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Split
Alone

A solo travel guide for women 50 and over
By Jennifer Brandt

Laundry hangs inside Diocletian's Palace, where Roman walls frame an inhabited neighborhood. In the narrow lanes, residents with groceries and visitors with guidebooks edge past one another.

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Where you might stay

  • Mid-rangeHotel Marulflat approach, elevator, and luggage desk
  • A treatHotel Park Splitgarden, wellness area, and beach opposite

Two places to eat alone

  • KrugCounter seats suit a single diner.
  • Villa SpizaA stool at the counter for the cook’s daily dishes.

SAMPLE

Why Split, and Why Now

Split is cheaper, less overtly touristy than the coastal towns further south, and people still live in its oldest streets.

A dinner of whole grilled fish, bread and a glass of wine fits a moderate budget, and the palace itself is a free public space you walk through as you would any street. The museums inside the palace are modest to enter. (Hotel prices are under Budget in Planning Your Escape.)

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PRACTICAL SAMPLE

Eating Alone, Setting by Setting

A neighborhood konoba such as Konoba Marjan above Varoš: look at the day’s catch on the counter, ask the server what is good today, and stay as long as you like (see The Konoba Tradition in The Pleasures of the Table).

The Riva cafés: come at four with a book and watch the ferries.

Wine bars: take the counter at Bokeria or Zinfandel, order by the glass with a small plate, and watch the bar work.

Restaurants: book ahead and say the table is for one; the counter at Krug and the stools at Villa Spiza are made for a single diner.

Breakfast and coffee: the easiest meals to eat alone; kava2 and D16 Coffee are under Coffee and Breakfast.

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Inside this book

  • Split Awaits
  • A City Shaped by History
  • Planning Your Escape
  • The Solo Woman’s Split
  • Where to Stay
  • Neighborhood by Neighborhood
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  • Split Awaits
  • A City Shaped by History
  • Planning Your Escape
  • The Solo Woman’s Split
  • Where to Stay
  • Neighborhood by Neighborhood
  • Days in Split
  • Art, Culture & Creativity
  • The Pleasures of the Table
  • Evening & After Dark
  • Retail Therapy
  • Beyond the City, Day Trips
  • Conversation Notes
  • Practical Matters

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Split Alone

Laundry hangs inside Diocletian's Palace, where Roman walls frame an inhabited neighborhood. In the narrow lanes, residents with groceries and visitors with guidebooks edge past one another.

$6.99 ebook

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Ebook · Updated Q4 2026

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THE GUIDE + YOUR OWN PLANS

Ready to settle your plans?

The kit opens with a day plan called “The Palace, Slowly” and plans each evening's meal.

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Do I need the kit as well?

No. The guide stands on its own. The kit is a separate, optional pack of decisions, day plans and a booking list. Read the free 3-page sample to see whether it suits the way you plan.

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