Waterfalls, boardwalks and a river gorge about 75 minutes north of Split by car. Without a car or a tour, take a direct bus from Split's main station to Skradin — a few a day, roughly 1¼ hours — and the park boat, included in the ticket from April to October, up to Skradinski Buk. Adult entry is €40 from June to September in 2026, €20 in spring and October.
By Marin Perić
Krka if you have one day: it is half the drive, the boardwalk loop is shorter, and it fits comfortably around a lunch. Plitvice if you have a full day and want the more spectacular of the two — the lakes are on a completely different scale, and it is a three-hour drive each way from Split. Most people who do both end up preferring Plitvice for the scenery and Krka for the day itself, because at Krka you are not exhausted by the time you see the main sight.
The Skradinski Buk loop is the main attraction and takes about two hours at a reasonable pace. It is a wooden boardwalk over the water and through the reeds, with the falls getting bigger as you go round. The path is flat and well-maintained, but it is wooden boardwalk over water — wear something with grip, not flip-flops, because it is slippery when wet and it is always wet from the spray. The full loop is circular, so you do not backtrack.
Adult entry in 2026 is €40 from June to September (€30 after 15:00), €20 in April, May and October, and €7 from November to March; children 7–18 and students pay €15, €12 and €4, and under-sevens are free. From April to October the ticket includes the shuttle bus from Lozovac and the boat from Skradin. Parking at Lozovac is free. Skradinski Buk is open 08:00–20:00 in June, July and August and 09:00–16:00 from November to February — check the in-between months before you drive out. Food inside the park is overpriced and basic; eat in Skradin or Šibenik on the way back, or bring something and eat it on one of the benches by the water.
By car, about 75 minutes to the Lozovac entrance, where parking is free; from April to October the park bus runs you down to Skradinski Buk. By bus, a few direct services a day run from Split's main bus station to Skradin (Prijevoz Knežević, FlixBus and others, roughly 1 hour 10 to 1 hour 25, about €10 as of October 2026); from Skradin the park boat to Skradinski Buk is included in the ticket from April to October. Otherwise take a bus to Šibenik and a local Autotransport Šibenik bus to Skradin or Lozovac. Organised day trips run from Split daily in season.
Right now · Autumn
Comfortable walking, thinning crowds and the water back up after the first autumn rain. One of the better October days out from Split.
Get out there
Guided trips that include this stop, with live availability.
Boat trips
A full day on a fast twelve-seat boat: the Blue Cave on Biševo, the Monk Seal cave, Stiniva's famous cove, lunch on Vis and a swim off Budikovac's turquoise lagoon, finishing with a stop at Hvar town. Ten and a half hours, small group, no coach transfer.
History
Ninety minutes through the palace with a guide who lives inside it: the Golden Gate, the cellars, the Peristyle, the cathedral and the streets in between. Small group, no flag, and a proper explanation of why a Roman emperor retired to a cabbage patch in Dalmatia.
Boat trips
Five hours to Šolta and back on a ten-person boat: three swim stops in coves you cannot reach by road, an hour in Maslinica for dinner or a drink, and the run home across the channel as the sun goes down behind the island.