with her during our stay.

The Kaleta Apartments is located in the Palace, and although this was convenient and charming it was difficult to find. Also, the apartments is located above 3 very busy bars/cafes/restaurants so this makes it very difficult to get some sleep. Not to mention, we kept on smelling smoke throughout the night and neither one of us smokes. I suspect it is because there may be holes in the walls and the smoke drifted in. This is disgusting, especially if you are a non-smoker and don't want to breath in second hand smoke all night.

I would not recommend staying in the Kaleta Apartments.