Split Historical Tour: Explore Diocletian's Palace, Medieval & Modern Split with a History Professor

Embark on a captivating historical tour of Diocletian’s Palace, Medieval Split, and Modern Split with a knowledgeable history professor and local guide. Discover the rich history, Game of Thrones locations, and local legends while exploring the city’s iconic landmarks and hidden gems.

Duration: 2 hours, 20 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Riva Harbor - We are starting our tour on Riva promenade, right next to model of Palace. Riva is where local population spend their time drinking coffee, enjoying the sun and its the place where most of the public life happens.
What's Included
  • All Fees and Taxes
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic beverages
Additional Information

History professor and seasoned local guide initiating a novel city tour. While exploring Diocletian’s palace is amazing, discovering the Palace, Medieval and modern Split ups the experience! Immerse in the roman Palace’s history and embark on an exploration of Split’s center, thick with influences from Venice, the Ottomans, and Napoleon. Included are…

Location
Brass Gate
Obala Hrvatskog narodnog preporoda
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Nil1459
Oct 7, 2025
Excellent tour - Excellent trip. We had Elena as the Professor was unwell but understand the styles are similar. Very engaging, informative, knowledgeable and funny. We had a great time.
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542andrewc542
Oct 5, 2025
A great and enjoyable tour ! - I thoroughly enjoyed this walking tour with Mario. He is very knowledgeable, funny and he took good care of each of us. He was methodical and it was nice that he gave us an overview of which parts of town we would be walking to before the start of the tour. The pace of the tour was just nice considering the giant crowds that descended on Split that day.
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Expedition524817
Oct 5, 2025
Interesting and enjoyable tour! - Mario went out of his way to help us locate his group after we were delayed arriving. He was informative with the history and also offered interesting antidotes that made the tour more enjoyable. We had a great experience and highly recommend taking this tour!
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Tresnaellen2022
Oct 5, 2025
Magic history tour . - Fantastic history walking tour with the knowledgeable and entertaining Mario. He brings the history to life. Also lots of information about Croatian culture. I highly recommend
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Seaside690073
Oct 3, 2025
1st time Croatia traveler - Mario was fantastic. My husband and I had a train break down on our way to Croatia so we ended up getting to Split a full day late thus we would miss the tour and when I notified Mario he offered to do the tour another day without having to pay to reschedule. He was so kind to do that. He was so informative. Being in a foreign city/country for the first time can feel intimidating but Mario was very welcoming. I would absolutely do another tour from Mario and recommend this to all people.
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Steve
Oct 2, 2025
Informative, funny and engaging tour. Must do if you’re interested in history around Split. Brilliant. - Mario was our guide. Clearly knowledgable, witty and just irreverent enough. Talked history, geography, and social scene and kept us engaged throughout. (Don’t use the non-bank ATMs!). Highly recommended. Thanks Mario.
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Bogdanpd8421mk
Oct 2, 2025
If you are in Split, book a walking tour with Mario! You wont regret it! - I have been on countless guided tours all across Europe and even elsewhere. As is often the case, you need real mastery in a field to shorten a subject and present it in an understandable and exciting way. Here, Mario’s formal education as a professor of History, combined with his work with young people, shines through. I cannot tell you how many times a walking tour is just dates, names and various other factual data. Not with Mario. He makes walking through Split and learning the individual historical aspects a real pleasure, combining it with storytelling, his local first-hand accounts and adding wider geographical and historical connections. He also makes a great case for Croatia as a country, its broad history and its various achievements. He is truly the type of representative Croatians deserve, as their tourist capacities sometimes get overburdened, and the people working in the industry can often get overwhelmed and sometimes come across as unfriendly. All in all, a great experience that was the highlight of our 3-day trip to Split. Book a tour with Mario; he's great!
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Ryan_w
Oct 1, 2025
Perfect guide & a lovely experience - Mario was a fantastic guide, a genuine educator full of stories to bring you into the period, questions to open your mind and keen to myth-bust some of the 'facts' given by less scrupulous guides elsewhere. He even overran slightly so he could give us more and better stories about local life as well as his recommendations for food and onward travel. He even followed up on where I had been during the rest of my trip - a brilliant person to have as your navigator of the area's culture and history.
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22masin
Oct 1, 2025
Excellent Walking tour in Split - Excellent walking tour with Mario. He was very nice and informative. We enjoyed the tour that lasted 2 and half hours and we did not even realize it. Also at the end he shared recommendations about food and places to visit. Strongly recommended.
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Fidster01
Oct 1, 2025
Very interesting and informative tour - highly recommend! - Excellent tour - Mario provided us with an extremely interesting background of Split history, landmarks and culture. Very intelligent and knowledgeable! Also have fantastic recommendations of other places to visit and eat. Really worthwhile tour and well paced. Thank you!
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).