2025 Croatia Cruise: July 17, 2025

We booked an Vacationstogo’s excursion to visit Trogir and Klis Fortress. When we met our guide, she informed us that we were the only two on this tour, so it turned out to be a private tour for us.

She took us to Trogir first. Trogir is a town on the central Adriatic coast of Croatia. It's a preserved old town, known for its mix of Renaissance, baroque and Romanesque buildings, lies on a small island connected to the mainland and the island of Čiovo by bridges. The 13th-century Cathedral of St. Lawrence houses the Renaissance Chapel of St. John and offers sweeping views from its bell tower. Parts of the medieval city walls remain intact. Since 1997, the historic centre of Trogir has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites for its Venetian architecture. Nestled on a small island, Trogir’s charm lies in its narrow medieval streets and beautiful architecture.

In Front of the Bridge Connecting to the Island of Ciovo

She showed us a lot of different parts of this small and beautiful old town. She also explained to us that the way they re-cycled their historic finding of stones and placed them as part of a new building structure to show the old and new building materials in a very interesting way.

The Narrow Alley in Trogir

With Our Private Tour Guide

The Courtyard of the Tragir City Hall

We visited Trogir briefingly in our 2013 Croatia land tour. We can still remember the Obama Bana Berislavica (a waterfront promenade that runs along the Riva in Trogir).

The Riva in Trogir

Then, she took us to Klis Fortress which is an ancient fortress with a long history, being the site of multiple battles with the Knights Templar, Ottomans, and the Mongols. Now the ruins of the fortress sit high on the hillside overlooking Split. It was built on an imposing cliff at the mountain pass between the Kozjak and Mosor Mountains, Klis had a uniquely strategic position. With its strategic position between the mountains and the coast, Klis was known as the Key to Dalmatia. Klis was built into bare rock on an imposing peak. The only entrance was to the west, and the path was deliberately built to keep invading armies looking at their feet.

In Front of the Klis Fortress

The view of Split from the Top of Klis Fortress

With Klis Fortress in the Background

Due to traffic on our way to Klis Fortress, the tour took longer than our original schedule. Therefore, when we got back to Split, we felt that we would not have time to visit Marjan Hill as we originally planned. We just went back to Pursuit and rest a little bit before dinner.

Azamara had a surprise for all their guests tonight with an AzAmazing Evening Event in the Croatian National Theater in Split. They took all of us to a dynamic, visually stunning, and musical rich performance that bring the most captivating elements of Croatian culture to life.They did not mention it on their itinerary and only informed us the night before. It was so sweet of them to offer this surprise.