Name: In The Palace
Address: Hrvojeva 9 Split 21000, 9 Spli, Split, 21000, HR

10/10

Exceptional

03 Aug 2026

Tracey

The location of this apartment is truly spectacular. You actually walk up into the palace walls, and when you emerge, you are right in the heart of Split, already exploring Diocletian’s Palace and only about three minutes from the waterfront promenade. The apartment was clean, charming, and felt like staying in a local home rather than a generic rental. We also appreciated having air conditioning in every room and access to laundry. The owner was responsive and kind, and the lovely bottle of local wine was such a thoughtful touch.

The main challenge is the bathroom, especially for taller guests. Because of the sharply angled ceiling, anyone around 5'8\" or taller may struggle to stand upright. The raised shower is also extremely small, so my husband and son had to shower sitting on the provided stool, which was still quite cramped. Overall, we had a great experience and loved the apartment’s character and extraordinary location.

10/10

Exceptional

25 May 2026

Magali

Very comfortable and fully equipped. The host (Sanja) and her son were very accommodating and helpful. Lots of stairs but very well located, close to everything within walking distance. We are sleeping in the walls of the palace !

Friends

8/10

Excellent

30 May 2023

Julieta

The location of this apartment was amazing, only a few steps from one of the entrances of Diocletian’s palace. The size of the apartment was good for us 5, was clean, and had a washing machine that is important for us to travel light. The furniture and decoration were modest, but it was comfortable to stay there.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

17 Aug 2021

Verified traveler

Not a nice place

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2020

Rebecca

Cozy rooftop apartment near all sites

Perfect central location for Old Town. Convenient shops and restaurants nearby. We knew from the booking and reviews to expect stairs, so were not at all surprised or disappointed, but this is not a place to stay for someone who struggles with stairs. However, because we were high up, we had GREAT views of the city from our stairs. Nightly concerts played music but not too late and closing windows effectively blocked sounds. A/C kept us comfortable all night. Overall great stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Fantastic apartment in perfect central location. Yes the view from the toilet seat is just as amazing as others have said.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Aug 2018

Darren

Fabulous location, pleasant apartment

This apartment is in a great location just a couple of minutes' walk from the main sites of Split which means you can get there early before the crowds. It also has a great little coffee stand downstairs and a bakery/supermarket close by for breakfast items. The apartment was very clean and well equipped and the hosts were attentive. As others have commented, there are lots of stairs up to the apartment, so this is not for anyone unprepared for that. The bedrooms are well proportioned, though the communal space is very small if you intend to spend much time indoors (we didn't except for one rainy afternoon) and there is no outside space, e.g. a balcony. The air conditioning was highly appreciated as it was very hot. The only downside for us was that it could be noisy sometimes which is probably to be expected so close to town. There was a large crowd in the apartment downstairs that partied into the night (Split is definitely a party town in August). And there was a nightly concert in the park next door which should have finished at 11pm each night but didn't always, and there was other music going until the early hours. As cars are not permitted in Split itself, there are drop-off points around the city for deliveries for restaurants etc, and one of these points is below the apartment. So, great apartment in superb location with friendly hosts, but take earplugs if going in high season and a light sleeper.

8/10

Excellent

18 Jun 2018

Rebecca

Excellent location. Cheap and cheerful. Functional. Clean. Squeaky uncomfortable beds and lots of stairs. Overall good value for money and a nice welcome

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2017

Shari

Love, love, love Sanja and Rooms in the Palace!!!!

Our stay with In The Palace was so memorable. We couldn’t believe we would be staying in one of the palace towers!! The owner, Sanja, is very kind and accommodating. She is the sweetest person you’ll ever meet!! She made us feel like family and we felt welcomed the moment we meet her. She was waiting for us at the apartment when we arrived and checked in with us later to make sure we had all we needed. We rented the entire apartment so it was incredibly spacious for the three of us. It’s so cute, clean and in a fantastic location with beautiful views of Split. The beds and linens are very comfortable, and the showers has ample room and water pressure. The apartment is just steps way from the Fish market, Green Market, grocery stores, along with restaurants, sights, shops and the ocean. We are looking forward to another stay with Sanja!!

Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2017

Verified traveler

It is very nice little place right on the corner of the Palace. Good walking distance to everything.

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2016

Tianna

Convenient, friendly and comfortable Stay

The owner was very friendly, helpful and flexible in getting us checked in. She provided a very clean home-away-from-home experience. There were 3 rooms with beds for 6 (plus the couch looked like it could hold 1-2). The location is fantastic - on the third floor in the NE corner of Diocletian's Palace. Wonderful!

Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Sep 2016

Rosabel

A gem in the walls of Diocletian's Palace

We have nothing to complain about the Apartment In the Palace Split as it exceeded all our expectations and was good value. The owner Sanja was warm, hospitable and helpful. The apartment provided great easy walking access to all the sights of the Old Town (it is just a 1-min walk to the entrance of the East Gate), the markets, the Riva and to the ferry port where we could catch our catamaran ferry easily to Hvar Island. We also managed to take a leisurely 30-40 min walk from the apartment to Marjan Hills. We should mention that the apartment is at the top floor (in what was formerly the tower of the East Wall of Diocletian's Palace), so keep your luggage light as you have to lug them up a few flights of stairs!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2016

Thomas

Great hotel in city centre

The hotel is very well located, right in the city centre but not on the busiest street, which is great. The staff was really welcoming and helpful.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Aug 2016

Troy

Palace of Split

The location is amazing, the owner is amazing. Really takes care to ensure a smooth arrival, check-in and experience. Very clean apartment and shared washroom. We had a great view from our room. Everything in Split is walk able from here. Free shuttle bus to Mall of Split right down at the end of street market. Port, bus station and rail station all within a few minutes walk. The bonus... You get to stay alongside 1700years of Roman history!

10/10

Exceptional

10 Nov 2015

Safiya

Warm welcome to Split

The owner is really lovely. She welcomed us the day before we came out to Split, and was waiting in the apartment for us when we arrived with a lovely warm welcome. The apartment is spacious and just perfect for staying a few nights in Split (maybe even more). The Bathroom was clean and towels were laid out for us ready to go.
The rooms were very clean and the location is amazing- right in the main square of split walking distance to everything.
I would definitely recommend staying. Had a great time!

Family

6/10

Pleasant

07 Oct 2015

Verified traveler

Great romantic place

Staying in the 1700 years old building, yet in the reasonably renovated apartment, was a unique experience. More suitable for young and/or fit people, though: 86 steps up from the street level, weekend late night noise from the drinking parties in the nearby old town, small bathroom. Hotels located directly on the nearby boardwalk (Riva, 200 yards from this apartment) are not only expensive for the place like Split, but also subject to the same noise, and additional strange smells from the numerous nearby restaurants and the harbor. If you are in a good shape, and/or in a romantic mood, would highly recommend this place which is actually inside the old Roman Imperial palace, also beware that a common area of the building is very much like a decoration to the postwar Italian romantic movie.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

28 Sep 2015

Alan

Unusual apartment in ancient tower

This is a delightful and unusual apartment in one of the wall towers round Dioclesian's palace right in the heart of Split. Well equipped and spotless, and friendly owners arranged to meet us on arrival.
We only stayed overnight as our flight got in too late for our ferry to Hvar. Split is spectacular and worth a much longer visit.

10/10

Exceptional

18 Sep 2015

Brent

Perfect!

Perfect. I was looking for a place to crash at night that was clean and wouldn't break the bank, and I found it. Immaculately clean—it's an apartment, not a hotel—and perfectly located to take in the palace and old city. Parking's a bit crazy, but the proprietor (and her son) met me and guided me to a (paid) guarded parking area. I'm fit, so the stairs didn't bother me at all, and the views (I had the twin room) were spectacular, making the climb well worth it. There is no \"service\" in the apartment while you're there—again, an apartment, not a hotel—but Sanja provided her mobile number for any questions I might have (and responded promptly): for an independent, low-maintenance traveller like myself, it was amazing.

8/10

Excellent

30 Aug 2015

Verified traveler

Perfect lokation!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Aug 2015

Verified traveler

good & comfort apartment

good location, excellent service from owner

Family

6/10

Pleasant

07 Aug 2015

Verified traveler

Great little apartment

Had a large room within the apartment with air con- lovely welcome gift of a bottle of water and juice! Bathroom clean, couldn't believe the view from it! Right in the heart of split! Manager on time to drop off the keys! Only down side, if you are tall you will not fit in the shower (over 5\"8)

6/10

Pleasant

10 Jun 2015

Lidia

Great location, very friendly host

Local, close by. Clean room, very friendly host Sanja. She was wonderful and very friendly and helpful. Only fault is that the shared home has 6 flights of stairs. Not ideal for travellers with 25kg bags.. Other than that, it was a lovely stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2015

Dayne

Happy customers

Fantastic. This is the NE tower of the Roman palace offeres increadable views. This is an apartment with three rooms and was perfect for a stay with friends.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Aug 2014

