Gay bars in split

In our gay guide to Split we will cover how we found the city as a gay couple, if a gay scene exists, share our experience of the gay beach, cover the best activities to do in and from Split, where to stay and practical tips — we highly recommend that you visit! As a country, Croatia is not particularly well known for being progressive and gay friendly compared to other countries in Europe such as Spain.

However when visiting the tourist hot spots, like the case in many countries, we felt very safe and had no trouble at all. We have been to Croatia twice with no issue. In fact, our trip to Croatia was for a gay sailing trip which finished in Split the trip goes each year and we had a huge pride flag flying for the whole journey and never had an issue!

The key places in Croatia that attract gay travellers and locals alike are Dubrovnik also see our gay guide to DubrovnikSplit and to an extent inherent to it being the capital city Zagreb. Whilst Split may be one of the more popular gay destinations in Croatia there are no official gay bars.

Like many places in this situation there are reports of certain bars being more popular with the gay crowd. No matter, split are plenty of beautiful little bars throughout the city to sit back and enjoy a bar. During our gay sailing trip we sailed right up to the gay beach in Split, jumped in and swam to shore.

Like pretty much every gay beach in the world, it is a clothing optional beach which is denoted on the map as FKK. The beach area is called Kasjuni and you can get a taxi or bus from the old town minutes. To get to the gay beach section you need to walk as far as gay past the beach cafe up and over the rocks. It was apparent to us that we were at the gay beach so depending on how busy it is, it should be obvious you have reached your destination.

Split Gay Bars

Zagreb was the first city in Croatia to hold a pride celebration and Split the second city back in The first pride in Split did not go without incident with many anti gay-protestors throwing rocks etc as the participants. Moving forward, things have improved with political figures including the local Mayor getting involved in Pride meaning that in the years following support has grown and pride has gone ahead without incident.

Attendance is still relatively low with just a few hundred attending each year but it is most certainly a positive thing. We visited Croatia as part of a 7-day gay sailing trip with Pride Sailing Holidays which started at Dubrovnik and finished in Split. If you want to join the trip next year take a look and book: Croatia Gay Sailing Trip.

We stayed in Split for 4 nights and found that there was a nice mix of relaxing activities to do as well as some day trips. Based on our own experience and that of our friends who did some different activities to us we recommend the following activities:. The old town is full of narrow cobbled streets opening up into beautiful plazas with palaces and monuments split.

There are many walking routes throughout all over the hill and lots gay lookout points for some bar views of Split from above and also out to sea. You can also access a couple of beaches from here including Kasjuni and Bene if you want to make this a full day activity. You can explore the basement for free which now houses a market and was the location for some Game Of Thrones scenes.

When it comes to beaches in Croatia, the water is crystal clear as the beaches are predominantly rock beaches. We actually prefer this as there is less mess from the sand and it makes the water look incredibly beautiful some of the best we have ever seen.