A little over a month ago I traveled to the city of Split, Croatia from London for only 30 USD. (Thank you Skyscanner!) However, when I started telling everyone I was going on a trip to Croatia almost every single person asked, Why Croatia? The main reason for my longing to visit Croatia: The National Parks: Plitvice (The more well-known park, and Krka) I have written in a previous post about my visit to the magical Krka National Park, truly one of the most amazing experiences of my short 23-years. But, Croatia has so much more to offer in addition to its beautiful natural life.
My boyfriend Elliot and I arrived in Split, Croatia on a Friday night flight from London, England. From the airport we took the shuttle bus which was I believe 300 Kunas equal to about 5USD or 3 GBP. I had made a reservation at an Air BnB apartment which was located in Diocletian’s Palace. It was a bit tricky getting a hold of the man who ran the Air Bnb to acquire the keys but eventually everything was sorted. It was an adorable room, I highly recommend using airBnB when in Split. We then walked to a nearby restaurant for dinner, Fife. It was VERY inexpensive AND delicious!!!! Highly recommend. I had stuffed peppers the first night we ate here and the second night pacatta. With a Croatian beer of course ;). After dinner we explored the palace, we ended up stopping in and taking a look at a museum called “Froggyland” – It is a collection of 500+ dead and stuffed frog acting out different scenes from human life. It’s a bit odd if you ask me but is #15 best thing to do while in Split… Weekend nights there is live music in the square of Dicletian’s Palace and everyone enjoys wine and dances, it is an amazing experience.
The following day we awoke early and went to Krka National Park (mentioned in previous post). If you want to read more about this trip check out the post! We checked out a few of the little shops located in and around the palace afterwards for souvenirs.
The next day it rained so we explored the rest of the palace, we checked out all of the churches, the tower, the museum – everything there is to see in the palace. (There is a lot!) We grabbed a quick breakfast at Shook, which I am pretty sure is a tourist trap but we didn’t care because we were hungry and not too many places seem to do an actual breakfast. The sun came out and everything started to dry off so we decided to check out Marjan, a huge hill. Once at the top, you have a picture-perfect view of the city of Split, there is a little cafe where we had a beer before continuing up the rest of the hill.
On top of the hill we found the Split Zoo, which I had read from travel sites had been closed down – well, I guess not. We were able to enter for what is equivalent to 2 USD. We were the only visitors in the zoo and the animal choice was quite interesting. There were ducks, goats, bunnies, cows and – a wolf and a tiger? The zoo was very depressing but I can’t help but wonder if more people visited they’d be able to make it nicer for the animals or if it should just be shut down. I don’t know…..
It was our final night in Split so we had dinner at Bocarto, which is one of the best restaurants in Split. I had spaghetti with mussels and Elliot had a burger – both were delicious. For dessert we went to Luka, which has the best ice cream in town – it was great. I highly recommend paying a visit to both places when in Split. We then grabbed some beers from a Shop and headed back to our hotel to pack because we were heading to Rome early the next morning.
*The shuttle buses drop off and pick up travelers near the boat docks- it can take a while to reach the airport so plan ahead when departing!
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