Hotel Agava Split

Folded into a narrow lane off Babina ulica, Hotel Agava Split sits three blocks from Diocletian's Palace peristyle, within the old town's stone-wall perimeter — close enough to walk to the Riva waterfront in under five minutes, a compact base for travellers who want the historic core without a car.

The four-star property keeps twelve rooms, several with limestone-sill windows original to the building's pre-war shell. A rooftop terrace opens for breakfast and evening drinks with views over the terracotta rooftops toward Marjan hill.

Split's ferry terminal, serving the central Dalmatian islands, lies a ten-minute walk east.