Let's Split

Back in December I looked ahead and saw we had a long weekend in May so booked a cheap flight to Split in Croatia.  Finally the time had come for us to go.  We flew down on the Friday night and were due back on the Monday night.

Our hotel was in the palace walls (Diocletian's Palace) , overlooking a medieval square and near the harbour.  We went to dinner at a restaurant nearby and wandered through the narrow alleys inside the palace.  It was great to feel warm and be able to go out at night in t-shirts again.  

Ingrid pointing to our hotel window

On Saturday we took ourselves for a walking tour through the palace and Malcolm got to climb the bell tower.  They do not really worry to much about safety here and the stairs were very open so I decided it was best I didn't go.  After lunch we went through the basement halls that were cavernous and gave you a good sense of how large and important the palace must have been.  

Late in the afternoon we decided to take a walk to Marjan Hill which offered beautiful views on the way up and even though tiring Malcolm was determined we would walk all the way to the flagpole at the top. 

On Sunday we hired a car and drove an hour north to Krka National Park.  There were beautiful trails through this park and we walked around to Skradinski Buk which has the largest waterfalls in the park, an 800m long cascade over 17 steps.  This was definitely a highlight of our trip.

We then headed to Sibenik and had a long lunch before continuing our sight seeing. Next we headed down to Primosten and wandered around its medieval streets. 

Primosten

Then we were off to Trogir, which Malcolm wanted to visit, having been there over 30 years before.  The town was very much the same but obviously a lot more boats were there.  We spent some time here before heading back to Split.  

On Monday we went for a walk along the harbour - Malcolm looked at the yachts whilst I went and looked at the shops.  We then had a very nice long lunch before heading back to Munich.

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