Why this ride
414 km from Split to Split, about 9 h 48 of riding. The stops in between: Historic City of Trogir, Velika and Mala Crljivica, Stari Grad Plain and back through Velika and Mala Crljivica. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Split afternoon · Stari Grad Plain
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 414 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 9 h 48
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Scenic road chapters
Adriatic Highway, Jadranska Magistrala
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 20 km this is Adriatic Highway, Jadranska Magistrala, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 21 km
- Named road
- Adriatic Highway, Jadranska Magistrala
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Split
Split began as a retirement home. The Roman emperor Diocletian, born nearby, built a vast fortified palace on this peninsula around the year 300 and retired here after abdicating, to grow cabbages, so the story goes. After the Roman world fell apart, refugees from the nearby city of Salona sheltered inside its walls, and over the centuries the palace turned into a town. Today you walk through the Golden Gate, the Peristyle and the old cellars, and find cafés, shops, apartments and washing lines inside what is, effectively, a Roman building, with the emperor's mausoleum converted into a cathedral. UNESCO lists the palace and the historic centre.
Read the complete Split write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Split is where the day begins. Next is Historic City of Trogir.
2. Historic City of Trogir
Trogir is an island, though you barely notice it. The old town sits on a tiny islet between the mainland and the larger island of Čiovo, linked to both by short bridges, and inside its walls is one of the best preserved medieval towns on the Adriatic, a UNESCO site of narrow lanes, stone palaces and churches, crammed into an area you can walk across in five minutes.
Read the complete Historic City of Trogir write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Historic City of Trogir comes up 38 km in. Next is Historic City of Trogir.
3. Historic City of Trogir
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic City of Trogir write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
77 km in you reach Historic City of Trogir. Next is Velika and Mala Crljivica.
4. Velika and Mala Crljivica
Behind the Makarska Riviera the land climbs abruptly into the grey limestone of Biokovo, and on the inland side of that range lies a high, stony plateau called the Dalmatian Zagora, a country of dry-stone walls, thin soil and scattered villages. Velika and Mala Crljivica, the Greater and Lesser Crljivica, sit in this landscape near the small town of Lovreć, about twenty-one kilometres from Omiš and a little further from Imotski, and the site is a field of old tombstones.
Read the complete Velika and Mala Crljivica write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Velika and Mala Crljivica, about halfway. Next is Stari Grad Plain.
5. Stari Grad Plain
Hvar's best farmland is not on a hillside but on a flat, fertile plain just inland from the town of Stari Grad, and it has been laid out in the same pattern for about twenty-four centuries. Greek settlers from Paros founded a colony called Pharos here in the fourth century BC, and they divided the plain into neat rectangular plots, marked out by dry-stone walls. The walls are still there, the plots still follow the old grid, and the people who farm them today are growing grapes and olives much as their predecessors did. UNESCO listed the plain as a World Heritage site in 2008, and for once the listing is tied to something you can actually walk across.
Read the complete Stari Grad Plain write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Stari Grad Plain sits at 154 km, about halfway. Next is back through Velika and Mala Crljivica.
6. back through Velika and Mala Crljivica
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Velika and Mala Crljivica write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Velika and Mala Crljivica comes up 192 km in. Next is back through Historic City of Trogir.
7. back through Historic City of Trogir
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic City of Trogir write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
230 km in you reach back through Historic City of Trogir. Next is back through Historic City of Trogir.
8. back through Historic City of Trogir
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic City of Trogir write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Historic City of Trogir, late in the day. Next is Split.
9. Split
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Split write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 414 km.
Leg by leg
Split to Historic City of Trogir
Split → Historic City of Trogir is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic City of Trogir to Velika and Mala Crljivica
Historic City of Trogir → Velika and Mala Crljivica is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Velika and Mala Crljivica to Stari Grad Plain
Velika and Mala Crljivica → Stari Grad Plain is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Stari Grad Plain to back through Velika and Mala Crljivica
Stari Grad Plain → back through Velika and Mala Crljivica is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Velika and Mala Crljivica to back through Historic City of Trogir
back through Velika and Mala Crljivica → back through Historic City of Trogir is 74 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Historic City of Trogir to Split
back through Historic City of Trogir → Split is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.