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Staying in a Roman Emperor's Palace in Split

October 21st 2023
Dear All Greetings from Split! This is another amazing Croatian city, though really quite different to Dubrovnik. Being Croatia's second largest city at 265,000 people, it is a large and busy urban area with sprawling suburbs filled with communist-era residential tower blocks and hulking great port and industrial areas. Dubrovnik, on the other hand, was slow-paced and deeply charming, a quaint ... read more

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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more

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Alexander Waring

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5th January 2024

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

I have never been to Split
I have visited Croatia twice, both times only very briefly. I have not yet visited Split, but I can see that it is a place worth visiting. Sorry about the less than optimal weather when you were there. /Ake

5th January 2024

alex waring
Alexander Waring

Split
Thanks for reading and commenting on my blogs Ake! I think if you're ever back in Croatia, Split would be a good place to visit. Though I imagine there are also lots of other amazing places in this lovely country. I didn't mind the weather actually, it kept the tourists at bay, and certainly made Salona more atmospheric.

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