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Trogir

A tiny walled town on an island, with a Romanesque cathedral and Venetian palaces, half an hour from Split.

Photo: Nick Savchenko from Kiev, Ukraine · CC BY-SA 2.0
Open
Always; the cathedral and fortress keep their own hours
Price
Free to wander; paid for the cathedral and fortress
Time Needed
Half a day
Address
Trg Ivana Pavla II, 21220 TrogirDirections
Getting There
About 30 minutes by bus from Split, or by boat in summer.

Why Go

Trogir's old town fills a small island between the mainland and Čiovo, its lanes little changed since the Middle Ages. The Cathedral of St. Lawrence has a famous carved portal by Master Radovan from 1240, and the Kamerlengo Fortress guards the waterfront. The town is a World Heritage Site.

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