Archive for the ‘Kastela’ Category
October 2nd, 2009 | 
Author: After touching down in Split Airport, I headed straight for my hotel in Kastel Luksic. Lying between Split and Trogir, Kastela Bay is rimmed with a handful of little fortified villages that once served as getaways for the rich. Each name begins with Kastel (fort): there’s Kastel Novi, Kastel Stari, Kastel Gomilica, but the best is Kastel Luksic.
Here the stone streets are embellished with flowering plants and interrupted by a shady seaside park. Though there’s a carefully restored museum and a welter of wall plaques thank various organizations for the subsidies that renovated the town, the main attraction is the calm, low-key atmosphere. Small clusters of guys sip coffee on shady cafe terraces, waves slap at the gravel beach, giant chestnut trees pelt you with their fruit.
Truth be told, no one comes for the beach. After much work and more subsidies, the sea water is finally pollution-free but finicky swimmers generally head south of Split where the water is pristine. For that reason, tourism is fairly low-key here but it’s starting to pick up. Anyway, Kastela bay is a good way of getting off the tourist track and Kastel Luksic would be a good stop on a day trip from Split to Trogir.
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