Blue Lagoon & Trogir: Half Day

Not everyone should do the ten-hour Blue Cave day, and plenty of people simply cannot. Young kids who still nap. Cruise guests who must be back on board by evening. Travellers with a single free morning in Split. Swimmers who get uneasy once they cannot touch the bottom. This tour exists for all of them: three stops in four and a half hours, on water calm enough that seasickness rarely comes up. ⏰ It sails twice a day, and you choose the slot when booking: • Morning slot: leaves 09:30, back at 14:00 • Afternoon slot: leaves 14:30, back at 19:00 The first leg from Split Riva ends at the lagoon between Drvenik Mali and Drvenik Veli. It is essentially a giant natural paddling pool: pale sand under clear water, shallow enough to stand in across much of the anchorage, and noticeably warmer than the open sea because so little depth needs heating. You get a full 90 minutes here. Masks and fins for every guest are already on the boat, which makes this a good spot for a first-ever go at snorkelling, and nervous swimmers can keep their feet on the sand the whole time. Then a short run up the Drvenik coast to Beach Bar Borko, where the boat pauses for 45 minutes: coffee for the morning crowd, a beer or a cocktail for the afternoon one, tables close enough to the sea to get your ankles wet. The day finishes in Trogir, a UNESCO-listed town squeezed onto a small island since the 3rd century BC and joined to the mainland by two stone bridges. Forty-five minutes covers the cathedral square, a climb up the St Lawrence bell tower for those with the legs for it, and a gelato on the seafront before the boat takes the sheltered Kaštela channel home to Split Riva. Everything happens in protected water close to the coast, which is why this route often still operates on days when wind cancels the open-sea crossings. A maximum of 12 guests share the boat with a professional skipper and sailor, children join from age four, and a seat costs €70 per person.

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