Book a luxury hotel in Split with Small Luxury Hotels of the World and you’ll holiday like an emperor in this peninsula Roman city on Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast. Say zivjeli (cheers) with a glass of ruby red Posip wine to a backdrop of pine-forested hilltops and the sparkling waters of the clear Adriatic Sea.
Luxury things to do in Split
Your luxury hotel in Split is right inside a UNESCO World Heritage site, the 4th-century AD Diocletian's Palace with its frieze-emblazoned mausoleums and solid vestibule walls. Luxury skippered yachts skim the azure waters between Split and nearby Dalmatian islands like Hvar with its boutique bathing coves and Vis with its rugged mountainous terrain.
Museums and galleries in Split
Split’s ancient Greek and Roman history comes to life at the palatial Split Archaeological Museum where you can browse terracotta statues, silver jewellery and carved sarcophagi. The Gallery of Fine Arts, set in a renovated hospital, showcases modern Croatian masterpieces, like Bukovac’s Pointillist dotted paintings. In a restored medieval palace, the Split City Museum, you can take in landscapes by local artist, Vidović.
Gourmet Split
At al fresco tables in boutique, family-run konoba tavernas, your view stretches across the sweeping, palm-lined Riva waterfront. Grilled lobster, calamari and brudet fish stew are served Adriatic-fresh. Roman emperor Diocletian himself might have chosen Renaissance-style luxury restaurants around central Narodni Trg, or People’s Square. Try Dalmatian signatures like black ink cuttlefish risotto and pasticada stewed beef.
When you stay in a luxury hotel in Split with Small Luxury Hotels of the World, you’ll by lulled by the peel of bells from the Romanesque Cathedral of St. Duje. The Peristyle squares and 1,700 year-old vestibule walls of a Roman emperor’s palace will be your domain.