Split Sights and Tastes

The fish market, walk through history, lunch!

Alan K, May 2025
Alan K, May 2025
This was a terrific tour, combining an interesting and comprehensive tour of the old city and its history, along with a fantastic food experience where Robert our guide walked us through the local fish market and helped us to select a variety of fresh seafood and then later on the tour had them cooked and served to us at a wonderful local restaurant for our lunch. We enjoyed every aspect of the tour and highly recommend Robert for those considering a private tour in Split as well as a great food experience as part of it.

Discover Adriatic seafood at Split's iconic Fish Market; Explore the Palace, enjoy your "catch" later for lunch!

Highlights

  • Split’s bustling fish market
  • Inside the world’s oldest active cathedral–St. Domnius Cathedral
  • Jupiter’s Temple
  • Ancient basements
  • Enjoy our fresh-picked catch cooked to order
    at an authentic local konoba

Every tour is private
and you choose the time!

This tour as a whole or partially, can be customized to fit your specific needs – like certain foods; different time/s of the day to start; We can add a bike

Book your spot today

Quick and simple booking – Just pick the date and number of travelers, and fill in your info in the next step!

Discover Split's Old Town and explore the Palace

Overview of your tour

A unique, private Palace Tour where you get to discover a living 1, 700 year-old city and enjoy a wonderful grilled lunch with the fish that we buy together! Under the watchful eye of our local guide we'll visit the city's bustling fish market to learn about Adriatic fish. Then, depending on what you like, we will buy the freshest and bring it to an authentic local konoba where it will be cooked to order when we return from our walk.

After visiting the fish market, we will tour the Palace and include off the beaten track experiences as well as the Cathedral, Jupiter's Temple and more. A visit to the 3rd oldest synagogue in Europe is included if you wish as well. Our Sights and Tastes of Split program is an authentic immersion through the amazingly well preserved Palace and its substructures allowing you to experience just how Split evolved into the vibrant, living city it is today.

Your tour itinerary

After meeting with our guide, it's off to the Fish Market, followed by our first "surprise" an ancient hidden monastery; now the city's only Orthodox Christian church; then along the waterfront; inside the Palace walls; its glorious Roman colonnaded Peristyle and our second surprise--the original street and sewer system;

Then inside the Cathedral, Jupiter's Temple; behind the Cathedral to the Emperor's living area; the Vestibul, quick peek into a hotel carved out of history; see the hidden West Wall; Jewish Synagogue (3rd oldest in Europe) if you wish; to the North gate, then back into the basement to see how this amazing place stayed in one piece for all these years. Lunch!

Inside Split's 120 year-old Fish Market -maybe we'll see a swordfish!

Tour details

What's included

  • Lunch as described, with grilled veggies, a salad, bread and wine or other beverage
  • Private Guide
  • Admission tickets to the Cathedral and Jupiter’s Temple

What's extra

  • Other: Personal expenses.

Meeting location 

  • Airport, Cruise terminal, the Split Tourist office on the Riva waterfront next to the Hotel Adriana, your hotel or apartment – please let us know!

Pricing

  • 2 people – 300e
  • 3-4 people – 450e
  • 5-6 people – 600e
  • If your group is larger than 6, please contact us for details

Great guides, Great reviews

Individually, our team has experience working as private guides for some of the most respected names in the travel industry, including Abercrombie & Kent, National Geographic Travel, Tours by Locals, Jon Baines Travel, numerous Virtuoso agencies and world-class cruise lines like Azamara, Windstar, Princess, Regent, Silver Sea and others.

