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 East of Trogir the coastline swings around towards Split in a wide, curving bay, sheltered from the open sea by the island of Ciovo and Split's jutting peninsula. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, local nobles lined this fertile sweep of coast with country houses, fortified against pirat… |
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 There's little in the way of decent beaches around Trogir, and it's well worth considering a ferry trip to Mali Drvenik or Veli Drvenik if a lazy day by the sea is what you're after. Lying some 12km west of town, these small, sparsely populated islands are increasingly popular with yachtspeople, but… |
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 Thirty kilometres east of Primosten and about 2km west of Split, TROGIR is one of the most seductive towns on the Dalmatian coast, a compact brown-beige welter of palaces, jutting belfries and shambling streets fanning out from an antique central square. Founded by Greeks fromVis in the third centur… |
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 Heading south from Sibenik most traffic follows the coastal Magistrala, although there's an inland route which cuts through the and mountains before rejoining the main road at Trogir. It's worth taking if you like spit-roast lamb –a couple of roadside restaurants in the village of Boraja, 15km outsi… |
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 Thirty-four kilometres inland from Šibenik, the small market town of DRNIŠ has little to recommend it. It was occupied by Ottoman forces during the sixteenth century, when it was known as "little Sarajevo", though most of the relics of the Turkish period were obliterated when they were driven out, a… |
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