Split-Sibenik

The next day, we have a final glimpse of the town, and we leave under the rain towards Trogir. Although they seem rather secure, the suburbs are not very appealing. We cycle on a national road but the dreadful weather and the speed of the vehicles makes us quickly stop at a gas station.

We ask 6 people, some not speaking a word of English, if it is possible to take a quieter road (one was shown on our map)....there is no way we can follow the coast on such a busy road. A kid finally makes us understand there is a tunnel to join a smaller road, closer to the coast, up to Trogir.

We still have to do a portion on the very dangerous road, we decide to take a bus but we are already 10K in the horrible industrial zone of Split. They really have kept the best for all the centre, and all the rest is pushed in this area. A bright looking guy tells us that we only have to do 300m and we will be able to quit the main road, which we do, with a great relief.

We cycle to Trogir. We buy cheese and ham to make a sandwich, visit the town in half an hour, it is nice but quite small. From Trogir, we continue to Sibenik.


The weather and the road improves a lot, and reminds me a bit of my cycling in the Norwegian fjords. I have a puncture, and that's the only small technical problem (with the gear) we had during the trip. I actually change the length of the rear derailleur cable for the day (tighter if it is flat). We cross nice small villages, as large as their marinas! Close to Sibenik, we look for a camping where we could leave our bikes while we visit Krka National Park.



Molaca is closed and full of moskitos, we end up in a big camping in Solaris, a massive hotel complex 7k from Sibenik....the kind of place I would avoid in summer.

The camping has a few German vans, no other real tent. They want to makes us pay 100 kunas, I ask them if they could reduce the price...the woman did not have any clue of the price, as all the grids were for vans....I negociate to 70 kunas. The showers and toilets are very clean.