Split day 2
Had a lovely relaxed day exploring Split. There are several markets, a large food one with beautiful produce, baked goods, meats and flowers. Cherries and strawberries are in season. We even saw someone selling live snails. The fish market was interesting, a huge variety of fish and shellfish, and very fresh.There are also souvenir markets with many lavender , honey and olive oil products as well as the usual trinkets.
The unique feature of Split is the well preserved remains of the Diocletian's Palace. This takes up a great part of the old city, and over the years shops, hotels and restaurants have been built into it (including our hotel). A good part of the outer walls remain. The streets inside are narrow and twisting, fun to explore. It gets very busy here in the afternoon with lots of tour groups from all over the world. In the evening we took a walking tour to learn the history of the Palace, and ended up with a tasting of excellent Croatian wine. Afterwards for dinner to a nearby restaurant, Mazzjoon . Food very good (I had cuttlefish risotto) but service very slow.
The unique feature of Split is the well preserved remains of the Diocletian's Palace. This takes up a great part of the old city, and over the years shops, hotels and restaurants have been built into it (including our hotel). A good part of the outer walls remain. The streets inside are narrow and twisting, fun to explore. It gets very busy here in the afternoon with lots of tour groups from all over the world. In the evening we took a walking tour to learn the history of the Palace, and ended up with a tasting of excellent Croatian wine. Afterwards for dinner to a nearby restaurant, Mazzjoon . Food very good (I had cuttlefish risotto) but service very slow.
