6/28 Friday
We could spend a hundred dollars or
so for a tour to the UNESCO site of Trogir, but instead, we’ll catch the local
bus and pick up a map at the tourist office. We get on the most indirect bus,
which takes us the long way around, through the least attractive, factory
filled, working class side of Split. It’s about an hour and a half ride, and
while it is truly interesting, we’re glad when it’s over and buy tickets for
the “Fast Bus” for our return trip.
Trogir
is a fortress city on a small island, with just a footbridge separating it from
the mainland. There are several small churches and an ancient fort, and narrow
medieval streets filled with restaurants and tourist shops. We have a coffee in
the main plaza and listen as the tour groups are serenaded by a men’s chorus
singing traditional songs.
We
go into the Cathedral of St. Stephen on the plaza, another lovely site, and
naturally we have to climb the bell tower. The doorway has a sign “You climb
the tower on your own responsibility,” So we are warned. The stairs are narrow,
and cantilevered off the wall in a fragile-looking way, with iron rails along
most of the steps, not all. In the USA, this would have the liability lawyers
handing out business cards in the square. “Were you traumatized by the
Cathedral Stairs? Call 1-800-IGOT-SCARED.” We do make it to the top alive and
enjoy the views. We actually make it down alive as well.
We
walk through the city, making a casual tour, enjoying the island cruise boats
docked at the pier, where vendors are selling nice hand carved toys, local
cheese and olive oils, and embroidered tablecloths. The cruisers are not huge,
room for a hundred or less, with masts for sailing that seem to be only
decorative. They travel in a caravan of six or seven in a row, stopping at the
islands from Zadar or Split, on the way down the coast to Dubrovnik.
The
Fast Bus gets us back to Split in less than 30 minutes, where we easily get a
connection back to Stobreč.
1 Video Included
Trogir Old Town
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