Split Walking Tour: Explore Diocletian's Palace

Join a Split History Walking Tour with a master historian and local guide. Explore the city’s development through time, learn from 3D reconstructions, and engage in dialogue for a truly immersive learning experience.

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Riva Harbor - Split’s Riviera is a key location for local residents. It features graphic and model displays that serve as an introduction to the exhibits inside the Palace. From here, the southern wall of Diocletian’s Palace is beautifully visible.
  • The Brass Gate - Enter Diocletian’s Palace through the southern wall into the substructures.
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What's Included
  • Guided by Toni Šare, owner of DiocleSpot Tours
  • 3D reconstructions of sites
  • Headset for audio connection to guide
What's Not Included
  • Not entering any museums or payed sites
Additional Information

Join a walking tour of Split, guided by a local historian, and discover the city’s key landmarks through an informative and captivating journey through the ages. Recognized as the second-best experience in Croatia in 2023 by Tripadvisor, it ranks among the top 1% of travel experiences globally.
Your guide, Toni, a local with a Master’s degree in history…

Location
Brass Gate
Obala Hrvatskog narodnog preporoda
Brass Gate - it's the southern seaside entrance from the Promenade (Riva) into the Cellars of Diocletian's Palace. It is a small entrance into the Palace walls, next to 'Gentile' coffee bar.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Elizabeth_s
May 8, 2026
Fantastic tour guide and tour - This was a great tour with a very knowledgeable guide. It was very helpful that the guide brought an A/V system so we could hear him perfectly despite the crowds. We had a great experience.
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Jodiez452
May 7, 2026
Highly recommend! - Toni was extremely personable and very knowledgeable! We did this tour on our first day in Split and so glad we did. If we strolled through Old Town by ourselves, we would have overlooked all the amazing history this city holds. Highly recommend!
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923vikashb
May 7, 2026
Awesome tour!! - Toni Sare was our tour guide and he was phenomenal!! My group and I came into this with a pretty cursory (at best) understanding of the history of the region and diocletians palace, but Toni put our worries to rest and was incredibly engaging and informative!! He was helpful, patient and very responsive to questions, which resulted in a very immersive tour of the palace and an awesome overview of the history of split over the centuries of empires rising and falling. Couldn’t recommend this tour enough and it’s a great way to spend a few hours to really get a feel for the history of Split!
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John_w
May 7, 2026
A must do in Split - A 2 hour tour of the palace provided intricate details on everything that we were looking at. Insights that would easily be missed if doing a tour on your own or with a larger group. There were 3 couples in our group and headsets were provided. One of the best excursions I’ve been on! Toni was fantastic.
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Iris_r
May 7, 2026
Fantastic tour even in the rain - Toni is a great tour guide and historian. It was terrible weather today but he made the tour interesting so that we forgot about the rain. We learned so much!! I would highly recommend him.
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Scottbq9230he
May 6, 2026
Amazing walking tour!!! - Toni did a phenomenal job! Was super informative! He used to be a history teacher and his knowledge of the city and all the fortress was amazing and made the experience so much better!!! Can not recommend him enough, should have hired him for the rest of the day! Had ear pieces which made all the difference in being able to here him in amongst all the people that where there!! Top notch!
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Susie
May 6, 2026
Excellent, friendly, knowledgeable and enthusiastic - What a wonderful tour. We came across Toni by chance and I’m so glad we did. Toni is an historian and the enthusiasm for his subject and Split in particular is so evident. There were only four in our group and it was so much more intimate than the huge groups of 30-40 people. Toni was happy to answer any questions and we came away with a better understanding of the palace and Croatian culture. I don’t know, but I should imagine Toni does this tour 4or 5 times a day so to keep up this enthusiasm must be really hard sometimes. Well done Toni, I am so glad we bumped into you.
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Anitasf
May 5, 2026
Fantastic, knowledgeable guide. I would highly recommend Toni - Toni, was highly versed in the history of Split and the Diocletian Palace. He is a very good tour guide, we learned a lot. It was an enjoyable tour. Get Toni if you can.
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Cara_k
Apr 28, 2026
Fantastic must do tour - Toni is an excellent guide. The city really comes alive on his tour and he has so much unique and special information for you. 10/10 highly recommend Toni!!
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Liana_c
Apr 26, 2026
A master. - Your guide is very knowledgeable and passionate about his subject, and Croatian culture and history.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).