Highlights of this tour
- The Palace
- A picturesque market
- Silver Gate of the Palace
- Cardo to Peristyle
- Criptoportic
- Military quarters
- The former Jewish ghetto
- Game of Thrones sets
From the port or your hotel, your rolling tour Split, brings you to the bronze model of the Palace, where you learn more about the history of Split, and Dalmatia.
You access the Palace from the side of the vivid and picturesque market. Here you can taste local products. Your guide will tell you more about the products, the ingredients, and how they make it. If she is there, you will meet the ‘flower lady,’ who makes organic soaps and creams with local herbs.
From the market, you proceed to the so-called Silver Gate of the Palace. From that moment, you enter UNESCO’s world heritage and go through the small alleys to one of the main ancient streets: Cardo to Peristyle the main square of the Palace. You walk around the cathedral and arrive at Criptoportic. Herewith a bit of luck, you can listen to the angelic acapella singers, another UNESCO Cultural Heritage.
When you are done listening to their beautiful voices, the tour continues wandering through the narrow and winding streets. Along the way, you get to see the military quarters. Also, the former Jewish ghetto. The place where jews started their craft trade and filigree workshops in the 13th century.
Furthermore, you see the chocolate shop who got himself in the Guinness Book of Records by making the biggest chocolate square. Eat your heart out, chocolate lovers! Next you will go to the Golden gate, the main entrance of the Palace where you see the massive statue st. Gregory of Nin in bronze made by most famous Croatian modern sculptor Ivan Mestrovic.
The tour finishes with a short stroll to the substructures of the Palace. The place to see some of the decors of Game of Thrones. After you learned everything there is to know about this magical place in Split, your guide walks you back to the ship.
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