Summer Trip Day 8: Split - Trogir - Dubrovnik

Eighth day of the trip. We're almost reaching the end of the trip. We heavy-heartedly left the luxurious hotel in Split to go to Dubrovnik, another city in Croatia famous for the beautiful beach and old town architectures. But, we were going to visit Trogir on the way. Trogir was a small town in Croatia, separated from the main island. It was connected to the mainland by a bridge. Today, we visited Trogir to see its old town beauty, famous by the nickname 'Little Venice'.

Leaving Split,

heading to Trogir

Along the way, we passed a beautiful house

located in the middle of a pond(?)

*well, it looks bigger than a pond but smaller than a lake*

We arrived in Trogir after just 1 hour drive from Split. It was a nice small town, surrounded by the city wall. We entered the city wall and started the city tour.

The house of Chipiko family,

one of the ruling name in Trogir

The view of St. John's Church and the Judicial court,

taken from St. Lawrence's Cathedral

Typical house in Trogir

Judicial court in past era,

with statue of St. John on the left and St. Lawrence on the right

Inside St. Lawrence's Cathedral,

a statue by Nikola Firentinac,

showing 'God'ly figure from the ceiling

The arch in the entrance of the cathedral,

depicting many important events from the Bible,

designed by Radovan

Bid farewell to Trogir

We ended the tour in Trogir after lunchtime. It was time to continue the trip to Dubrovnik. It was a long drive to Dubrovnik, about 4-5 hours from Trogir.

First sign of Dubrovnik,

spotted after almost 2 hours drive from Trogir

Since the drive to Dubrovnik took too long, we made a stop in Neum, a Bosnian city in the middle of Croatia. It was situated on top of the hill where you could see the view of Adriatic sea below.

Adriatic Sea view from Neum

Hugo and Rosa would like to snap a picture

of the beautiful view

From Neum, we continued the trip towards Dubrovnik. It took only 1.5 hours from Neum to Dubrovnik and along the way, we were mesmerized by the wonderful sceneries of Adriatic Sea.

Calm rocky beach,

something hardly seen in Indonesia *and also Singapore*

Houses in the slope of the hill,

with private yachts docking nearby

People stopped by to enjoy the beach

Finally, entering Dubrovnik..

The city from above

Dubrovnik coastline

Old town of Dubrovnik

New town of Dubrovnik

There were not many things to do today. We  had dinner in Dubrovnik and went straight away to the hotel. We did the sightseeing inside Dubrovnik's old town the next day. So, we just ended the day for now. ;D