Trogir's centre
A complete medieval town on the UNESCO list.
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Take the bus in the morning from Split (about half an hour) and start with St Lawrence's cathedral and its carved portal — the most important medieval sculpture in Croatia. Then the city museum, then the Kamerlengo fortress at the end of the island, and finish on the waterfront or by crossing the bridge to Čiovo for a swim. The town is small, so everything is minutes apart on foot. Split airport is very close to Trogir, which makes it a good choice for an arrival or departure day.
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Trogir is a small town on an island between the mainland and the island of Čiovo, some twenty-five kilometres west of Split, and its entire historic centre is on the UNESCO World Heritage list — a medieval town preserved with rare density. The city museum occupies the neoclassical Garagnin Palace, an eighteenth-century noble family's house that has kept its furniture, library and garden. The display covers Trogir's history from the Greek settlement of Tragurion in the third century BC through the Roman, medieval and Venetian periods. Its real value is that it explains the town you are standing in: why the streets are so narrow, why the cathedral is so large for the town's size, and how a city on a small island lived for centuries. Visiting it without walking Trogir itself is pointless — make it part of a full day taking in the cathedral, the Kamerlengo fortress and the waterfront.
A complete medieval town on the UNESCO list.
An 18th-century neoclassical house and garden.
Gradska vrata 4, 21220 Trogir