Glaze at one of the largest Roman Empire city ruins
Price: 80 eur/person
Min. number of people: 2
Duration: 2 - 2.5 h
Salona Walking Tour
Duration: 2 - 2.5 h
Min.number of people: 2
We begin our day with a tour of ancient Salona - once the capital of the Roman Province of Dalmatia, it was a thriving city three times larger than Pompeii. It is the largest archaeological park in Croatia, its vast size evidenced by the monumental ramparts with towers and gates, a forum with temples, an amphitheater, and cemeteries with Salonian martyrs. Salona boasted a population of over 60,000 inhabitants and was the birthplace of Emperor Diocletian.
Located in the Jadro river delta, protected by mountains and surrounded by fertile fields, Salona was initially settled by the Illyrian Dalmati tribe. They were followed by the Greeks who had established towns nearby at Issa, now Vis island, and Tragurion, now Trogir. Salona was connected to Trogir by the oldest road in Dalmatia, the Via Munita.
