Lucky for us, we did get a seat. It's about an hour trip with one stop at Slatine, which is at the far end of our island.
First, a little history. In the year 305 AD, the Roman Emperor Diocletian, who ruled the entire Roman world at the time, decided to build his leisure time retreat--where he intended to spend the rest of his life--in the sea by the islands of the Split archipelago--the future city of Split.
The city was protected by numerous fortresses and strong walls. Today, we entered though one of the gates.
We made our way down a passage way below ground where there are now lots of tourist shops. It turns out this was the basement of Diocletian's palace.
It seems everyone had the same idea we did, as the Old Town part of the city is very crowded.
We made our way to the centerpiece, the Cathedral.
In the seventh century, Bishop John Ravenna transformed the abandoned palace into the Cathedral Dedicated to the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary. We paid the fee that gave us entry into the sanctuary, the crypt and the baptismal. The sanctuary was small, but very ornate
and then on to the crypt. This area was small too.
Next across the courtyard to the baptismal.
It was very hot in Split today, so we are looking for a cool place to have lunch. There is no cool place, but we found a nice place for lunch. The server suggested Tom have the "king of the sea" fish. We think it was a red snapper. Here is a before and after photo of said fish.
I had homemade fish ravioli with prawns.
It was a wonderful lunch even though it was still very warm. We wandered through the tourist area and found an ice cream treat to cool us off.
Back in line for the return trip to Trogir to make sure we get a seat.
We have to pack for our trip to Dubrovnik and the ferry ride to Bari, Italy.
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