Day 15 - July 19 Split
Our plan to beat the heat today was that we cancelled the (included, free) walking tour of Split we had booked on the grounds that we could do it ourselves with less frustration, and set out at 7.30am before breakfast. It was only a short walk from the wharf to the centre of the old city. In Split, this means Diocletian's Palace, a walled district with a mix of Roman and medieval architecture that is now full of trendy restaurants and shops. We walked a little then I queued up for 20 minutes to get us tickets into St Domnius's cathedral - the oldest catholic cathedral anywhere. The wait was because the Croatians aren't very efficient and seemed in no hurry to open the ticket office. Our tickets also included entry to the Crypt, to the Temple of Jupiter (later a baptistery), the Treasury museum (which was good quality but I didn't take any photos and only read a bit as I'm not that interested in medieval church history). Peristyle Courtyard Cathedral Crypt of St Luc...