Split, Croatia beach guide & holiday information
Split, the largest Dalmation city, lies on Croatia's Adriatic coast, spreading over a central peninsula and its surroundings, and the city's metropolitan area includes the many surrounding littoral towns. A regional transit centre and essential link to the several surrounding Adriatic islands and also the Italian peninsula, Split is not only an important city, but an exciting city and a popular vacation destination. Within the dated walls surrounding this ancient city's world heritage site, the Diocletian's Palace, is a maze of marble streets with oodles to explore, out of which rises a grandiose cathedral.
For those interested in getting away from the hustle and bustle of big city life, the whole western end of town is an enormous, wooded mountain park with pathways above and beaches below. Accommodation that suits your budget and style is easy to find with the assortment of luxury resorts, family hotels, friendly bed and breakfast, youth hostels and so much more. If you book your package in advance, then all you need to do is enjoy the extraordinary sight of the revamped promenade by the harbour which is lined with cafés, and with the high coastal mountains set against the blue Adriatic as it's backdrop, as you arrive in the massive & bustling port. Population for the city of Split is around 176,315