CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 274 km round trip from Stari Grad - roughly 7 h 52 in the saddle. The stops in between: Historical Complex of Split with the Palac, Historic City of Trogir, back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac and back through Historic City of Trogir.
This part of the ride is 20 km of Adriatic Highway, Jadranska Magistrala.
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.
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Stari Grad Plain is where the day begins. Next is Historical Complex of Split with the Palac.
Few cities have grown inside a palace, but Split did exactly that. Around the year 300 the Roman emperor Diocletian, born in nearby Salona, built himself a vast fortified retirement residence on the shore of the Adriatic, a rectangle of walls, towers and gates. When Salona was sacked in the seventh century, refugees moved into the palace, and over the following centuries they turned its halls and corridors into streets and houses. The result is a living old town where medieval and Renaissance homes lean on Roman walls and washing hangs between ancient columns.
Read the complete Historical Complex of Split with the Palac write-up.
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Historical Complex of Split with the Palac comes up 29 km in. Next is 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.
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58 km in you reach Historic City of Trogir. Next is Historical Complex of Split with the Palac.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historical Complex of Split with the Palac write-up.
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Historical Complex of Split with the Palac, about halfway.
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Read the complete Historic City of Trogir write-up.
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Historic City of Trogir sits at 115 km, about halfway. Next is back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historical Complex of Split with the Palac write-up.
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back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac comes up 144 km in. Next is back through Historic City of Trogir.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic City of Trogir write-up.
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173 km in you reach back through Historic City of Trogir. Next is back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historical Complex of Split with the Palac write-up.
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back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac, late in the day. Next is Stari Grad Plain.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Stari Grad Plain write-up.
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The route ends here after 274 km.
Stari Grad Plain → Historical Complex of Split with the Palac is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historical Complex of Split with the Palac → Historic City of Trogir is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic City of Trogir → Historical Complex of Split with the Palac is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic City of Trogir → back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac → back through Historic City of Trogir is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historic City of Trogir → back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac → Stari Grad Plain is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.