A whole medieval city on a tiny island — Venetian towers, marble lanes, and Adriatic light
Trogir is a UNESCO-listed island city west of Split, its old town squeezed onto a tidal islet 500m long and entirely ringed by medieval walls. The Cathedral of St Lawrence contains a Romanesque portal considered Croatia's finest stone carving, and the lanes between are unchanged since Venice governed this coast.
Founded by Greek colonists in the 3rd century BCE as Tragurion, Trogir passed through Roman, Byzantine, Croatian, Hungarian, and finally Venetian control for four centuries until 1797. The Venetian period left the city's most distinctive architecture — the loggia, clock tower, and the fortifications — and preserved the medieval street plan that tourists now walk today.