The Best Hotels in Split

The Nuvola zero-gravity dry floatation bed is the thing that separates this waterfront hotel from every other sleek property on the Dalmatian coast. Rooms run to floor-to-ceiling windows framing the marina or the Adriatic, all clean lines and neutral tones. Downstairs there's a Mediterranean restaurant and Bar Split; upstairs a rooftop bar handles the sweeping sea-view duty. The spa adds a salt wall and sauna to round out the wellness menu.

The building is a former post office cut from Brač stone, joined to a pink Italianate mansion next door, two minutes from the Golden Gate of Diocletian's Palace. This full-service hotel runs year-round, drawing tourists and business travelers in roughly equal measure. Rooms come with wooden floors and stone-tiled bathrooms, the restaurants lean Dalmatian, and the rooftop whirlpool tubs look out over enough terracotta to make checkout feel genuinely cruel.

A converted waterfront factory a five-minute walk from Diocletian's Palace, Hotel Luxe is a boutique hotel that leans hard into the glamour: purple satin, metallic accents, and ceilings dotted with tiny lights like a nightclub that took an art history class. Most rooms look out over the Adriatic, Superior rooms with their own sea-view balconies. The cigar lounge doubles as a perch for watching Split's port life over a glass of rakija.

Green granite runs through the interiors like a signature, tying this 72-room luxury hotel to the Dalmatian stone it sits among, right where the old town begins. The design pulls in Croatian contemporary art throughout, and even the entry-level rooms come with a proper lounge area. Residential Suites add fireplaces and small libraries, which is a commitment. The bar and restaurant open onto an outdoor terrace when the weather cooperates, which in Split it usually does.

The building tilts toward the Adriatic like it's trying to get a better look, and the balconies on those terraced floors do get a very good look indeed. Le Méridien Lav is a large resort hotel on the Split marina, with nearly 400 rooms, a spa, and several restaurants ranging from coastal Italian to beach-club plates. The rooms are sunny and the sea views are exactly why you came.