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Split cruise port · Diocletian's Palace
Time Walk is a Split cruise port tour of Diocletian's Palace, an 80-minute guided walk with two Meta Quest 3 VR reconstructions of the Roman palace as it stood in 305 AD, led by a licensed local guide, a short walk from the cruise port.
Docking in Split? See the one thing worth seeing, understand what you are standing in, and be back on board with your afternoon free.
★ 5.0 from 170+ reviews on Google & GetYourGuide
Peristyle: Diocletian's Palace rebuilt as it stood in 305 AD
Time Walk is a top-rated cruise port tour in Split: an 80-minute guided walking tour of Diocletian's Palace with two VR reconstructions of the Roman palace as it stood in 305 AD. It is led by a licensed Croatian guide, starts about a 10-minute walk from the Split cruise port, and costs €25 per person, with private tours also available. Rated 5.0 from 170+ reviews on Google and GetYourGuide.
The group meeting point at the statue of Gregory of Nin is about a 10-minute flat walk from the Split cruise port. On a private tour, the guide meets your group at the port itself. The tour ends on the Riva, even closer to the ship.
Yes. The tour lasts 80 minutes and morning departures at 10:00 and 11:30 line up with cruise arrivals, so you are back on board with your afternoon free. For arrivals outside those hours, the private tour is scheduled around your ship's exact window.
Same spot, 1,700 years apart
Every walking tour in Split shows you the same stones. This one shows you what stood on them.
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Today
305 AD
At the Golden Gate and again at the Peristyle, the headset goes on and the ruins fill back in around you. Roman statues, painted walls, the emperor addressing the crowd. You stop imagining the palace and start standing inside it.
A look at the tour
A real guided walk, with two moments you won't get anywhere else.
Your guide, in person. A licensed local historian leads the whole walk and runs the VR.
Inside the palace. Through the Old Town streets and the Roman cellars beneath the palace.
The real palace, on foot. A guided walk through the gates and streets, ending on the Riva.
Why guests call it the best thing they did in Split
Two easy ways off the ship
However your day is shaped, we make the tour the easy part.
A short, flat 10 minute walk from the cruise port to our meeting point at the statue of Gregory of Nin. Morning departures at 10:00 and 11:30 line up with cruise arrivals.
Don't want to find your way anywhere? Your guide meets your group right by the cruise port when your ship arrives, and you start from there. Nothing to figure out, nothing to plan, and the whole tour is yours alone.
What guests are saying
★★★★★
"The VR scenes at the Golden Gate and Peristyle bring the ancient palace back to life right where you're standing, way more immersive than a regular walking tour. Ana was fantastic. Highly recommend."
Selma · Google
★★★★★
"Walking through the old town is already special, but those VR moments take it to another level. A couple of scenes were honestly WOW. Left with a big smile."
Mason · GetYourGuide
How your cruise morning works
Group tour, pick a 10:00 or 11:30 slot. Private tour, send us your ship's arrival and we arrange a pickup at the port.
Group tours meet at the statue of Gregory of Nin, a short flat walk away. On a private tour your guide comes to the cruise port and meets you there.
Through the palace and Old Town, with the two VR reconstructions along the way. The walk ends on the Riva.
You finish by late morning, afternoon free for lunch and a wander before all-aboard.
Meeting point for group tours: the statue of Gregory of Nin by the Golden Gate
What's included
Split cruise port tour: common questions
On a private tour, yes. Your guide meets your group by the cruise port when your ship arrives, so there is nothing to find and nothing to plan. Group tours meet at the statue of Gregory of Nin, a short flat walk from the port.
Yes. The tour is 80 minutes and starts a short walk from the cruise port, or right at it on a private tour. Take a morning slot and you are back on the Riva by late morning, afternoon free before all-aboard.
Fully guided, in person, by a licensed local guide. Not an app or audio guide. The guide runs the VR and stays with you start to finish.
Most of the tour is a real guided walk, about 75 minutes on foot through the palace and Old Town. The two VR scenes, at the Golden Gate and the Peristyle, add up to roughly 6 minutes in total, for 80 minutes overall.
Take the private tour and we fit it to your exact window, with a pickup at the port. If tendered, allow a little extra at each end and tell us your real times.
Yes, especially when several ships are in port. Cruise-day slots go fast.
A guided walk through Diocletian's Palace is the highest-value activity within walking distance of the cruise port. Time Walk adds a licensed guide and two VR reconstructions in one 80-minute window, the fastest way to both see it and understand it before your ship leaves.
Docking in Split?
Small group, a licensed Croatian historian, and the palace as it stood 1,700 years ago.
⚡ Cruise days sell out fast in peak season (June to September)
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