In the glorious Croatia rested with friends. The company is always more interesting to be in new places, immediately share your impressions and discussed seen. The main place of our stay was Zagreb. But, being in Croatia, we could not not visit Split, there were a lot of interesting things about him were heard. First of all, we went there to see Diocletian Palace. Architectural monuments are always better to look at the crowd of tourists, so they went to Split on a night bus, to be early in the morning to turn out to be the first guests of the port town.
The bus arrived at the train station at 4 am. The benefit of the bus station was openly, and we were able to spend a couple of hours before dawn under the roof. I could not sleep, Croats love loud songs at least their fellow tribesmen from Russia. To give a palace to hand, just a couple of hundred meters, and we were in place. Passeltish on the road was not caught, and the complex itself appeared before us in the golden rays of the rising sun proud and completely free from the presence of any tourists.
In fact, it turned out that the palace is soon the name than the actual embodiment of the word. For contemplation, only the Tower of the Cathedral and the Card Wall remained, looking forward to the embankment with its small windows. The palace itself is not left. Most of it is rebuilt under the housing of citizens. But we did not even be limited to the classic peristryil for all tourists for all tourists, and they went to search for the rest of the ancient palace architecture in residential narrow streets adjacent to the fortress walls.
And did not regret! That's where to look exactly if you find yourself in Split! Very colorful place. Over the heads, the arcs arise - the remains of the palace complex. The motley stones from which the buildings are posted, and breathe history, cast-iron twisted fasteners for lanterns and signs emphasize the cozy atmosphere of streets, so similar to the Venetian architecture.
The silence of morning minutes amazes, it seems, got on a revived illustration of children's books. Only the recovery and rustling of the wings of numerous pigeons break the silence of stones. Also, silent witnesses of our walk were cats. Everything, for some reason, is equally black, as on the selection.
By 9 am, the city begins to revive. Shop beings with souvenirs, cafe. Central streets are actively filled with tourists. We urgently retire in the harbor - away from the noisy crowd. It turns out that in Split it is very felt fishing, even a monument is peculiar.
Maybe therefore in the city there is an abundance of cats? We found as many as two harbor: southern and northern. Most of all, we've had, of course, south. She is satisfied with the picturesque, full of colorful fishing shhun, tourist liners and magnificent yachts of personal use. And the Northern Harbor called the LTOR is intended exclusively under industrial and trade activities, circle cranes and dry cargoers; All this working splendor is compressed by factory smoke.
The next to our paragraph was to climb the Majan Hill, which is serenely towers over the motley eclectics of tourist and industrial zones. Raised along the paths laid by local residents who chose a hill for jogs and walking dogs. The picture appeared quite decent to the sketchies of the painter: bright blue, a cloudless sky, a juicy greens of curly vegetation and paths, sprinkled with white gravel, a lace shadow on them. Lifting smooth, so walks will suit both the elderly tourists. We walked the chapter higher and higher, until they climbed the platform with a view of most split. Spirit captured how high we rose. At the bottom under the legs of Turquoise poured the Adriatic. The tiny mosaic of houses was hidden among the riveted greenery. Yes, and neighboring rocks no longer seemed so bulky and powerful.
We especially liked the characteristic feature, peculiar not only split, but also of all Croatia as a whole is the proximity of urban and natural. Want more historical architectural facilities - perhaps in the city. Tired of anthropogenic - welcome to the virgin nature. Everything is near and within walking distance. Croatia is really a wonderful country for recreation, both sightseeing and environmental.