Narrow streets of Old Town Togir

Beating the Heat in Split

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July 13th 2011
Yet another sunny hot morning and today a visit to nearby Split, Croatia’s second largest city, was on the menu. With the outside temperature already reading 36 degrees we set off, hoping for an underground car park once we reached the historical centre of the city, where Diocletian’s retirement palace is situated – maybe we would get some tips for our next home. It took some time to threa ... 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