KASTELA

The fertile, about 20 kilometres the reign of the first Roman floating docks and 50 places on the long, green area, north-west of Split. It is divided on Gornja and Donja Kastela, and it consists of seven old and two relatively new settlements. The Kastela region with its mediterranean charm, picturesque landscape and the unique composition of natural beauties was attracting people since the prehistoric times. From ancient greek sailors, roman perticians, Croatian kings, rulers, venetian royals to the present lovers of sun, sea and mysterious legacies from the past.

Once an ancient Greek port, a stopover point for Roman veterans and a summer place for Croatian kings is today a tourist resort, carrying the same name. Along it`s long sandy beach there are terraces and viewpoints, tennis and other sports grounds, surrounded by greenery of pine and tamaris trees.

People live of vineyards orchards and vegetable gardens. The industrial zone is also developed, and Resnik, the airport of Split, is also there. Present area of Kastela and its inland in the vicinity of antique Salona were inhabited very early (the finds from the Roman and Old Croatian period). Seven old settlements developed near the coast, around the castles built in the l5th and l6th century by nobility and clergy: Kastel Stafilic, Kastel Novi, Kastel Stari, Kastel Luksic, Kastel Kambelovac, Kastel Gomilica and Kastel Sucurac.

WE ARE CERTAIN THAT THE KASTELA, WITH THEIR UNIQUE FLAIR, WILL ATTRACT YOUR ATTENTION AND ENVOKE THE WISH TO GET BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THIS CHARMING AREA.