Split old town: what is recorded about it, and the hours worth walking

Split’s old town is a stone quarter at a station that records a 30.0°C mean daily maximum in July and 16.5 days at or above 30°C. By September that falls to 1.1 days. The ferry terminal sits against the walls, which fixes when it is busiest. What the national record actually holds Croatia’s Register of … Read more

Croatia cruise: what you are buying, and what the timetable already runs

A Croatia cruise means small ships working the Dalmatian islands, on water the state ferry network already crosses on a published timetable. The 2026 register lists 68 routes, 33 catamarans and 17 commercial lines with no public service obligation. Price the cruise against that. The published network is the baseline Croatia’s coastal shipping is not … Read more

Croatia river cruise: there is no river on the coast you are picturing

There is no river cruise on the Croatian coast, because the coast is the Adriatic sea. Croatia’s river is the Danube, along the eastern border near Vukovar, at the opposite end of the country from Split and Dubrovnik. The coastal product is small ships between islands. The two things being confused The picture in most … Read more

Flights to Split: what the arrival buys you, and when

Split is worth flying into because of what leaves it by sea: twenty-three of the 68 routes in the 2026 coastal register touch the city. Ten are state lines that run all year. The other thirteen are commercial and carry no obligation to run at all. Ten routes you can plan around, thirteen you cannot … Read more

Hiking in Croatia: what the climate record actually covers

Walking in Croatia is a shoulder-season activity on the coast and an unquantified one in the mountains. Split’s July record is 29.5 days at or above 25 °C and 16.5 at or above 30; May gives 9.1 and 0.1. Plan around that. Eight stations, and what they say about walking The useful way to read … Read more