Judy

appartment in the heart of old City

This appt. was only required for 1 night as we were en route for a ferry to Hvar Island. It was suitable but access to the top floor appt. was difficult and worrying. There were several separate flights of steps, 90 in all and on some there were no handrails on either side. Arriving with 2 very young grand-children and luggage caused us concern. Perhaps this should be mentioned in its description

8/10

Excellent

05 Jul 2014

Eli catalan

Great location just outside of walls of diocletion

All good but one flaw. Bed was impossibly noisy. I woke myself up every time i moved. Even when just moving around normally, it sounded like a wild love making session. Eventually, we had no choice but to lift the mattress off bed and set it on the floor. Only 3/4 of it fiit, so it was like sleeping in a rolled taco, but at least it was quiet. The reason is the regular slats of the bed had been replaced with sheets of mdf, or particle board. It was obvious that others had this problem, because napkins were jammed between the boards which creaked and moaned, but unfortunately, this will not fix the problem. A bed has slats so that when there is weight on the bed, the slats absorb the load. I dont know if all rooms had this problem or just ours. Location is great, so if you dont mind the noise, then its good to stay here.

8/10

Excellent

11 Sep 2013

Verified traveler

Lovely place to stay although difficult to locate and situated up MANY MANY steps. Be warned: if you have a suitcase you will have great difficultly accessing the apartment.
Owner is very friendly and welcoming although there is no possibility for early check in or bag drop off so think about this when planning your arrival time!

Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2013

ignacio

great ubication near the palace

The best of this place si sanya, the Owner. She si very worry about Make your staying outstanding
The problem si that the place is in a 3 floor si IST dificult to get there with bags.
Our Room dont have air conditioner And this is a thing to change

4/10

Poor

24 Jun 2013

Verified traveler

Beautiful location but too hot!

This apartment is beautiful, located in an old Guard Tower right beside the Palace. The welcome was more than you could ask for, and everything was clean and tidy. However, there is no air-conditioning, meaning the room temperature was from 28-34 degrees (in June). We could not sleep as we were just so so hot! Also be warned that the apartment is reached from three flights of steep stairs, so is not the easiest to drag a heavy suitcase up.

8/10

Excellent

20 Sep 2012

David

Unique - centre of town in a 1,700 year old Tower

We stayed in a three bed apartment and were late in arriving, but the manageress who lived some distance away waited around for us and was very pleasant. Unique place to stay - the walls were several feet thick, some of the windows overlooked the Palace/Old Town. The apartment was clean, well looked after and had everything we needed. The manageress put some bottles of fruit juice and water in the fridge for us before we arrived which was a nice touch - no charge. We didn't cook there but ate out. The only drawback would be the three sets of staircases to reach the top of the tower (the apartment) - which for us added to the experience - but older people or those with many cases would find it difficult. Overall an unusual place to stay but a good and different experience.

8/10

Excellent

31 Aug 2012

Rash

Basic and functional....just right for the price

Great location and clean. THe lady who owns the apartment, Sanja, is lovely and polite.

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2012

Verified traveler

Excellent

Excellent location and very nice appartment. Highly recommended.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2024

Sandrina

Très bel appartement

Très bel Appartement situé idéalement aux portes de la vieille ville et à moins de 10 minutes de la gare routière.
Le séjour était très agréable et notre hôte disponible et bienveillante.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Jul 2018

Robert

Nice hosts and charming apartment

Very nice hosts that arranged a taxi from the airport and also met up outside the apartment. We really enjoyed our stay and we can recommend this apartment. It’s small but charming. The location was five star.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2017

nonitan

長期滞在したくなるアパートメントでした。

スプリット旧市街を囲む城壁の北東の隅に建つかつての櫓?の最上階が3室のアパートメントになっていました。部屋はきれいで、共同のキッチン・バスルームも使いやすかったです。アパートメントなので、事前に大体の到着時間を(Expediaのメッセンジャー機能で)知らせておき、宿主が来たところで鍵の受け渡しと部屋の使用説明、支払を行います。約束した時間に正確だったのと、お勧めのレストラン情報を含む丁寧な説明が印象的でした。冷蔵庫に冷やしてあったウェルカム・ドリンク(大きなペットボトルの水と1リットルのジュース)は、夏に外を歩き回った者としては大変ありがたかったです。

8/10

Excellent

20 Aug 2017

Verified traveler

Posizione dell'appartamento magnifica, sulle mura di cinta del palazzo di Diocleziano. Appartamento pulito, camere confortevoli e staff gentile ed attento alle esigenze dei viaggiatori. Torneró!