Daniel P. Aug. 2026
Fun experience going to fish market then eating the same later in the day. Robert is a native English speaker and really into the history and construction of the old palace. Very personable.
Michele P. July, 2026
Fantastic tour! Robert gave us the “insider” tour, filled with historical insights and entertaining stories!!
Lynn S. June 2026
Amazing, amazing day with a relaxing ferry ride and a wonderful afternoon spent on the island of Solta learning about bees, eating home cooked food prepared just for us, and enjoying the scenery. Robert is a high energy guide with a great deal of knowledge of the area, and the ability to create a very unique approach to touring. Would highly recommend!
Jerry G, May 2026
Robert and Dina were outstanding tour guides for our visit to Split! We went to the fish market to select our lunch (first time trying Scorpion fish - outstanding!) and then went on one of the most informative tours I have ever experienced. Robert’s knowledge of the history of Split was incredible! Certainly worth the time and effort to search him out for anyone who wants to learn the history of Split or any other historical part of Croatia!
Dianne K, October 2025
Robert exceeded expectations and we had an amazing fay exploring Split and Trogir. He is enthusiastic about the history and treasures of the area and you will get the stories behind the artifacts. The best was an amazing lunch at a hilltop vineyard overlooking the water. The food and wine were delicious! Highly recommend Robert as your guide!
Gregory S, September 2025
Robert’s historical, architectural and city knowledge for both Trogir and Split was outstanding. We had a blast with his insights, humour, stories, opinions on a far ranging set of fronts. You will not be disappointed landing Robert!! Grab him if he’s available….
Scott W, US, September 2025
We had a lovely time with Robert. He is very passionate about the history of Croatia and of Split. He provides a detailed and informative tour of Split, Diocletian’s Palace and of Trojir. We also had a wonderful wine tasting to conclude our experience. We would recommend Robert to anyone wanting to learn more about Split and Croatia.
Irina K, August 2025
Our tour guide, Robert, in Split was exceptional and made our trip unforgettable. He was highly knowledgeable, with engaging personality and witty stories ... taking us to hidden local treasures we wouldn't have discovered on our own. He prepared a delicious lunch for us at his home, taking into account our dietary needs ... Thank you, Robert, for your enthusiasm and the wonderful experience!
Steve R. & Judy C., Canada, July 2025.
We spent an incredibly fascinating couple of hours exploring the Diocletian Palace with Robert gaining amazing insights we would not have gotten from other or larger group tours. Robert’s passion and knowledge for architecture, history and the craftsmanship made for one of the most memorable experiences of our trip. Robert is a great guy to chat with and learn from with his genuine personality and humour. We can’t wait to return for more!
K. Singleton, July 2025.
Back home now and slowly getting on top of things, we were very happy with the tour, thank you. Especially Trogir, which we'd not have got to otherwise.  Great value, and enjoyed your insights and opinions! The next morning we walked out to the Mestrovic Gallery.  Although the house was closed there was enough of interest in the garden and the former church nearby (included in the currently half-price ticket) to make the trip worthwhile.
Ann M, June 2025.
We truly enjoyed Robert's private tour of Trogir and appreciated his flexibility ... Robert adjusted his tour of Trogir to accommodate my friend's slower mobility as we walked through town. I truly appreciated Robert's perspective and interpretation of the artwork. I would like to add that Robert was an exceptional host! He also worked with the winery to take us early to get us back to our cruise ship on time! I highly recommend reserving Robert for your tour!!
Pat K., May 2025.
Robert is a fascinating man - we were very impressed! He is extremely knowledgeable - knows his history and also offered little known features of the Palace. A highlight was our trip to the fish market to select our fish for lunch. The restaurant he selected to enjoy our fish and shrimp dish was expertly prepared - absolutely delicious! Robert, thank you, thank you! We enjoyed our time with you so very much!
Alan K., May 2025.
This was a terrific tour, combining an interesting and comprehensive tour of the old city and its history, along with a fantastic food experience where Robert our guide walked us through the local fish market and helped us to select a variety of fresh seafood and then later on the tour had them cooked and served to us at a wonderful local restaurant for our lunch. We enjoyed every aspect of the tour and highly recommend Robert.
Anton W., May 2025.
Robert helped our entire group of 7 appreciate the construction and significance of the historic palace. His love for the city and people became readily apparent as he guided us thru the old walls and alleyways, carefully pointing out minute details. We appreciated his knowledgeable study, and selected local treat of donut like sweet shared with our coffee/tea stop. Highly recommend Robert as your guide to tour Split.
Richard, August 2024
I have travelled extensively over the past 40 years and Robert and Rada were the best guides I have ever had. We had a group of 8 touring Trogir and Split Croatia with a delicious and relaxing lunch at the winery. Robert was informative and entertaining and a great guy. I would highly recommend touring with them.
Selina, 2024
We had so much fun with Luka, we could listen for hours to him. What a good and passionate storyteller, lovely human being and—of course—a big GOT fan! Thank you Luka!
Claire, 2024
Natasa was the perfect tour guide—knowledgable, enthusiastic, friendly and funny. He made things come to life and no question went unanswered. All in all a most interesting and informative tour!
Bruce, June 2024
The Diocletian Palace is huge and complex. Thanks to Robert and his fellow guide/friend, Rada, we got to see all of it along with an understanding of the Palace's evolution to the present. Old Split is truly alive. Robert is one of a kind and very entertaining and Rada indulged my passion for architecture along with the history. Wonderful tour!