Kaštelet beach
It is situated in the southern part of Marjan peninsula, two kilometers away from Split city. The locals call in "Obojena" in honor of the beach cafe with the same name. The beach is visually divided into two parts with a concrete platform, projecting far into the sea Due to this space zoning, you will not feel any chaos and "ant hill" even in high season, and imperial palm trees bring some exotic shade to the beach.
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Beach description
In 2019, the beach was admitted the best in the neighborhood of Split, and gained high points from European experts. You can get here by car, scheduled bus, or bicycle, and a trip will take maximum 5-7 minutes. You can leave your car right by the beach; but if you want to occupy more convenient places, it will be better to come earlier. But the most pleasant will be a walk down a picturesque path starting from the port and stretching along the entire coast.
The beach line is narrow, covered with fine pebbles, turning into agglomerations of large stones and boulders. The sea is crystal clear, mostly calm, of excellent turquoise shade. The water entry is smooth, the depth increases gradually. Sea urchins can be met between the stones, so watch your legs, and better buy special rubber shoes.
Beach entrance is free, there are water closets, shower cabins, and changing rooms. There are no umbrellas or sling chairs for rent, and you can only hide in shadows of rare trees, if you come early in the morning to occupy your place.
Of entertainment, water games, bouncy castle slides and trampolines for kids, a possibility to rent a boat or a kayak. Safe swimming places are marked with beacons, and a water polo site is equipped in the eastern part of the beach.
You can have a snack and wait till the heat is over in a cozy beach bar situated on a concrete platform. The menu includes local dishes, traditional desserts, coffee, soft and alcoholic drinks. Closet to the evening, the site in front of the establishment turns into a busy dancefloor lit with bright illumination. On weekends and holidays, parties finish already in the morning, and the last visitors quit them already with the first sun rays.
In the eastern part of the beach, there is a cafe Obojena Svjetlost, that was very popular in the entire neighborhood earlier but started climbing down after its owner changed.
Castellet is one of few Croatian beaches where you can stay with your pets. To be honest, not everyone favors this, so a special site closer to the rocks was allocated to dog owners.
When is the best time to go?
Although the summer in Croatia is hot (the temperature can rise up to 30 degrees), but thanks to the sea breezes it is very pleasant - the best time for a beach holiday. If you want to see the sights of this country rich in historical events, it is better to choose tours in spring or autumn: firstly, the weather is comfortable, and secondly, there are not so many tourists in these times of the year, which positively affects prices.
Video: Beach Kaštelet
Infrastructure
There is a highway laid by the beach, hidden witha narrow band of vegetation. Along it, there are situated hotels, villas, and guest houses, the most comfortable and cozy of which is considered to be the two-storey apart hotel Silver Bay Apartment ****. The snow white building is surrounded with a shadowy garden, equipped with a children's playground and the recreation zone with the BBQ site. Apartments have two bedrooms, a spacious living room, a modern kitchen with a dishwashing machine and a microwave oven, and a luxury bathroom with a washing machine, hair dryer, robes, slippers, and the set of necessary hygienic products. Guests can use satellite TV and wireless Internet, and the site for parking is provided in the yard. The beach is located across the road, and its visitors can freely use sun umbrellas and beach towels. At a walking distance, there are bars, restaurants and a supermarket, plus it will take only twenty minutes to get to the center of Split.
The hotel is perfect for family recreation or large company vacation; moreover, you can spend the unforgettable honeymoon here. Staff is attentive and friendly, and speaks Croatian and English.
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Just three hundred meters away from Castellet Beach, there is located the famous gallery of Ivan Meštrović, the famous Croatian architect, sculptor, a pupil and a friend to Auguste Rodin. The museum is situated in a snow white mansion with marble columns that was built in the 1930ies under his own project. The building is surrounded with the splendid garden with unique statues and fountains, and the museum collection has round two hundred sculptures, five hundred sketches, four canvas paintings, and numerous architectural plans and drawings. In the gallery, there are kept the personal family archive and the unique pictures that were transferred into ownership of the Republic of Croatia under the will of Meštrović.
The entrance ticket to the gallery is also valid when you visit the Saint Cross Church located on the hill, a bit farther to the west from Castellet Beach. Inside, you will see 28 wooden bas reliefs with iconographic scenes, and the unique figure of crucified Jesus, and marble sculptures by Meštrović. The church is surrounded with а cozy shadowy yard where the artist's works are also situated, and if you use a small door to go to the balcony, you will see breathtaking views that were inspiring the great author.