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Varoš, Split — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Varoš is the old stone quarter of Split, Croatia, threaded with lanes and small churches.
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Where to stay in Varoš
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Varoš climbs the slope just west of the old core of Split, a tight grid of stepped lanes rather than a hotel strip. Most beds here are rooms and small guesthouses tucked between stone houses, within a short walk of the Church of St. Nicholas in Varoš and the waterfront below. Pack light.
The steep alleys around St Martin's Church suit walkers who want the quarter's quiet over the crush of the central squares, and who don't mind carrying a bag uphill from the harbour.
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Around the Church of St. Nicholas in Varoš
The stepped alleys around the Church of St. Nicholas in Varoš hold the neighbourhood's smallest guesthouses in its original core.Find hotels in Around the Church of St. Nicholas in Varošquiet stays a short climb above the Split harbourSt Martin's Church slope
Rooms on the rise near St Martin's Church trade the harbour bustle for stone-lane calm above the water.Find hotels in St Martin's Church slopeHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Split
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Museums & Galleries
3- Ivan Meštrović Gallery
- Archaeological Museum Split
- Froggyland
Churches & Religious Sites
8- Temple of Jupiter, Split Heritage
- Church of Holy Trinity Heritage
- St Martin's Church Heritage
- Saint Francis Monastery and Church Heritage
- Church of St. Nicholas in Varoš Heritage
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- Church of Our Lady of Health Heritage
- Church of Our Lady of Pojišan Heritage
- Church of the Holy Spirit Heritage
Stadiums & Sports
2- Spaladium Arena
- Stadion Park mladeži
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About Varoš
What are the main landmarks in Varoš?
Small churches define Varoš. Varoš keeps its faith close to the lane, and the Church of St. Nicholas in Varoš stands among the stepped lanes as one of the quarter's oldest surviving buildings, and St Martin's Church sits nearby on the same slope. Higher up, the Chapel of Our Lady of the Belfry crowns the neighbourhood with a modest bell tower.
These are working parish churches rather than grand monuments, and they give Varoš a devotional character quite apart from the palace core of Split.
What is the history of Varoš?
Fishermen built Varoš. The quarter grew as a working settlement of stone houses on the slope beyond the walls of old Split, its lanes shaped by the families who lived off the harbour rather than by any grand plan. Varoš keeps its faith close to the lane, and the Church of St. Nicholas in Varoš and St Martin's Church still mark the parishes that anchored those households through the centuries.
That humble, hand-built origin is why the neighbourhood reads so differently from the imperial core of Split just to its east.
Where is Varoš?
Varoš covers roughly two square kilometres on the slope west of the old core of Split, a temperate coastal quarter where stepped stone lanes climb from the harbour toward the Chapel of Our Lady of the Belfry.
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What is the best area to stay in Varoš?
Around the Church of St. Nicholas in Varoš: walkers who want the quarter's oldest lanes at their door. St Martin's Church slope: quiet stays a short climb above the Split harbour.
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Updated September 2026