What to do in Split?

I will be in Split for one day via a Med Cruise ...

I have read the Palace Walking Tour is recommended.

What kind of currency can I use?

Do I have to exchange and use Kunas? Or is Euro accepted?

What are the costs of such activites, meals, etc?

Any restaurants or food recommendations?

Thanks!!!!

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Go to an ATM and take out kuna..everyone will accept the kuna but not all will accept the Euro. I think you should spend your time wandering around Diocletian%26#39;s Palace and maybe get a bite to eat somewhere.

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For restaurants go to Grašo in ACI Marina for upscale or some local tavern like Bajamonti in the old quarters.

Best restaurant, by the locals, is Boban but you will need a taxi to get there.

Sea food is highly recommended!

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The Palace Tour is great...professional guide booth right in the Peristil. Small group tours are much cheaper, 80-100kn you will see signs in the Peristil.

The local currency is kuna, about 5 to the dollar.

ATM all over the place. You can do the walking tour by yourself very easily...download the Diocletian;s Palace Map at www.sightseeingcroatia.com Shows all streets, alleys, ATM locations, and all shops. Free.

Also available in the tourist office in the Peristil, free.

So,what to do AFTER your two hour walk? Want to swim? If it%26#39;s warm, bring a suit and go to Bacvice Beach, 10 minutes from the harbor, ask anyone how to get there.

Sandy, safe, clean. Changing booth and shower.

The Split City Museum, in the Palace is a gem. In a restored Renaissance palace, takes you from the gold coins of Diocletian%26#39;s Rule to 19thC furniture upstairs.

If you like ethnography, just behind the Vestibul in the Palace, is the Ethnographic Museum.

There is a Split City Vision open deck bus, about 30kn, l hour trip around the city....passive but gives you an overview.

Or, go to the end of the Riva to the little bus stop

in front of the Sv. Frane Church (it has a clock tower, cant miss it). Take the #12 or #12A bus to Bene, 20 minutes. Lovely ride, at the last stop is a park, people walk, swim, have coffee at the cafe, etc. Natural, clean, and the bus ride there and back is 15kn. Buy ticket on board. Bus leaves twice an hour.

Bajamonte is great....I just wrote a review....the pizza here is great too...Bakra Pizza on the way to Bacvice Beach is wonderful. In Fruit Sq. just off the Riva, there is also Konoba Marul, a winner for cream of shrimp soup and great black risotto.

Or picnic...go to the green market, graze for local cheese, veggies, fruit, bread and just go sit and enjoy.

If you have more time...not sure when the boat leaves...you can even take a ferry to one of the islands, like Solta, do an olive tour and still come back on the 3:30 catamaran and be at the dock at 4.

The real challenge is what to do after the walk....so plan ahead and see more than just the historic core.

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We will be visiting Split for the day off the Splendour of the Seas on Sunday, April 11, 2010. Are most venues open on Sundays? Shorter hours? Also, the Solta olive tour sounds interesting, can you point me in the right direction for more information?

Thanks so much!