“Trogir is the small stone town ten minutes from the airport: a walled island of Venetian streets, charter marinas on both sides, and the islands an hour out.”
Trogir is an old town on an islet, joined to the mainland by one bridge and to the island of Čiovo by another, with two thousand three hundred years behind it and UNESCO on the whole of it. The Cathedral of St Lawrence stands in the middle, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance in one building, and Kamerlengo, the fifteenth-century Venetian fortress, holds the seaward corner with the view back over the town. Along the Riva the cafés face the yachts.
For a charter it is Split‘s practical twin: ten minutes from Split airport, with ACI Marina Trogir across the channel from the old town, Marina Baotić at Seget Donji next door and Marina Kaštela on the way to Split, so a group can be off the plane and on board within the hour. Our Split or Dubrovnik guide treats Split and Trogir as interchangeable starts, and our seven-day Trogir loop runs Milna, Hvar, Korčula, Lastovo, Vis and Šolta from here and back.
Must-dos in Trogir
- The streets at night, lit stone and empty lanes once the day boats have gone
- The Cathedral of St Lawrence and Kamerlengo, the portal, the bell tower and the fortress view
- Boarding within the hour of landing, the yacht in ACI or Baotić and the airport ten minutes away
- Maslinica on Šolta, the last night of the loop, seven miles out
- The Blue Lagoon at Drvenik Veli, the swim stop an hour from the quay
From our visits to Trogir
October 2025: the catamaran FLORAMYE brought us in to Trogir on the last evening of a four-day trip around the islands off Split, and we disembarked here the next morning.
We came in from a lunch at anchor off Milna on Brač, tied up for the night, and walked the old town after dark, which is when it is at its best: the day trippers gone, the stone lit, the lanes to the cathedral square almost empty. Breakfast on board, then the ten minutes to the airport. It is the easiest ending a Croatia week can have, and the reason we suggest finishing here when the flights home are early.
Klara Jakobsen, Yacht Reviewer at DMA Yachting
The cathedral, Kamerlengo and the Riva: the old town
The old town is small enough to walk in an hour and worth two. The Cathedral of St Lawrence sits in the main square, its west portal carved by Radovan in the thirteenth century and its bell tower open to climb for the view over the roofs; the Cipiko palace faces it across the square. Kamerlengo Castle at the western tip was built by the Venetians between 1420 and 1437 on top of an older tower and now hosts summer concerts; St Mark’s tower, the round fifteenth-century fort, stands beside it. The Riva along the south side is the evening promenade, café tables facing the yachts on the quay and the Čiovo bridge.
For dinner our list runs Don Dino for modern Dalmatian cooking, Vanilla for a good wine list, Konoba Trs in a stone tavern for grilled fish and meat, and Alka, the long-standing local place near the old town; Chill Out is the wine bar in the lanes. The Trogir Summer Festival puts open-air concerts in the squares and the fortress in July and August.
ACI, Baotić and Kaštela: the marinas and the airport
Three marinas share the water round the town. ACI Marina Trogir is directly across the channel on Čiovo, a few minutes’ walk over the bridge to the cathedral square. Marina Baotić at Seget Donji, a mile west, is the big modern full-service base. Marina Kaštela, on the bay towards Split, is the other embarkation marina. Yachts also anchor in the sheltered bays around Čiovo when the group wants a swim before the first town night.
The point of all three is the airport: Split airport is ten minutes by road from any of them, against thirty from the Split marinas, which is why our Trogir loop calls starting here one of the smartest ways to do the Dalmatian coast. The week loses nothing; Hvar, Korčula, Lastovo, Vis and Šolta are all on the same loop.
Šolta, Drvenik and the bay: the water in front
Trogir is the western end of the Split bay, and the water in front of it is the start of the islands. Šolta is seven miles south: Maslinica, at its western tip, is a small settlement under pine trees with a modern marina sheltered from all winds and Martinis Marchi, a restaurant in a mansion with one of the better dinner views on the route; it is the last night of our loop before the short hop home. Drvenik Veli lies just beyond, with the Blue Lagoon at Krknjaši on its east side, the swim stop an hour from the quay. Brač and Milna are sixteen miles east; Hvar is about two hours.
The vineyards and olive groves on the mainland behind the town, and the seven castle villages of Kaštela along the bay, are what the taxi passes on the way from the airport; they are worth the slow drive rather than the fast one, as our loop puts it.
Fitting Trogir into the week
Trogir is a start, a finish, or both:
- The Trogir loop: seven days, Milna, Hvar, Korčula, Lastovo, Vis, Maslinica and back, 7 nautical miles on the last morning.
- Finish here on a Split week: what FLORAMYE did in October 2025; the last night in the old town and ten minutes to the plane. The Split round trip works the same way in reverse.
- One-way south: the Split to Dubrovnik week can board here just as easily; the first leg to Milna is the same 16 miles.
Boarding is at noon; with a morning flight into Split the group is swimming off Šolta by mid-afternoon.
People also ask about Trogir
Trogir or Split: where should the charter start?
They are interchangeable, and Trogir wins on logistics: ten minutes from Split airport against thirty, three charter marinas in one bay, and the same islands ahead. Split wins if the group wants the big city the night before. Our Trogir loop and our Split loop cover the same water.
Where do yachts dock in Trogir?
ACI Marina Trogir, across the channel on Čiovo and a short walk over the bridge to the old town; Marina Baotić at Seget Donji, the large full-service base a mile west; or Marina Kaštela on the bay towards Split. The crew tells you which the week before.
How far is Trogir from Split airport?
About ten minutes by road, three miles. From the airport to the Split marinas is about thirty minutes, which is the whole argument for boarding in Trogir.
What is there to see in Trogir?
A UNESCO old town on an islet: the Cathedral of St Lawrence with Radovan’s portal and the bell tower, Kamerlengo fortress and St Mark’s tower, the Cipiko palace and the Riva. It walks in an hour and is at its best after dark.
Is Trogir the Game of Thrones town?
Yes, it stood in for the trading city of Qarth. The scenes were shot around the old town squares and the waterfront.
What is the first stop out of Trogir?
Milna on Brač, 16 nautical miles and the first night of our loop; or straight to Hvar in about two hours. Maslinica on Šolta, seven miles out, is the last night on the way back.
Croatia routes that start or end in Trogir.
