Best Day Trips from Trogir (2026): By Boat and By Land

Trogir is a better base than it gets credit for. The islands that people drive to Split to see — the Blue Lagoon, Šolta, Drvenik, Hvar — are closer from here, the airport is ten minutes away, and the mainland day trips that fill Split's tour boards are all within an hour by road. This is the honest list: what each day involves, how long it takes door to door, and which kind of traveller it suits. We run the boat trips ourselves; the land trips we simply know because we live here.

By boat

Blue Lagoon, Maslinica and Labadusa — half a day

The classic. Five hours from the Trogir Riva to the shallow turquoise channel at Drvenik, lunch in the harbour village of Maslinica on Šolta, and a last swim in Labadusa bay on Čiovo. Morning or afternoon departures, a maximum of 12 on the boat. Take it if you have one free half-day and want the best water for the least time. Details on the half-day boat tour from Trogir, or the same route with the boat to yourselves on the private half-day boat tour.

Drvenik and Šolta — a full day

The unhurried version: a whole day around the two islands closest to Trogir, with time for the Blue Lagoon before the day boats arrive, a lunch in Maslinica that nobody cuts short, and the quiet bays on Šolta's north coast that the half-day cannot reach. Private, per boat, ideal for families with small children who want more swimming and less cruising. See the Drvenik & Šolta full day.

Hvar and the Pakleni Islands — a full day

An hour across the channel to Hvar Town, then the Pakleni archipelago just off it — small islands with bays that look tropical and water that is not. This is the most photographed day we run and the one to pick for a special occasion. Private, about eight hours. See the Hvar & Pakleni tour.

Blue Cave and five islands — the long one

Nine to ten hours with an early start: the Blue Cave on Biševo in its late-morning light window, then Komiža, Stiniva, Budikovac, the Pakleni Islands and Hvar on the way home. The most spectacular day on this coast and the only one that gets cancelled for weather, so give it a spare day. See the Blue Cave & 5 Islands expedition and our Blue Cave guide.

Brač and Zlatni Rat

The famous shifting beach at Bol is a long day by road and ferry from Trogir, but about 75 minutes by private boat. We run it as a taxi-boat transfer to Bol — leave in the morning, spend the day on the beach, come back at sunset — or build it into a custom charter with a swim stop on Šolta on the way.

By land

Split — 30 minutes

Diocletian's Palace, the Riva and the market are half an hour away on bus 37, which runs every twenty to thirty minutes from the bus station at the edge of Trogir's old town, or twenty-five minutes by taxi. Go early or late in summer; the palace is at its best before ten and after six.

Krka National Park — about an hour

Skradinski Buk, the park's great tiered waterfall, is an hour's drive north via the motorway. Swimming at the falls ended in 2021, so it is a walk of boardwalks and viewpoints rather than a swim day; buy tickets online in July and August and arrive before ten to have the boardwalks to yourself.

Klis Fortress — 40 minutes

The fortress that guarded the pass above Split, and the stand-in for Meereen in Game of Thrones. Forty minutes by car, an hour or two to see, and a view down over Split and the islands that explains why it mattered. Combine it with Split or with the Kaštela castles on the way back.

Šibenik and Primošten — 30 to 50 minutes

Primošten is thirty minutes up the coast: a village on a small peninsula with a good beach and a church on the hill. Šibenik, twenty minutes further, has the UNESCO cathedral of St James and two fortresses with views over the channel. Together they make an easy coastal day when the sea is too rough for the boats.

Kaštela — 15 minutes

Seven small settlements along the bay between Trogir and Split, each grown around a Renaissance castle. Kaštel Gomilica, built out in the water, is the one to see; the promenade links them all and makes a flat, easy walk or cycle for an evening.

Which day when

• One free half-day: the Blue Lagoon tour
• A family with small children: Drvenik and Šolta, or the private half-day
• A special day out: Hvar and the Pakleni Islands
• The bucket-list day, with a spare day in reserve: the Blue Cave
• A windy day when the boats stay in: Split, Krka or Klis
• An easy evening: the Kaštela promenade or Primošten

Whichever you choose, the best time for a boat tour in Dalmatia explains how the months differ, and our Trogir destination page covers the town itself.