6/10

Pleasant

17 Aug 2017

gregory

très bien pour les piétons

chambre très bien située quand on est piéton puisque dans la zone piétonnière sur le palais dioclétien, nous avions choisi cette chambre car il y avait soit disant un parking payant hors il n'y a pas de parking ! il s'agit d'un petit parking de ville où il est très difficile de trouver une place puisque la ville est bondée de monde en été !!! si nous avions su cela avant nous n'aurions jamais choisi cette chambre !! néanmoins une fois garé ( à 1 euro de l'heure tout de même) on peut tout faire à pied; la chambre est propre climatisée, nous avons été très bien reçu avec une bouteille d'eau et de jus de fruits dans le frigo, frigo et congélo appréciable en été même si nos voisins ne fermaient pas leurs bouteilles d'eau et que l'eau coulait depuis le frigo dans toute la cuisine, obligé d'éponger pour les autres ! mais ça ce n'est pas de la faute de l'hôtelier.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

15 Aug 2017

Jonas

Perfekt belligenhed

Lejlighedens belligenhed er helt ideel, midt i den gamle bydel i split tæt på både færgehavnen og stranden. Lejligheden er også fin, men der kan være lidt kamp om badeværelset med de andre beboere om morgenen.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Sep 2016

Elina

Comfortable and clean at perfect location

This place was exactly as we expected and as the add says, so we were very satisfied with our stay! We got a very friendly and professional welcome by one of the hosts.The location is definitely the best part, and of course the wonderful view from the toilet window. Our room and the common areas were clean and spacious, as well as the common bathroom. The building is quite old, which probably can explain the not so sound proof walls and doors. It was not a problem for us though since all of the other ones staying there were also very calm and respectful. All in all it was a very comfortable one night stay at In the Palace!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Sep 2016

Heon Ki

친절한 곳

The host of the accomodation is bery kind.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Aug 2016

Julien

Chambre bien situé dans le quartier historique

Quartier sympa, très bon accueil de la propriétaire.
En revanche les autres occupants se sont montrés bruyant et il ya peu d'isolation phonique. Axe d'amélioration : graisser les portes qui grincent :) douche avec plafond bas, peu confortable pour grande taille. Également situé au dernier étage avec bxp de marchés.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jul 2016

Anna-Lena

Härlig lägenhet med spektakulärt läge.

Vi är jättenöjda, rent och snyggt. Ägarinnan bjöd på förfriskningar när vi kom och var mycket vänlig. Det fanns kaffe och te som de bjöd på. Vi kom sent på kvällen och lämnade direkt morgonen efter, men läget på lägenheten är fantastiskt!

Family

8/10

Excellent

07 May 2016

Verified traveler

주인이 같이살고 있지않지만 미리 메일로 체크인시간확인후 대기하고 계셨고 냉장고에 음료수등을 무료로 주셨다. 주방좋고 세탁기있음

4/10

Poor

11 Oct 2015

Verified traveler

立地の良さのみ

こちらもホテルではなくSOBE(=貸部屋)です。建物は築数百年で部屋は傾いています。階段しかなくスーツケースを運ぶには相当大変です。チェックイン時、毎日ハウスキーピングの方が掃除に来ると言っていましたが3日間掃除された形跡はありませんでした。ごみ箱もなくオーナーにメールで依頼しなくてはなりませんでした。バスルーム、キッチンは共同で鍋や食器、スポンジは清潔とは到底言えません。パスルームも誰かがシャワーを使っているときはトイレに行けないというつらい状態でした。唯一良かったのは立地です。街の中心にあること。長距離バスターミナル、船の発着地点、街中心部はのアクセスはとても良かったです。Splitの街は街もまたその周辺の島々への拠点としても良い街です。

10/10

Exceptional

08 Oct 2015

Felix

gutes appartement in der altstadt von split

appartement im ecken der altstadt von split. vermieterin war sehr hilfsbereit. sie lebte früher selber mit ihrer familie in dieser wohnung.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

04 Oct 2015

Michael

Nächtigung im Kaiserpalast

Beste Lage direkt im Zentrum. Historisches Ambiente. Gute Ausstattung.
Freundlicher und hilfsbereiter Vermieter.
Parken in der Nähe nur auf gebührenpflichtigem Parkplatz möglich (Vermieter hilft bei der Parkplatzsuche).

Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Sep 2015

Asko

Hyvällä paikalla

Siisti huone yhteiskeittiö ja wc missä suihku.82 rappusta katutasosta.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

24 Aug 2015

Verified traveler