Our apartments have wide and long terraces and pool patio overlooking city of Split on the east and island Čiovo on the southwest. The apartments are natural marble stone set in pretty gardens on the outside and modern, spacious and fully furnished on the inside, with all the amenities to make your holiday carefree and complete -Swimming pool & jacuzzi & patio with shower, free WiFi, own parking ( limited number of cars ), single & family rooms (LCD TV & A/C in every room), BBQ & spit roasting, laundry.
Just minutes away by car is an international airport, “Split”. By walking distance is a town center.
You can find plenty of grocery stores around, including butcher stores, fish market and bakeries. There are other various shops, coffee (bars) places, great restaurants and bars as well as historical attractions, or you can go rafting the magnificent Cetina River or hike in the Kozjak mountain.
Few minutes walking and you’re on the pebble beaches suitable for children, with shady old pine trees, and all other beach accommodations.
There is a nice beach, scuba diving, as well as a bike rent, small gondola rent and enjoyment in small fishing. There are also ancient buildings in the area nearby, then Trogir, Solin and especially Split, where you can find old Roman buildings, ruins and artifacts. You can also visit islands Brač and Hvar (with the oldest theater in Europe).
Please note that any parties in the evenings are not allowed later then 23:00 hours due to urban area as we must appreciate neighbors privacy also!!!!!
Kaštel Štafilić
A fort with a yard, today known as castle Rotondo, was built by Stjepan Štafileo, a nobleman from Trogir in 1508 at a sea reef.
Residential part is on the southern side where the gate to the boats was. It is interesting that Štafileo took the name of the grapes – staphile in Greek for his family name. A rectangle-shaped settlement was formed arround the castle, surrounded by a ditch. There was the Sela gate with the drawbridge. In this way Brce are at the outskirts of villages only at Kaštel Štafilić and Kaštel Novi. Close to the defensive walls a castle of the Ferra family was built. Today it is owned by the Pera family.
The Nehaj tower was built in 1548 at the western part of Kaštel Štafilić by Ljudevit and Ivan Lodi. The tower was built up to the windows of the first floor. Building was stopped after death of the Lodi brothers. They didn’t have male successors and their daughters and sons-in-law decided to abandon the building. The Nehaj tower, although not finished capture the eye of painters, poets and tourists. Sometimes, when the tide is high it seems like the tower floats on the sea.
An olive tree older than 1500 years, an exceptional natural monument, grows in Kaštel Štafilić. It originates from Southern Italy or Greece. This old olive (Olea Europea) is locally called Mastrinka.
It was declared a monument of nature in 1990. Annual crop of olives is processed into oil which is packed into replicas of glass lacrimatoriums. This is an autochthonous souvenir of Kaštela.
The first church was built in 1566. It lived through many modifications to its present Baroque appearrance. A miraculous icon from the 16th century is kept in the church, as well as traditional Kaštela golden jewelry and statues of St. Blaž and St. Lucija (work of Marin Studin).
St. Juraj od Žestinja is an old Croatian church from the 17th century with nice stylized leaves and cross over the door.
An old grave site with stećci (Gnostic Christian’s tombstones) surrounds the church. A shape of crescent Moon is on one of them. A medieval village Žestinj – Miran was in this area, on slopes of Trečanica Mountain.
The church of St. Nofar was built at the top of Veliki Bijać (208 m). An inscription about restoration of the church in 1475 is at the front of the church, which proves that the church dates from earlier times. The church has a nice Gothic arc.
Bellow the hill there is Bijaći, an important historic settlement. It was inhabited from the Roman to the Medieval times. An early-Christian basilica was built over ancient remains. The church of St. Marta was built here in the 9th century. From the 9th century to the end of 10th century here was one of the most important centers of the Croatian state. St. Marta, one of the oldest Croatian churches was discovered here. It was a pre-Romanic three-nave building with a square apse and foundation of a bell tower at the front. Remains of late-Roman and old –Croatian grave sites are discovered there. Archeological researches were performed at this site. Some stone furniture decorated by pleter was found. Artifacts from this site are kept in the Croatian Museum of Archeological Monuments in Split (big ciborium) and in the Museum of the Town of Kaštela.
Present church was built by don Frane Bulić next to the ruins of St. Marta in1908.
Numerous findings are proof that Croatian people’s rulers had their seat here. In the Trpimir’s deed of donation of 4 March 852 is written: “Ja knez Hrvata” (“I duke of Croats”) and “Učinjeno u mjestu koje se zove Bijaći” (“Made at a place called Bijaći”). This further corroborates earlier mentioned statement.
Hunting house Tikvenjak could be reached by a macadam road between Trećanica and Opor in the direction of Prosika. The house is under management of the Hunting Association of Lower Kaštela.
There is the Mujina Cave on the western edge of Kaštela area. Archeological excavations have been conducted there for a number of years. Many stone tools, processed bones and fireplaces were found there. It was proven that this place was inhabited 45 000 years ago. The Neanderthal men lived and hunted in this area when land stretched where the island of Vis is today.
When you want a little bit of peace, scenery pleasant to the eye, and you want to walk for miles by the sea, choose the promenade from Kaštel Štafilić, up to Nehaj or Resnik. This part of the Kaštela coast is very idyllic. It offers the pleasure for all senses, variety of colors and scents: pine, tamarisk, lemons, oranges and grapefruit, the samphire tucked in rocks, and on the sea rocks lush vegetation and the inhabitants of the marine coastal belt.
Protected Park architecture of Kaštela
The beauty of Kaštela and the Field of Kaštela inspired many poets who described their beauty in many poems.
“Seven villages like seven swans” became a motto of the town of Kaštela. In the most parts of the Field of Kaštela vineyards, olive groves, cherries, figs and autochthonous Mediterranean vegetation trade places with monuments of natural heritage and park architecture.
An olive (Olea Europea), more than 1500 years old grows in Kaštel Štafilić, which people of Kaštela call Mastrinka. It is considered that it was brought from Southern Italy or Greece. Due to the fact that estates of the Roman were in this area, it was presumed to be a remnant of an agricultural estate from those times. The olive is of an oil-producing species with small leaves and fruits. The system of roots occupies space of more than 100 meters. The span of the tree is 6 meters, the span of the tree top is 22 meters and the height is 10 meters. Annual crop of olives is processed into oil and packed into replicas of glass lacrimatoriums as an autochthonous souvenir of Kaštela.
An oak (Quercus Pubescens Willd) by the Romanic church of St. Kuzma and Damjan in Kaštel Gomilica capture interest by its beauty and size in this old Kaštela surrounding.
Park around the Palace Hotel in Kaštel Stari is also a monument of park architecture. It was founded in 1910 by Dr. Petar Kamber, former owner of the hotel and a man fond of Kaštela. The park stretches on 35 000 square meters.
Kaočina gaj, a forest on eastern slopes of Kozjak in Kaštel Sućurac is an example of preserved high maquis and other autochthonous species in vegetative and floristic sense. The forest is protected by the law.
Kaštela are known as a place of rich culinary traditions with an emphasis on Mediterranean diet: lots of fish in all ways (boiled, baked and grilled), vegetables (beans and Days of beans !!), fruit and cakes, and meat dishes are kaštelanska tradition (beef stew or baking).
Of course, with good food goes, of course, a excellent wine from the Kaštela!!! especially Crljenak kaštelanski (ancestor of the famous American Zinfandel) is our pride. Visit us you will certainly enjoy every moment spent in our famous restaurants, taverns and tasting rooms…
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