Whether you’re having a drink in the Peristyle café or visiting a market stall in Diocletian’s Palace, on every side you are surrounded by Roman history. The emperor’s buildings are still the focus of Croatia’s second city.
They lie beside the palm-tree-lined Riva, a pedestrianized promenade lapped by the Adriatic. On summer evenings, people gather here to stroll, to sit, and to chat.