A very walkable and compact old town which traces its history back to Roman times. Some of the best times to see are Diocletian’s Palace, the Peristyle of the palace, Saint Domnius Cathedral, Jupiter's Temple, the Golden Gate and the port area. Just outside of the old city is Diocletian’s Dream, a much more modern VR experience of old split. A great place to visit if you like old towns. It has everything you’d expect such as narrow streets, ancient buildings, defensive towers & walls and lots of atmosphere.

Daniella was our guide twice, once through Old Split and another time to the waterfalls and Sibenik. She was so knowledgeable, thoughtful, kind and funny! She is an amazing guide and carefully ensures every detail is taken care of.... She is so clearly passionate about her work and her pride in her beautiful country makes her tour so personalized. I highly recommend.

I also shared a selection of Places To Visit Near Split in Croatia on my blog called 'the Frenchie Mummy' and you can find more family-friendly reviews on my Instagram @thefrenchiemummy. Feel free to Google it as I can't share links here 😉 Beautiful city with a lot of history and so much to see! I recommend getting a guide so that you can really learn about the town in detail. And it's more than a location of Game of Thrones!

This was an excellent little old town mixed in with being so close to a beautiful harbor. It was great on a sunny day. You only need a day to see all of it but it was very nice to see. It has the classic small streets, historical monuments and buildings and lovely little squares. A lot to see around every corner.

I'm glad that we visited Split in the winter. We had heard story after story about the crowds of tourists in the summer months, but I can honestly say that in winter it was fantastic. There were enough people around so that we didn't feel like we were in a ghost town, but yet we felt like we almost had the place to ourselves. Most stores, restaurants, and museums were open in the winter too. Old Split is mostly within the walls of Diocletian's Palace. We spent 2 full days just walking around this area, trying to see every part of it. It's not a very organized old town, in the sense that you can tell that it has had pieces built and rebuilt over the course of 2000 years. Today there are stores, restaurants, apartments, hotels, museums, churches, etc throughout the whole place. Some streets are wide and some are so small that 2 people can barely walk through at the same time. There were several ancient palaces, large squares, an old clock tower, military defense towers, and more. There were parts that were in ruins, and other parts that have been well maintained and/or reconstructed over time. I love history, and walking through these old streets really gives you a sense of what it may have been like living there in the past. I highly recommend visiting, and taking the time to walk down each street. Walk in and out of each gate to the complex too - they're all different. We were told that in the summer, its elbow to elbow with people there. So I'd recommend visiting in the off season if you really want the chance to be able to take it all in.

Old split or old town is certainly the area to stay while in Split, amazing historical building and laneways packed with history. I would highly recommend taking a walking tour so they can point out and explain the building and history of old Split. Lots of restaurants and bars to also enjoy, however when I was there in February not all restaurants opens for trade yet.

What really stands out is the architecture of the old Split area. Appears very Roman with narrow, cobbled lanes. And majority of the buildings are painted in this greyish white hue. The market has numerous shops including the big brands. Incidentally, the cottage we are staying in is over 100 years old!

Old Split is the old town of the city and it is located, where there is Diocletian's Palace, which is an old Roman Palace, and surroundings. It is a fantastic place full of very beautiful streets with bars, restaurants and shops. Also, most of the streets are from old Diocletian's Palace, where the perystile is nowadays an amazing square, you can see some ruins of the palace, the gates of the palace are gates to enter to the old town, the temples (like Jupiter one) are little chapels or churches, the Roman decumanus is one of the main streets, the catacombs of the palace are underground zone with an archeological museum and a market. Really amazing zone! Also, you can see some buildings built in Middle Ages, which are very well integrated with the Roman old part like the Cathedral, where you can go up to the bell tower and see wonderful views of the old town and surroundings, or some palaces. Very curious old town! Top in the country and in the world!

Had 5 nights with daughter staying in wonderful apartment Vuko which was perfect in every way from location to taxi service by owner to and from airport. 5 great meals (Portofino outstanding) soaked twice on days we had excursions to Plitvice and Krka but didsn't spoil the experience. Trogir by local bus well worth doing, excursion to Krka (Bookers with fantastic guide schoolteacher Sanja (? on 23.9.23)

Before we travel anywhere we are researching what we would like to see and the list is usually long and we never accomplish our goal to visit all places. So we usually take the list with us and just walking the street and see a few places. This is what we did also during our holiday in Croatia - Split and other towns. We found Split full of beautiful buildings and architecture, with amazing history, when you look carefully there are so many beautiful details around the old town. Don't concentrate only on Diocletian's Palace which was overcrowded during our visit. We wanted to visit the cathedral which is the second oldest Catholic cathedral in the world but didn't manage it. The town has plenty good restaurants - Konoba and we visited a few but we tend to go away from the centre as usually these are overpriced and we are looking for local cuisine. If you want relax and a bit of quiet don't choose accommodation in the centre (which is vibrant and loud) but a bit further. We did walk from our accommodation about 20 minutes to the centre and we felt very safe. Unfortunately I got cold from air condition which we used as the heat was unbelievable, especially in the night we were not able to proper sleep. So we will definitely come again sometime in the future.