{"id":64,"date":"2015-09-05T19:09:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T19:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europeinpictures.com\/croatia-bosnia-trip-report\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2017-07-12T04:37:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T04:37:07","slug":"trogir-croatia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.europeinpictures.com\/croatia-bosnia-trip-report\/trogir-croatia","title":{"rendered":"Trogir, Croatia"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was dusk by the time I descended through the mountains off the A1 and into Trogir. It took longer to get there than I’d imagined, with some road construction causing delays. I got to the center of Trogir (right outside the car-free old town) and finally found the hotel I’d booked on Booking.com (\u201cNo fee to cancel\u201d) called Aparthotel Bellevue Trogir. I had booked it quickly that morning in Zadar and was disappointed at first that it seemed further from old town as I had thought \u2013 it seemed to be in a busy, run-down part of town. But it was getting late \u2013 what choice did I have?<\/p>\n

But after I checked in and started walking to the old town, I realized Trogir’s old town is really, really small. The reason the hotel looked to be in such a great spot on the map is that it kind of was. I could walk in less than ten minutes over a pedestrian bridge into the heart of old town Trogir.<\/p>\n

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Trogir pedestrian bridge<\/p><\/div>\n

This town was definitely more tourist friendly than Sibenik \u2013 there were restaurant owners standing at the front of their restaurants impatiently waiting for patrons, but there were few tourists out tonight. Walking outside the town gates toward the water, a live band performed covers of American rock tunes outside by one of the restaurants. Tiki torches were lit up, the night was warm, and palm trees caught the evening lights. This was the first stop in Croatia that made me feel like I was \u201con vacation.\u201d The scene reminded me slightly of a visit to Hawaii.<\/p>\n

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Trogir, Croatia, Waterfront at Night<\/p><\/div>
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Trogir Riva at Night<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

I setup my tripod and walked around taking night pictures for a while. The pictures make Trogir look a lot more amazing than it seemed to me at the time. It is a nice town, a nice place to come back to at night if you’ve been seeing things by day, but nothing that special. It seemed like a great place to relax and enjoy your vacation \u2013 but that wasn’t the kind of trip I was on, really.<\/p>\n