The 5 best day trips from split, Croatia

Veröffentlicht: 14. Juli 2022, 00:23 Uhr

Aktualisiert: 09. Juni 2025, 22:42 Uhr

Von: wom87

Croatia's second largest city is a great starting point to explore Dalmatia and beyond. You should not miss the following when planning day trips from Split

If Dubrovnik is a perfect piece of charm in the old world, then Split is his somewhat tired cousin in the north. Built around the old Diocletian Palace, Split is a busy labyrinth of houses, churches and chapels, but with all the amenities of a modern tourist city.

With a backdrop of dramatic coastal mountains and the turquoise water of the Adriatic, Split is a travel destination for itself, but also a great starting point for excursions into the distance. Here are five day trips from Split, which you should add to your travel route.

blue cave

recommended tour: Blue Grotto & Hvar & 6 Islands Daily trip of Split duration of the tour: 11 hours (shorter tours available)

alt = “The blue grotto is one of the best day trips from Split”> Stjepan Tafra/Shutterstock The blue grotto is one of the best day trips from Split

The blue grotto is one of the most famous natural wonder Croatia. This extraordinary sea cave on the tiny island of Biševo is dipped in a surreal blue light between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m.

The unearthly effect arises when the sun's rays are penetrated through an underwater opening and reflect from the limestone floor, causing the water to dive into a sapphire blue. Rocks under the water shimmer silver and pink to a depth of 16 m.

Tourists flock to the place in summer, so take a visit to the low season to defeat the masses in Croatia.

Hvar

recommended tour: Blue Grotto & Hvar & 6 Islands Daily trip of Split Duration of the tour: 11 hours (shorter tours available)

alt = “Hvar is known as a celebrity hiding place”> Dreamer4787/Shutterstock Hvar is known as a celebrity hiding place

The island of Hvar is a narrow piece of land that is covered with rugged bays, rugged peaks, vineyards, lavender plantations and abandoned stone villages.

The city of Hvar houses one of the most beautiful ports in the world and their impressive collection of yachts speaks for their status as a hiding place for celebrities.

The city itself is crossed with narrow, paved alleys and picturesque houses with terracotta roofs. Stroll along the main square and climb the walls of the medieval castle or swim on the numerous beaches and take a taxi boat to one of the Pakleni Islands.

trogir

recommended tour: Blue Lagune & Trogir & 3 Islands Half -day excursion from split duration of the tour: 5 hours

alt = “The World Heritage Site is one of the best day trips from Split in Croatia”> Alexey Fedorenko/Shutterstock The World Heritage Site from Trogir

Trogir is 30 km west along the coast of Split and offers a quiet addition to the lively pace of Split. The historical center is located inside medieval walls on a separate island, which is connected to the mainland on one side by bridges by bridges and on the other to the larger island of Čiovo.

Trogir's extraordinarily well-preserved Romanesque and Renaissance architecture brought her the status of a World Heritage Site in 1997. Your masterpiece is the St. Laurentius Cathedral, which was built over the course of five centuries. The richly decorated west portal was carved by the architect Master Radovan born in Trogir and dates from 1240.

The historic family tree of the city is alleviated by modern bars and cafes that line the beach promenade. Tourists and locals flock there in summer nights and leave the knot from labyrinth -like roads brilliantly.

National Park Krka

recommended tour: Krka Waterfall Tour Daily trip from Split duration of the tour: 9 hours

alt = “Krka can be seen on a nine-hour day trip from Split”> Zdenek Matya's Photography/Shutterstock Krka can be seen on a nine-hour trip from Split

A little further away is the Krka National Park, a wonderland of waterfalls, gorges, gorges, lakes and rapids, which indicates the course of the Krka River on its way to the sea.

The main attraction is Skradinski Buk, a sequence of waterfalls and cataracts that pour over several travertinated barriers. Overall, the water plunges almost 46 m into a clear pool before it flows into the Adriatic. Swimming is allowed here, but at certain times of the year, so find out before booking.

The upper reaches of the river is calmer and offers a lot to see, including two historical monasteries and another episode of waterfalls at Roški Slap, all of which can be reached by the park.

National Park Plitvicer Lakes

recommended tour: Plitvice Seen Tour daily tour from split duration of the tour: 13 hours

alt = “Plitvice is far away, but worth the trip”> Festus Robert/Shutterstock Plitvice is far from Split, but a trip is worth

Plitvice is a bit ambitious when it comes to split day trips. Located 250 km (2.5 hours of car), it is quite a bit, but we would fail to not mention it to those readers who do not want to travel through the country and maybe take their only chance to see Plitvice.

This national park and World Heritage Site has a sequence of 16 turquoise lakes surrounded by densely forested hills. However, it is not the lakes that are the main attraction, but the hundreds of waterfalls that connect them.

This scenic landscape was shaped by the movement of Travertin, which was absorbed by the river and deposited downstream. Returned over the years, he created the terrace -shaped lakes that we see today.

It is not allowed to swim and the place is very full in summer, so follow our advice on how you can defeat the crowds in Croatia.

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