Blogs from Trogir, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe - page 2

Last night as we wandered along the waterfront in Zadar, we checked out the Boat Excursions on offer for tomorrow. Kim had set her heart on a boat excursion from Zadar back in Australia prior to leaving on our holiday. We settled on Kornati Island Excursions run by an old sea salt named Ivo. When we asked him about the weather tomorrow and whether it would be suitable for a boat excursion, he expressed some doubt, and said he would make a decision in the morning. He provided his phone number and said to phone him early in the morning. We set the alarm for 6.45am, and on waking, tentatively looked out the apartment window to find a relatively clear sky. We phoned Ivo and he said the boat excursion was on for today, and could ... read more

Sunday morning in Trogir is a noisy affair. We disembarked from Zoe on Saturday and relocated to a top-floor apartment in the heart of the old town of Trogir surrounded be at least 4 churches, a cathedral, and a monesrary. The bell towers were competing to attract customers starting at 5:30 repeating the call All day. We finally went down for breakfast at 10. Yesterday we celebrated Canada's 150th birthday with a slice of cake for breakfast sitting at a skinny table in an alleyway between buildings that were built in the 15th century. The uneven cobble stones, we were told, were original. We spent the afternoon today walking through the roman ruins of Salona, founded over 2000 years ago, that became the capital of the Roman Province of Dalmatia. It put Canada's birthday into perspective. ... read more

Geo: 43.5186, 16.2505Trogir is a tiny island just along the coast near Split in Croatia. It is a World Heritage site and is full of narrow streets with lots of bars and restaurants and old houses, so a pleasure to meander round. Despite being tiny it has 9 churches and a beautiful cathedral with a magnificent travertine and granite entrance portal with very cute carvings from old and new testament but also weird animals carved using the stone masons imagination. Our guide was a very amusing Croatian guy who pointed out small details on buildings which we would have otherwise missed. At one point we sat in a little loggia which used to be a courthouse and were treated to some Dalmatian singers. Felt guilty about not buying their CD but knew we would never listen ... read more

We got up early for a coffee by the water and a visit to the market. We also went for a wander before the crowds arrived. Trogir is a strange little place. Last night we sat drinking cocktails in the ancient square with dance music going and people dancing by the church. It's a tiny, pocket-size town with a completely toy town feel. Very pretty and well preserved, just all a bit fake. The main quayside is littered with multi-million pound yachts and party boats. To get away from the crowds we crossed the bridge to Ciovo Island, to the beach and whiled a few hours away eating lunch and people watching. While snorkelling I saw Blennies (too cute), clams, anenomes and a whole group of fish snacking on a corn on the cob. Random, but ... read more

On our last day we wanted to visit another "new" place in Croatia. Well, new for us. After 3 days in Split and 1 day on Solta we were eager to see some more of the country. We decided to go to Trogir. Somehow, enjoying the closeness to the sea we did not feel like taking a public bus to reach Trogir. This is possible and cheap. But there are also boats sailing there. These are small public ferries, also cheap. That was the way to go for us! Tiredly we made our way in the early morning (there are not many ferries sailing per day - so we had to get up early) to the Riva in Split where we got on the boat. We made ourselves comfortable on the top deck. The sun was ... read more