SPLIT - Croatia's jewel on the Mediterranean

[Ballota]

Originally Posted by tony64

Thank you Ballota for these very nice pictures!

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Some aerials...to pass the time..

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A few night panoramas:






....coming soon - the beaches!

[MHN]

those last aerials with the blue night are absolutely fabulous!!!

Originally Posted by Ballota

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No. It's just an ilusion. However, at that time mountin ranges behind the city HAD snow on their tops. They just aren't on the picture. Hehe.

P.S. There are two mountains surrounding the city. Kozjak (780m tall) on the north, and Mosor (1340m tall) on the east. Exceptional views of the city from them. On Mosor you even have a planetarium.
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thanks for explanation.
with or without snow, the surroundings are beautiful.

[Ballota]

Originally Posted by MHN

thanks for explanation.
with or without snow, the surroundings are beautiful.

Yeah. On the south you have islands some half hour away by ferry, and on the north are these mountains for you to climb.
Besids the city of Split it self, the whole urban area has alot to offer too!
About 5km away you have Solin, which is a beautyfull city on a small river.
Next to it are the 2200 year old city of Salona ruins.
Some 3km to the north, between Kozjak and Mosor is an old fortress of Klis, which defended us from the Turks in the 16th century.
20km to the west is another gem - UNESCO World Heritage city of Trogir.



I'll cover all of them in the near future, so stay tuned...

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Ballota,

you suppose to get an annual city award for promoting of our town.
Its also briliant for us - Split people - who are living abroad...

Thank u, thank u, thank u...

[Ballota]

Originally Posted by Struckar

I guess the timers (last picture) are fairly or brand new, have they started them yet? There is something happening in Ljubljana about that, but almost seems as nothing. There were a few put up on the main bus stations, but now they are ''kao'' buying the real thing. Your system is fairly different than in LJ.

Originally Posted by Ballota

Hehe... these were instaled about a year ago, but they are having massive problems with the software. They can't coordinate the GPS transceivers on the buses with the accual station displys. Even now on their screens only runs a text "dispalys in testing".

But I'm sure they'll work some day. They had similar problems in Zagreb too, so...

Hahahaha! Yesterday I was waiting for a bus, and the strangest thing happend.
The damn thing was finaly working!

Originally Posted by zivot na sjeveru

Ballota,

you suppose to get an annual city award for promoting of our town.
Its also briliant for us - Split people - who are living abroad...

Thank u, thank u, thank u...

Thank you very much.
After this I'll try even more...

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Split has a coastline 14 kilometers long, with 10 kilometers of beaches
When you want to go to for a swim, you have everything you want. Urban and secluded... covered with sand/gravel/stone...party beaches...nudist beaches....

The most famous one is Bačvice. It's located in a cove, just east to the city port:


In the summer, there are numerous concerts and parties held there, in the sea. Last year was the record attendence - 60,000 people!

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On the north coast of the Marjan hill (the west tip of the Split peninsula) you can find many calm beaches surrounded by pine forrest.

This is Bene:


On the south side are Kašuni (with a nudist section):


East of Kašuni is Ježinac:

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Traveling on to the east, we come to the city port, then Bačvice, and then to the small cove called Ovčice:


East of that is a cove of Firule:




Further to the east is the Zenta marina, and after that is Trstenik:




The last one is Žnjan:


It's a large plateau made by landfill. It's a site of the future development in terms of building a seaside promenade, a marina, hotels, bars and so on.

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I marked all the beaches I mentioned:

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Marjan is a 178m tall hill on the western tip of the peninsula.
It's covered in pine tree forrest and it's our main recreation zone. A real green oasis, to get away from all the city noise.



Marjan offers some of the best views of the city:






The top:

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Institut for maritime studies, on the cape:




A typical road on Marjan (with the car traffic confined only to the southern part of the hill):


Dirt road:

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Thi cliffs:


Caves:

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Let's see some smaller parks.

Sustipan is located just above the ACI Marina, and on top of 20m high cliffs.
On the south side you have a view of the sea and the islands, and on the north side, you can see the city. It's my favourite park.

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City view:


The cliffs:

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Right next to Sustipan park, to the west, is Zvončac:


One of the oldest parks is Đardin. It's located right next to the northern palace walls and it was redesigned in 2002. by Boris Podrecca:






Emanuel Vidović park is about a kilometer to the north:




There are more parks in the city, but these are the most notable ones...

[MHN]

excellent green area zones

[Ballota]

Yeah. They are great.. but there should be more of them. We have to much concrete... even for my taste.

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Snowy stadium:

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One more aerial: